On Saturday, March 27 over 750 people took to the streets of Fort Lee, New Jersey for a peaceful march to protest the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian women, in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. The march, which included remarks from Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, was organized by TCNJ…
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How this winning team is taking plastic cups out of the landfill and into the compost pile.
The red plastic cup has become synonymous with good times, popping up at picnics, parties, and tailgates all over the country. But single-use plastics are coming under scrutiny for their negative impact on the environment. Team Zero, composed of four TCNJ seniors, is on a mission to bring to market a comparable, but compostable version,…
TCNJ Educational Psychologist Ruth Palmer named president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research
Ruth Palmer, associate professor emerita in TCNJ’s School of Education has been named president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research. She will take office as president-elect in summer 2021 and become president of the organization in summer 2022. “To serve as CUR president-elect 2021 is an honor which I receive respectfully,” Palmer said. “What I…
TCNJ adds anthropology major for fall 2021
Starting in fall 2021, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is welcoming a new major into its lineup, general anthropology. This new major, which has been in the works for more than 10 years, explores the past and present of human cultures around the world through disciplines such as archeology, language study, and biology. …
TCNJ performing arts program leverages hard science to welcome back students
In preparation for the return to on-site instruction this semester, TCNJ’s School of the Arts and Communication collaborated with a college-wide initiative to conduct a two-part indoor space review to ensure the safety of all students despite some specific challenges for those in the music department. The first analysis was an indoor air quality examination…
TCNJ wins funding for sustainability initiative
TCNJ is one of 10 colleges/universities recently awarded a pro bono consulting opportunity that will help advance sustainability and climate projects on campus. Second Nature, a Boston-based NGO whose mission it is to accelerate climate action in, and through, higher education, issued this opportunity that is being provided and sponsored by Brailsford & Dunlavey and…
Message on the Atlanta shootings from James Felton, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
To the Campus Community: Like many of you, President Foster and I were horrified to learn of the senseless and deadly shootings of eight people that took place across a string of Asian-owned businesses in Georgia yesterday. Whether or not the ongoing investigation into these acts of violence finds a racial motivation, the rise in…
Winterhalter gift allows college to “close the loop”
Students, faculty, staff, and the local community will soon be able to close the loop — around Metzger Drive, that is. Thanks to a generous unrestricted estate gift from Harold ’40 and Lois Winterhalter, the college will begin the process to complete and update “the loop” — a popular 1.8 mile walking/jogging path — around campus.…
Funded by NASA, Anthony Lau and his biomedical engineering student researchers will explore physiological adaptations to spaceflight.
Research done by TCNJ undergrads may slip the surly bonds of earth, as NASA plans to use the work as part of an effort to gauge the impact of long space flights on the health and performance of astronauts. Anthony Lau, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was awarded a $150,000 grant…