Hesbon Isaboke, the son of Kenyan farmers, will become the first member of his family to graduate college this month and is working toward a career in medicine, a goal that seemed unimaginable growing up. Find out how the Office for Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences (ODASIS) and its Access Med program helped Isaboke realize his academic potential.
A team of students in “The Contemporary American: The Global War on Terrorism,” a course taught by American Studies Professor Angus Kress Gillespie, recently participated in a mock National Security Council session to help them understand what it’s like to make split-second decisions that can either save or costs lives during times of war. Read more about the class that was inspired after 9/11.
Timothy Nuber, an aerospace engineering senior at Rutgers–New Brunswick's School of Engineering, launched a new group at Rutgers called Space Technology Association of Rutgers (STAR), which brings students to work together to stand out in the highly competitive space industry. This week Nuber is heading to New Mexico to launch a rocket he and the students helped build to try to reach outter space.
A review of 40 years worth of studies on how parental age affects fertility, pregnancy, and a child’s well-being over time suggests men need to be aware of their biological clocks, too. Read the release and story in Men's Journal for more on the study by Gloria Bachmann, director of the Women’s Health Institute at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
M. Bishr Omary has been appointed as the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research. He also will be the Henry Rutgers Professor of Biomedical Sciences, a professor of medicine at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a core member of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. Learn more about his new role at Rutgers.
Rutgers University is one of 28 founding universities, colleges and research institutions to join with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on an initiative to reduce sexual harassment in higher education. “The point of the action collaborative is for us to tackle this as a group rather than individually,” said Karen Stubaus, vice president for academic affairs.
An estimated 18,825 graduates will receive degrees from Rutgers this year during commencement at its three locations.
Shelia Oliver, who has a long history of public service and leadership in New Jersey, will speak at Douglass Residential College’s 98th Convocation on May 18. ''She is an example of how women leaders can shape policy and make substantive change in our communities,” says Douglass Dean Jacquelyn Litt.
Researchers at Rutgers' Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine have identified a siesta-suppressing gene in fruit flies, which sheds light on the biology that helps many creatures, including humans, balance the benefits of a good nap against those of getting important activities done during the day.