The Signal, TCNJ’s student newspaper, was a big winner in the 2017–18 New Jersey Press Foundation College Newspaper Contest, taking home seven awards including first place honors for website and column writing. The competition is open to all New Jersey student-run college newspapers and digital news organizations and aims to honor the skills of student…
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Environmentalist and feminist Vandana Shiva reminds us that we are what we eat
Internationally renowned environmentalist and feminist Vandana Shiva offered her perspective on the college’s 2017–18 intellectual theme, “Who We Are,” during the 2018 Dawley Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Alan Dawley Center for the Study of Social Justice on Thursday, April 12. Shiva, who has a PhD in quantum physics and is a recipient of the…
The catalysts to action, according to Damon A. Williams
Dr. Damon A. Williams energized the campus community with his insights on #StrategicDiversityLeadership and #InclusiveExcellence at TCNJ’s Inaugural Diversity Summit—Awareness to Action, on April 9. During his keynote he asked, “Why is there so much talk of change, but so few results?” when it comes to advancing from awareness to action in the diversity and…
Donna Shaw’s book traces the bloodline of tainted hemophilia drugs
In the mid-1990s, TCNJ journalism professor Donna Shaw was browsing through news when she came across a story that would ultimately change the course of her life. In a story about hemophiliacs suing over tainted blood products she recognized the name of the prominent Philadelphia lawyer involved with the case, whom she immediately called. “He…
Jacob Boyle and Ryan Chiu’s pint-sized prototype aims to improve mental health care on a personal level
Meet MARCo, a charming little robot with LED eyes and a squishy foam body that lands somewhere between a stuffed animal and a stress ball. MARCo, whose name is an acronym derived from Mentally Assistive Robotic Companion, is a therapeutic device for individuals suffering from mental illness, specifically depression, bipolar disorder, and general anxiety disorder.…
Tufts professor gets geometrical about gerrymandering
Moon Duchin, associate professor of mathematics at Tufts University, visited TCNJ on Feb. 27 to share her insights into the mathematical side of a hot-button political issue: gerrymandering. Earlier this year, Pennsylvania’s congressional map was ruled unconstitutional as a result of the practice, where the boundaries of an electoral constituency are manipulated or redrawn in…