TCNJ President Kathryn Foster and Ewing Township Mayor Bert Steinmann recently visited several off-campus student residences to emphasize the shared commitment between the college and the township in keeping the community healthy. The visits included handing out hand sanitizer, TCNJ masks, and other personal protective equipment as well as conversations with students about keeping themselves…
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TCNJ celebrates Women’s History Month with keynote speaker, documentary film, alumni panel, and more.
March 1, 2021 marks the beginning of Women’s History Month and TCNJ is holding a slate of events to honor and celebrate achievements of women throughout history. The schedule of events for 2021 includes: From 1919 Black Awakening to 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6 p.m. join via Zoom This event…
Chasing reform: How student criminology researchers and their professor are making news — and change.
The work of a trio of TCNJ undergraduates made front-page national news prompting changes in policy on dangerous police pursuits in New Jersey. Kyle Rich ’22, Nick Scales ’20, and Hailey Stack ’22 gathered information on car chase policies and outcomes from police departments in all 50 states during an independent study with Assistant Criminology…
Making sense of baby brainpower
We’ve all lived it, but few of us can remember it — being a baby, that is. Aimee Stahl, associate professor of psychology, has spent her career researching how infants and young children learn, and as this year’s winner of the Gitenstein-Hart Sabbatical Prize, she’ll delve further into a baby’s power of recall. “During my…
Student game developers find an intro to tech culture in the annual Global Game Jam
Shortly before the start of the spring semester, TCNJ students and alumni participated in the Global Game Jam, an annual event in which people from all over the world collaborate to create video games from scratch in a weekend. This year’s event was held virtually from January 27–31 and centered around the theme “lost and…
Biology prof receives $1 million NSF/NIFA grant to study how plants respond to insect attacks
TCNJ Assistant Professor of Biology Melkamu Woldemariam, a plant biologist who specializes in molecular and chemical ecology, has been awarded a $1 million joint grant from the National Science Foundation and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to support his research program and to engage undergraduate research collaborators in his work. Each year,…
Making sense of the moment: A three-part series examining the long- and short-term causes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
As Americans continue forging through these unprecedented times, The College of New Jersey is presenting a three-part interdisciplinary series examining the long- and short-term causes of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The series asks how did we get here, and what does the insurrection tell us about the fissures and future of…
Political Immunity: TCNJ professors take a shot at explaining how a vaccine for COVID-19 has turned political.
TCNJ professors take a shot at explaining how a vaccine for COVID-19 has turned political.
Freedom reader: Alumnus Larry Abrams wins MLK award for getting books into kids’ hands.
“Why shouldn’t every kid in America have books?” That question tugged at Larry Abrams MAT ’95 as a young teacher in Lindenwold, New Jersey, when he learned that many students in his economically disadvantaged district didn’t have access to books at home. And that question became his motivation with BookSmiles, a labor of love —…