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Topic: Academics

Kean Provost Delivers Keynote Address at Conference in China

Kean Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., discussed areas of potential cooperation between the U.S. and China at a conference held at Xiamen University, one of the top institutions of higher education in China.

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Physicist Michio Kaku, Ph.D., to Give Distinguished Lecture at Kean

Influential physicist Michio Kaku, Ph.D., will speak on The Future of the Mind on Monday, April 24 at Kean as part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event kicks off the University’s Research Days.

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My Experience Speaking to U.S. Legislators on Capitol Hill

Ms. Stasil goes to Washington. Travel along with a Kean University graduate student, Julia Stasil, who shares her recent visit to Capitol Hill as part of a Kean delegation.

Kean Students Travel the World to Give Back and Learn

Kean University students spent Spring Break traveling across the globe as part of six international Travelearn excursions, including a trip to Costa Rica to launch Kean’s new Give Back Abroad internship initiative.

A student shows off a book, autographed by author George M. Johnson, at the 2022 Common Read.

Common Read to Continue Discussion of Disability Justice

Kean students will explore the topic of disability justice through the University’s next Common Read selection, The Future Is Disabled, a collection of essays by disabled author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

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Kean Historians Lead New Research into Revolutionary War Battles

Kean researchers are using new tools like GPS technology as well as original documents to seek new perspectives on two historic conflicts.

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Urban Impact Episode 4: Urban Invasion: How Invasive Species Could Collapse Entire Ecosystems

On the fourth episode of Kean’s podcast, Urban Impact, biologist and Kean Assistant Professor Brenna Levine, Ph.D., discusses how the population density and higher average temperatures of urban areas make them susceptible to invasive species that are disrupting their biodiversity.