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More than 1,300 students and faculty shared their research and creative works at the University’s 15th annual Research Days. The panel, poster and oral presentations spanned all academic disciplines and showcased Kean’s growing prominence as a research university.

Among the many students presenting at Research Days will be four women of color, all Kean students and aspiring doctors, who share more than their love of science.

Kean’s commitment to student research takes center stage as more than 1,300 students and faculty get ready to share their work in the University’s annual Research Days, Monday, April 24-Wednesday, April 26.

See how a group of talented Kean students collaborated to bring Nantucket’s rich past to life through the fascinating, cutting-edge world of virtual reality.

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

An interdisciplinary team of researchers will tackle issues stemming from climate change and other environmental pressures, with work beginning this semester in the Borough of Keyport.

Kean University has launched "Urban Impact," a podcast featuring Kean scholars as well as community leaders and others that examines the complex issues facing urban communities. In the first episode, "What Is Urban Research Anyway?," Kean Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., explains Kean’s important role as New Jersey’s first urban research university. 

The University will receive more than $4 million for a series of new initiatives tied to its designation as an urban research university under the federal spending bill signed into law by President Biden.

Equity in Action Presidential Fellow Saran Nurse, Ph.D., who teaches in the College of Business and Public Management, has received a grant to research the resiliency of Black-owned businesses to four types of external disruptions: natural disaster, COVID-19, civil unrest and gentrification.