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Judy A. Smith, the real-life inspiration for Olivia Pope, heroine of TV’s Scandal, and the latest lecturer to take part in Kean's Distinguished Lecture Series, talked about taking risks, not setting limits on ourselves, and how fact doesn’t necessarily live up to fiction.

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Seven students spent part of their winter recess in Costa Rica, working at a nesting spot for endangered sea turtles and learning about conservation, sustainability and economic development.

Liebermann, who resides in Weehawken, is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living composers

UNION, N.J. ­–– Ars Vitalis: The New Jersey New Music Forum at Kean University will present an evening of compositions by Lowell Liebermann.

Face painting started as a hobby for Kean Ocean student Diana Lopez, but now it has grown into a thriving small business that is helping to put her through college. This creative single mother and student leader is following her passion for the arts and building her future in media.

Kean University is ranked first in the nation among large public schools for its commitment, effort and success in creating sustainable and meaningful benefits for its student veterans, according to the Military Friendly Schools survey.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., a chemist by training, advocates for academics in all fields to consider how their work impacts global issues.

Occupational therapy students from Kean have been making house calls to help make senior citizens safer in their homes and communities, teaching fall prevention, conducting home assessments, and getting the elderly patients out into their communities.

You know you’re having a good day when Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara insists on singing a second song with you before a sold-out crowd. That’s what happened to 20 Kean University theatre and music students who auditioned to perform To Build a Home from the Broadway show The Bridges of Madison County with O’Hara at her recent Kean Stage concert.  

A collection of centuries-old Madeira wines uncovered at Liberty Hall recently went up for auction at the famed Christie’s auction house in New York, and the proceeds will help restore a 1920s-era elevator at the landmark museum that was once the home of New Jersey's first-elected governor.