Two creative writing alumni, Dan Brady ’04 and Sarah Blake ’07, are returning to TCNJ to celebrate their success as authors and read from new books published this month. Below, they remember their time at the college and share the wisdom they’ve gained over their publishing careers. How does it feel returning to your alma…
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How this TCNJ biologist is getting a worm’s eye view of cellular stability
Meet Nina Peel, TCNJ’s resident worm wrangler. In her lab, Peel looks through her microscope, examining thousands of squiggly worms known scientifically as C. elegans. She uses these minuscule creatures as a model organism — a non-human species used in a lab — to help her understand biological processes and phenomena. Peel is looking into…
TCNJ launches study abroad program in Taiwan
Starting this summer, up to 15 TCNJ students per year will have the opportunity to study abroad at Tamkang University in Taiwan, thanks to a partnership between the college and the Taiwanese government. The Huayu BEST (Bilingual Exchanges of Selected Talent) Program will include a language partnership for TCNJ students to practice Mandarin and a…
Student researchers get to the heart of romantic relationships during a pandemic
Romantic relationships in young adulthood (and most any other time!) can be complicated, even without a pandemic. So students in the psychology department’s Romantic Relationships Research Lab set out to take a look at love in the time of COVID-19. They conducted interviews with 48 peers at TCNJ who were in relationships that lasted three…
Andy Polansky receives professional excellence award
After nearly 40 years in the communications industry, Andy Polansky ’83 is set to retire in June, at the top of his game. But before he does, the chairman and CEO of IPG DXTRA and executive chairman at Weber Shandwick will be honored with the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication on February…
TCNJ’s Social Epidemiology Lab unearths important COVID link
As the nation enters its third year of the pandemic, students and faculty at the Social Epidemiology Lab in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey have discovered a compelling connection between pandemic mortality and social capital across the nation. Social capital is a set of shared values…
Physics prof’s new Fulbright award supports STEM connections across the Atlantic
TCNJ physics professor David McGee is making international connections for TCNJ science students, thanks to support from a Fulbright Specialist Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. McGee recently returned from Berliner Hochschule für Technik in Germany, where he worked with staff and faculty in putting the finishing…