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Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: History's Klapper receives Judaic Studies fellowship
Melissa R. Klapper, associate professor of history and former director of women's and gender studies, was awarded a residential fellowship at the University of Michigan's Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies for Fall 2011. The Institute …
Using Skype, Bill Carrigan shares his research with California high school students
While Rowan University was closed for snow, History professor William Carrigan took his research to California via Skype. On January 27, 2011, Carrigan discussed the history of lynching and mob violence against Mexican Americans with high school …
Greg Caputo & his students changing the future of medicine
Through a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Rowan University students are researching ways to improve antibiotics by using naturally occurring parts of the immune system. An increase in prescribed antibiotic medication has led to …
Political Science senior, Jennifer Ballard, volunteers in Haiti
Jennifer Ballard, a senior political science major, literally took Haiti disaster relief into her own hands. For two months during her summer vacation, Jennifer volunteered in Haiti removing rubble while working with a nonprofit organization, All …
CLAS' First Postdoctoral Fellow, Blake Laing
Dr. Blake Laing has joined the Physics & Astronomy department with a postdoctoral fellowship. He is a theoretical atomic physicist with a particular interest in ultracold atoms and molecules. While earning his B.S. from Southern Adventist …
Featured Faculty: Janet Moore Lindman
Dr. Janet Moore Lindman, Professor of History at Rowan University, has been accepted into the NEH Summer Institute for College & University Teachers to be held this summer at the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian …
English major, Chanelle Wilson, wins Fulbright scholarship
English Major Chanelle Wilson has won an extremely competitive Fulbright scholarship to study in South Africa. Chanelle's experience studying abroad at the University of Cape Town in South Africa was truly memorable, and she looks …
Featured Student: Kristen Brozina's special bond with her father becomes a New York Times feature
Kristen Brozina, English major, was featured in The New York Times Sunday Styles section (March 21, Mike Winerip) for their unique father-daughter bond forged through the love of reading. Their "reading streak& …
Featured Faculty: MaryLou Kerwin
Congratulations to MaryLou Kerwin for being selected to receive Rowan University's 2010 Faculty Research Achievement Award. Dr. Kerwin is Professor of Psychology, Director of the Center for Behavior Analysis, Research and Services, and …
Featured Faculty: Tony Robb
Dr. Anthony J. Robb, Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Rowan University and associate professor of Spanish, has released his book, Eunice Odio y su sensual mundo poético (Edwin Mellen Press). Dr. Robb …
Featured Faculty: Sam Lofland
Sam Lofland along with Jeff Hettinger (Physics), K. Ramanujachary (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Amos Mugweru (Chemistry and Biochemistry), and Paris Von Lockette (Mechanical Engineering) were awarded an NSF Major Research Instrumentation Grant for $ …
Student Perspective: Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale
On January 15 -17, 2010, a unique event took place at Yale: A physics conference where women finally outnumbered the men. The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics was first held at USC in 2006 with only 29 women attendees. …
Featured Faculty: Sandra Jones
We congratulate Sandra Jones on her recent publication, Coalition Building in the Anti-Death Penalty Movement: Privileged Morality, Race Realities (2009, Lexington Books). Sandra J. Jones, Ph.D, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Sociology …
Featured Faculty: Maria Rosado
Dr. Maria Rosado, professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Geography/Anthropology department, was recently named as one of the "South Jersey Superwomen" by South Jersey Magazine (vol. 6, issue, 7). Dr. Rosado was bestowed this …
Featured Faculty: Dr. Q. Edward Wang
Q. Edward Wang, Professor of History at Rowan, has been awarded membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for Spring 2010. He is the first one in the history of Rowan University/Glassboro State College to receive this prestigious …
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