Kean Research Days to Showcase Student, Faculty Discovery

More than 1,300 Kean University students will present their research during the University’s annual Research Days, a multi-day celebration of knowledge and discovery taking place Monday, April 24 through Wednesday, April 26.

Internationally-known theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, Ph.D., will launch the event with a lecture on The Future of the Mind as part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty, will present their research – as posters, and in panel discussions and pre-recorded oral presentations – on Tuesday and Wednesday at STEM, Harwood Arena, and Liberty Hall Academic Center on Kean’s Union campus. 

Research Days will also be held at Kean Ocean on Tuesday, April 25, and at Wenzhou-Kean University on Wednesday and Thursday, April 26-27.

“Research Days is a showcase of the pursuit of knowledge and excellence at Kean University and is a major event in our academic calendar,” said Kean President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D. “The high level of engagement among students and faculty speaks to Kean University’s growing reputation as New Jersey’s urban research university.”

Events are open to the University community. The schedule of events is available online.

Reenat Munshi, acting director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Kean, said research broadens the educational experience of Kean students and offers opportunities to develop strong professional relationships with faculty and fellow researchers. 

Many student researchers became involved through Kean’s Center of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, or CURF, which provides resources and support for undergraduates in faculty-mentored research projects.

Research Days also highlights Kean’s focus on diversifying STEM fields, with a large number of women involved in research at the University, especially in the sciences, Munshi said.

“We are graduating strong female scientists, many of them women of color, who will climb higher and make a difference,” Munshi said.

For further details, visit the Research Days website.