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Kean University Announces Firm for Presidential Search
Kean University Announces Firm for Presidential Search
The Board of Trustees has selected Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates (SPA) to lead the search for the University’s next president following the recent announcement by President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D., that 2020 will be his last year as president.
Q&A: Hurricanes, Dorian and Climate Change
Q&A: Hurricanes, Dorian and Climate Change
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Croft, Ph.D., a meteorologist, discusses the conditions that created the devastating Hurricane Dorian and whether we should expect more storms like it.
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Kean Top Performer on Social Mobility
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Kean Top Performer on Social Mobility
U.S. News & World Report this week ranked Kean University among the top universities in the northern United States for helping economically disadvantaged students enroll and graduate within six years.
Kean Launches NJ-China STEM Sister School Program for K-12
Kean Launches NJ-China STEM Sister School Program for K-12
University Holds International STEM Education Forum at Wenzhou-Kean University in China
Kean University has launched an international sister school program between K-12 schools in New Jersey and China that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math
A ‘Model’ Kean Graduate
A ‘Model’ Kean Graduate
Not many students can say they worked their way through college as a Versace model, but Kean Ocean’s Trevor Signorino is the exception.
Women Take the Lead at Graduate Commencement
Women Take the Lead at Graduate Commencement
Women receiving advanced degrees from Kean University’s Nathan Weiss Graduate College took a bow to thunderous applause, and the music of Beyoncé, at the graduate college commencement ceremony, held at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Friday, May 17. Nearly 80 percent of the Class of 2019 are women.
Kean’s 'Meteor Mike' Wins Emmy Award
Kean’s 'Meteor Mike' Wins Emmy Award
Kean alumnus and adjunct professor Mike Rizzo, better known as television meteorologist @Meteor_Mike, is now an Emmy Award winner.
Co-inventor of Siri Describes the Breakthrough Moment
Co-inventor of Siri Describes the Breakthrough Moment
In a recent lecture, the co-founder of Siri described the "aha" moment that led to the creation of the virtual assistant technology. Norman Winarsky, Ph.D., said it came during a brainstorming session on a California beach.
Kean Students Become Advocates in New History Class
Kean Students Become Advocates in New History Class
A new course that teaches Kean students how to research and advocate for positions on social issues is showing results. Students in the “History of Social Movements” course have published letters in the media, spoken with members of Congress and are going to the New Jersey State House to talk with legislators.
Kean Women Math Graduates Defy the Odds
Kean Women Math Graduates Defy the Odds
Four women of color who will graduate with mathematical sciences degrees from Kean this May have been accepted to graduate programs nationwide, bucking a national trend showing both gender and racial gaps in math higher education and professions.