Academics & Research
A million thanks: How TCNJ gratitude went viral on TikTok
It was a small gesture for a professor who made the most of a difficult semester teaching remotely. Logging in to his statistics class, Adam Shrager thinks he’s having technical difficulties when the usual Brady Bunch-style Zoom grid is blank. Then, nearly two-dozen students simultaneously appear in their video boxes — each holding a homemade…
Breathing Easier: How one student and her alumnus dad are taking the fight against COVID-19 to the air
Amid an online semester and a global pandemic, Olivia Cash ’21 did what any engineering major would do: she started problem-solving. Alongside her dad, Jim Cash ’85, and the support of some peers in TCNJ’s School of Engineering, Olivia is working on a novel way to combat the novel virus. Working as a product development…
TCNJ students collaborate with RWJ University Hospital on innovative music therapies for cancer patients
The College of New Jersey’s School of the Arts and Communication has recently partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to expand upon the hospital’s existing Holistic Arts programs by designing innovative online music therapy experiences for cancer patients. This fall, nine TCNJ students are taking a course entitled “User-Centered Musical Design,” offered jointly…
Student research boosts Trenton Circus Squad’s mission to help kids juggle the trials of adolescence
Five TCNJ sociology students had a front-row seat at the circus last fall, when they took on a project to look closely at just what the Trenton Circus Squad does. The five-year-old nonprofit, housed in the city’s Roebling Market, teaches children aged 11 to 18 juggling, ropewalking, stilt-walking, and other feats of derring-do, which,…
Comprehending contagion: 5 things to know about vaccines
With the race to a COVID-19 vaccine well underway, TCNJ’s resident immunology expert helps break down what it all means. Amanda Norvell, biology professor and interim dean of TCNJ’s School of Science teaches courses in molecular immunology, and the biology of human disease and prevention. Here are five things she says we should know about…
Environmental sustainability education minor receives national accreditation
The College of New Jersey’s minor in Environmental Sustainability Education recently received accreditation by the North American Association for Environmental Education. TCNJ’s is the only program in the state to earn this recognition, and is one of few environmental education programs specific to pre-service PreK–12 teachers at the undergraduate level in all of North…
Communicating crisis: TCNJ research team publishes article on coronavirus coverage in Spanish academic journal
As coronavirus cases were spreading rapidly across the country last spring, a team of six TCNJ juniors in John Pollock’s course on global health communication and social change began analyzing nationwide news coverage of the federal government’s response to what was quickly becoming a coronavirus crisis. “Our team jumped at the chance to study domestic…