Academics & Research
Senior Chance Gayles awarded 2019 Gilman Scholarship
Interactive multimedia major Chance Gayles ’20 was awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The $4,500 award will support his study of Japanese language and culture at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan in fall 2019. In addition to his interactive multimedia major, Gayles has a minor in Japanese. He’s been studying Japanese at…
Math prof Robert Cunningham receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
TCNJ mathematics professor Robert Cunningham has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award that will support his sabbatical to help integrate research-based teaching strategies into the curriculum of schools in the Caribbean. A veteran high school mathematics teacher, Cunningham’s 10 years of classroom experience inspired him to think critically about the secondary mathematics curriculum and how…
Namal Seneviratne ’19 selected for Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
Namal Seneviratne ’19 was selected as a 2019 Phi Kappa Phi Fellow. Seneviratne, who will be attending the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the fall, earned one of only 50 $8,500 awards from the honor society. Each year, TCNJ’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi selects one candidate to compete for the society-wide graduate fellowship.…
TCNJ communication studies students break records at D.C. Health Conference
TCNJ’s Department of Communication Studies furthered its reputation for producing top-notch undergraduate research, with a record-breaking number of student-authored papers chosen for presentation at the D.C. Health Communication Conference in Fairfax, Virginia. Eight TCNJ students were the only undergraduate students in the nation invited to present papers at the conference hosted by George Mason University…
Engineering professor fleshes out a new way to study biological tissue
Karen Yan is manufacturing the natural. The biomedical and mechanical engineering professor researches tissue engineering — a multidisciplinary field focused on developing functional tissues that can repair or replace damaged biological tissues. Artificial skin, for example, is one of the successful applications of engineered tissues. If it sounds like science fiction, think again. It has…