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Rutgers
Research Team Awarded Federal Bridge Performance Program
Contract Worth up to $25.5 Million
Program will use integrated
approach and advanced technologies to better understand bridge
performance |
Rutgers
Research Partner Stemcyte, Inc., Expands to New Jersey
Collaborative research environment
triggers move of umbilical cord stem cell company. |
Rutgers'
Alan M. Leslie Elected to American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
Leslie, director of Rutgers'
Cognitive Development Laboratory and professor of psychology
and cognitive sciences, has been elected to membership in
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation’s pre-eminent
learned society and research institution. |
Princeton's
Ashenfelter Honored by Economics Association
Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton's
Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, has been
named a distinguished fellow by the American Economic Association,
an honor bestowed each year upon no more than three economists
in the United States and Canada. |
Princeton
Researchers Map the Math in Music
Researchers including Dmitri
Tymoczko at Princeton University have devised a new way of
analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of
the deep, complex mathematics they see enmeshed in its very
fabric. |
Rutgers-led
Team Pursues Innovative Healing for War Wounded
The U.S. Army has awarded
a Rutgers-led consortium $42.5 million over five years to
create one of two academic groups that will form the Armed
Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine which will develop
new products and therapies for the repair of battlefield
injuries |
Early
Clinical Trial Results Back New Drug for Melanoma
Rutgers University and The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey collaborated in a clinical
trial that found that riluzole, an FDA approved drug used
to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, slows the growth of the most
aggressive form of malignant skin cancer. |
Celebrex-Lipitor
Combo May Halt Prostate Cancer
Rutgers researchers have shown
that administering a combination of the widely used drugs
Celebrex and Lipitor stops the transition of early prostate
cancer to its more aggressive and potentially fatal stage. |
Rutgers
Research: Impairments in Language Development Can Begin
in Infants as Young as Three Months
New studies conducted at Rutgers-Newark
are revealing new and exciting clues about how infant brains
begin to acquire language and pave the way for correcting
language difficulties even before the child learns to talk. |
Protein
Data Bank at Rutgers & UCSD Archives 50,000th Molecule
Structure
The Protein Data Bank based
at Rutgers University and the University of California-San
Diego is an online library that allows researchers and students
to study, store and share molecular information on a global
scale. |
TCNJ
Professor Named as a 2008 Carnegie Scholar
The College of New Jersey
is very proud to announce that Miriam Lowi, associate professor
of political science, has been named by the Carnegie Corporation
of New York as one of only 20 new Carnegie Scholars this
year, for her compelling ideas and commitment to enriching
the quality of the public dialogue on Islam. |
Stevens
Professor Yang Receives AFOSR Grant for Nanoelectronics
Research
Eui-Hyeok Yang, Associate
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
Stevens Institute of Technology, has received a grant from
the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for nanoelectronics
research based on carbon nanotube quantum dots. Yang will
serve as the Principle Investigator on the project, titled, “ Ultra-High-Speed
Single Electron Memory Devices based on Carbon Nanotube Quantum
Dots.” |
NJCU
President Carlos Hernandez Is Chair of AASCU Board of
Directors
Dr. Carlos Hernández, president
of New Jersey City University, has assumed the post of chair
of the Board of Directors of the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He became chair
in November, having served for one year prior as chair-elect
of the national association. Dr. Hernández will retain the
leadership position for one year. |
Chassapis
and Team at Stevens Awarded $3 million GK-12 Grant from
NSF for Multiscale Research
Through its GK-12 program,
the graduate education division of the National Science Foundation
(NSF) has awarded a grant of $3,000,000 to a multidisciplinary
research team at Stevens Institute of Technology, under the
leadership of Professor Constantin Chassapis, Director of
the Mechanical Engineering Department. |
N.I.H.
Grant Received for Basic Research in Bioscience Field
at Seton Hall
The National Institute of
Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Jane Ko, Assistant Professor
of Biological Sciences, with a Year 5 grant of $162,531 for
her research in the study of mu-opioid receptor gene expression. |
Rider
University Chapter of National Broadcasting Society Goes
Coast to Coast for Six Awards
The Rider University chapter
of the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) captured first
place awards for four of the six categories in which it was
nominated at the NBS’ 45th National Undergraduate Student
Electronic Media Competition on March 15. |
Felician
College Receives President’s Honor Roll Award for Service
The Corporation for National
and Community Service named Felician College to the President’s
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary
service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. Launched
in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest
federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment
to service-learning and civic engagement. |
Hudson
County Community College Communications Department Receives
13 National Ad Awards
Hudson County Community College
President Dr. Glen Gabert announced today that the College’s
Communications Department has been recognized with awards
for print and radio advertising in two national competitions. |
William
Paterson University Receives $1 Million to Launch Program
in Entrepreneurship
A $1 million gift from an
alumnus will launch a comprehensive program in entrepreneurship,
including an M.B.A. and other graduate programs, at William
Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. |
Stockton
Students and Faculty Helping NJ Towns to “Go Green” [pdf-20Kb]
Recognized as a leader in
alternative energy and environmental education, The Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey is now reaching beyond its
campus to help municipalities across New Jersey improve their
environmental practices and save energy. |
David
Greenberg, Historian of Presidents and Politics, Receives
Hiett Prize
The Rutgers University assistant
professor of journalism and media studies receives the prestigious
award in recognition of his work in the humanities. |
Stockton
Selected as Member Institution in Homeland Security Consortium [pdf]
The Richard Stockton College
of New Jersey is one of 104 institutions nationwide to become
a member of the Homeland Security and Defense Education Consortium
(HSDEC). A network of teaching and research institutions
offering education, research and cooperation relating to
the homeland security and national defense mission, the HSDEC
institutions promote the sharing and advancement of knowledge. |
Rutgers
Research Reveals How Food Poisoning and Bioterrorism
Toxins Could Be Tamed
New insights into how the
plant toxin ricin kills cells could help scientists develop
drugs to counteract poisonings. |
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