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In collaboration with the State of New Jersey, Kean University launched a roundtable discussion series to highlight the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, especially for communities of color, and other pandemic-related issues.

Have you ever wondered how COVID-19 testing works? Why does it take so long to get results? Join Robert Pyatt, Ph.D., assistant professor of genetics and genomics, as he takes you inside a clinical diagnostic laboratory at Kean University to explain how COVID-19 samples are tested for the coronavirus and why results aren't instant ... yet.

College of Education Associate Professor Jennifer Chen, Ed.D., received a prestigious national research award to study the impact of remote instruction on the teaching practices of early childhood teachers in New Jersey.

The County of Union will continue to operate its free COVID-19 testing site at Kean University throughout the Fall semester under a first-of-its-kind partnership that will provide testing for the campus community as well as opportunities for research and student employment.

David Garcia ’14, a Kean University graduate who overcame a rare physical disability to win a National Institutes of Health fellowship and pursue his doctorate at Brown University, will tell his inspirational story — via video — at Kean’s first-ever Virtual Research Days on Tuesday, April 28.

A Wenzhou-Kean University research professor who has spent more than a decade studying the endangered pangolin, a scale-covered mammal that is native to Asia and Africa, is now using his expertise to explore possible links between the animal and the novel coronavirus. Siew Woh Choo, Ph.D. said he hopes his research leads to treatments for the virus.

Six history honors students shared their original research on founding father William Livingston at the premier national gathering of historians, the American Historical Association conference. They presented two of the only 17 undergraduate research posters selected for the conference.

Environmental biology students can now study urban, marine and forest ecosystems across the University’s three campuses in New Jersey - the main campus in Union, Kean Ocean in Toms River and the new Kean Skylands campus in Jefferson. 

Undergraduate women in computer science, information technology and related fields were invited to Kean from across the region to learn about research and graduate opportunities in computer science at a Google-sponsored event hosted by Kean's School of Computer Science and Technology.