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Computer science research team explores how machine learning can translate sign language

Services like Google Translate can help millions of people communicate in over 100 languages. Users can type or speak words to be translated, or even translate text in photos and videos using augmented reality. Now, computer science professor Andrea Salgian and Ben Guerrieri ’26 are working to add one more language to the list: American…

Jay and Barbara Belding remember their roots with scholarship gift

Jay ’72 and Barbara ’72 Belding were at a worship service when their pastor offered words of advice that made them both pause. “Our pastor said, ‘Do your giving while you’re living, so you’re knowing where it’s going.’ Both of us looked at each other and said, ‘That’s for us.’ That pierced our hearts,” says…

Two TCNJ students take to the road to help fight cancer

  On June 17, Alana Okun ’19 and Vaishali Ravikumar ’18 dipped their toes in the Pacific Ocean and then ran across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. They ran for the next 49 days – along the loneliest highway Route 50 in Nevada [see photo above], past geysers in Yellowstone National Park, into…

TCNJ engineering students visit Europe for green inspirations

There were lectures on turbine technology, discussions on recycling coal ash and trips to solar and wind farms – not to mention cathedrals and distilleries – during this summer’s two-week trip to Ireland and Portugal that was the centerpiece of the School of Engineering’s Sustainability Europe course. “We learned a lot but there was still…

How Chris McEwan is helping to further music education in three Trenton schools

TCNJ music major Chris McEwan was exposed to various genres of music at a very early age and realized quickly the impact that music can have on a young person’s life. So when he started observing music classes in public schools in Trenton as part of the curriculum for his major, he immediately sensed additional resources were needed…

With a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Daniel Giovenco ’10 is analyzing maps and marketing in an effort to curb tobacco use

Giovenco sees e-cigarettes as a less risky substitute for conventional cigarettes, the deadliest tobacco products on the market. But much about e-cigs remains unknown — including who, exactly, is using them, and why. As one of the first students to enroll in TCNJ’s interdisciplinary health communication concentration, Giovenco knew right away he wanted to pursue…

Sophomore amputee stands tall for the U.S. Paralympic sled hockey team

Q and A with: Jack Wallace ’20 Biomedical engineering Jack Wallace ’20 first hit the ice when he was just three years old. Hockey soon became his favorite sport, as he loved the speed and physicality of the game. But in July 2008, when he was 10, a freak waterskiing accident put his playing days…

Computer science professor leads multi-disciplined approach to collaboration

Computer science and journalism may seem like they’re worlds apart. But spend a few minutes with Monisha Pulimood and you’ll wonder why you ever thought they didn’t go hand-in-hand. With a National Science Foundation grant and a partner in Kim Pearson, associate professor of journalism and professional writing, the computer science professor developed a model…

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