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Happy Chinese New Year, Wenzhou-Kean University

Happy Chinese New Year, Wenzhou-Kean University

The Kean USA executive leadership team sends greetings to the WKU community to mark the Lunar New Year, the year of the tiger.

Kean students walk past the clock tower
Garden State Guarantee Provides New Affordable Pathway at Kean

Garden State Guarantee Provides New Affordable Pathway at Kean

A new state program available at Kean University makes it possible for eligible students to attend college for free in their third and fourth years.
Kean University's STEM building illuminated at night.
ILSE Launches Plumeria Therapeutics

ILSE Launches Plumeria Therapeutics

The Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE) at Kean University has launched Plumeria Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage developer of non-opioid treatments for pain.
A log with text in two shades of blue reading, Our Voices, Campus, Community Kean Climate Survey
Sharing Our Voices: Kean Campus Climate Survey to Promote Fairness and Inclusion

Sharing Our Voices: Kean Campus Climate Survey to Promote Fairness and Inclusion

Kean USA students, faculty and staff are urged to take part in the Campus Climate Survey, which will launch Wednesday, March 2, and share their experiences to help build a more inclusive University environment.
Alec Boss presented with an interactive display at the League of Municipalities Conference
Kean Ocean Student Finds Dream Career on Barnegat Bay

Kean Ocean Student Finds Dream Career on Barnegat Bay

Senior Alec Boss used his communication skills to help the Barnegat Bay environment and in the process, discovered his calling.
4 female students helping at a volunteer event for Kean.
Student Volunteers Share Cougar Spirit in the Community

Student Volunteers Share Cougar Spirit in the Community

From a winter festival in Union to a toy drive in Newark, Kean volunteers helped make the holidays bright.
4 female students helping at a volunteer event for Kean.
Student Volunteers Share Cougar Spirit in the Community

Student Volunteers Share Cougar Spirit in the Community

From a winter festival in Union to a toy drive in Newark, Kean volunteers helped make the holidays bright.
Barbara George Johnson speaks to the University Center partners
Kean VP Barbara George Johnson Named to 2021 Women’s Power List

Kean VP Barbara George Johnson Named to 2021 Women’s Power List

Barbara George Johnson, vice president of external affairs and urban policy and research at Kean University, has been named to New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s 2021 Women's Power List

Two workers at Kean's COVID-19 lab collaborate as they review paperwork.
Kean COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab Now Testing for Omicron Variant

Kean COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab Now Testing for Omicron Variant

The diagnostic lab in Kean's STEM building that processes COVID-19 test samples from across Union County is conducting genomic sequencing to look for the Omicron variant that is causing concern worldwide.
Peter and Faith Goldsmith look over old family pictures
‘A Shock and a Miracle’: Kean Oral History Project Changes History for Family

‘A Shock and a Miracle’: Kean Oral History Project Changes History for Family

A New Jersey family’s personal history has been rewritten after taking part in the Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University’s Oral History Project.