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Amid COVID-19 Sickness and Loss, Kean Student Graduates with Honors
Amid COVID-19 Sickness and Loss, Kean Student Graduates with Honors
Daniela Derius-Rodriguez recently lost her mother and grandfather to COVID-19, but the Kean senior pushed through sorrow and her own bout with the illness to graduate with top honors, just as her mother would have wanted.
Kean Students Join the Front Line Against COVID-19
Kean Students Join the Front Line Against COVID-19
They juggle Kean coursework and answering EMT calls. They work long night shifts in hospitals. And they counsel patients struggling with stress caused by COVID-19.
Kean-based Bioscience Companies Contribute to COVID-19 Research
Kean-based Bioscience Companies Contribute to COVID-19 Research
Two companies based in Kean University’s STEM Building — MDSeq Inc. and Eton Bioscience New Jersey — are part of global efforts to develop COVID-19 tests and treatments.
Q&A: Tracking the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Q&A: Tracking the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Kean Associate Professor Feng Qi, Ph.D., an expert on geographic information systems used in environmental modeling and public health, including the spread of infectious disease, talks about the spread of COVID-19 and steps to mitigate it around the world.
Whoopi Goldberg to Address Kean Class of 2020
Whoopi Goldberg to Address Kean Class of 2020
Whoopi Goldberg will speak to the Kean University Class of 2020 during virtual Commencement on May 29.
Goldberg is one of an elite group of artists to have won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.
Biography of Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.
Biography of Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.
Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., was selected as the 18th leader of Kean University by the Kean Board of Trustees on May 11, 2020 following a comprehensive national search. He will succeed Dawood Farahi, Ph.D., who has served in the role since 2003.
A Message from Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.
A Message from Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.
Dear Kean Community,
I am tremendously proud and excited to assume the role of president of Kean University, an institution whose mission has been close to my heart for more than 20 years.
Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., Named President of Kean University
Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., Named President of Kean University
Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., the New Jersey Commissioner of Education and a Kean alumnus, will become the 18th leader of Kean University.
Hear from the Decision Makers
Hear from the Decision Makers
VIDEO: Members of the Kean University Presidential Search Committee and the Board of Trustees take us through the process that led to alumnus Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., being appointed the next president of the University.