The College of New Jersey’s Wind Ensemble and Choirs will perform together for the first time since March 2020, as they present the world premiere of Philadelphia-based composer Rollo Dilworth‘s “Weather” during two evening performances on Oct. 29-30 in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall. TCNJ’s Department of Music and the college’s Artivism…
Academics & Research
Faigenbaum named Fellow of The National Academy of Kinesiology
Avery Faigenbaum, professor of health and exercise science at TCNJ, was recently named a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Faigenbaum, who has been at TCNJ since 2004, was one of 12 U.S. scholars to earn this distinction. Honorees span the wide diversity of the kinesiology disciplines from bench/lab scientists to social scientists. “The…
Student-faculty research team gets published for exploring COVID-19 news coverage
While many college students may have experienced some pandemic fatigue and tired of the constant news reports about the number of cases and how to stay safe, six TCNJ students worked together to study and dissect the coverage, and came out of lockdown with a new title for their resumes: co-authors. Miranda Crowley, Suchir Govindarajan,…
Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle named first Latina from TCNJ to win Fulbright award
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced that TCNJ English Professor Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Canada for research on social justice advocacy and academic career narratives. Ortiz-Vilarelle is the first Latina and first faculty member from TCNJ’s English department to be awarded…
Nursing simulation lab open houses will showcase VR goggles and AI mannequins
If you’ve ever wanted a glimpse into the life of a healthcare professional, you can check out TCNJ’s nursing simulation center this week as it opens its doors to the campus and local community in celebration of Healthcare Simulation Week. TCNJ’s Department of Nursing operates three simulation/skills labs on campus that house learning tools like…
Empathy, smarts, and a bit of luck put Briana Brown on a path to diversify the field of genetic counseling
Even as a child, Briana Brown put her passion for science into action, performing experiments in her bedroom and learning about animals and how the world worked. So this summer, when offered an exclusive internship in the University of Pennsylvania’s genetic counseling program, Brown jumped at the chance to gain some real-world science experience. Brown,…
Projects may be coming to an end, but the opportunities for next steps are now falling into place
From jellyfish and dairy cows to artificial intelligence and educational biographies, this final round-up of Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience research projects showcases the variety and depth of academic inquiry TCNJ students and faculty immerse themselves in during their “time off” between semesters. But these are just a sampling of the research taking place in all…
From investigating cybersickness to optimizing culverts, TCNJ research satisfies any taste
While the formal Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience program at TCNJ is coming to an end, many of the projects are only the beginning of great things to come this academic year. Check out this week’s round up of projects-in-progress — where they’ve been and where they’re heading next: PROJECT Investigating the effectiveness of a visual…