Learn more about the project that Elizabeth Demaray, Associate Professor of Fine Arts, is working on at Rutgers-Camden NewsNow: https://news.camden.rutgers.edu/2013/09/branching-out-indaplant-project-allows-plants-to-move-freely-on-robotic-carriages/
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Senator Walter Rand Institute Evaluates Healthy Living Initiative
Rutgers-Camden’s Senator Walter Rand Institute worked with the Food Bank of South Jersey (FBSJ) to evaluate their Healthy Living Initiative, which strives to educate the public about healthy eating habits. Ultimately, the Rand Institute determined that the FBSJ’s Healthy Living Initiative was beneficial to its participants. Read the full article at NewsNow.
Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Applications Due September 25th!
Rutgers University-Camden is a proud research institution, and we encourage undergraduate students to become involved with research. To that end, we offer the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund, which supports the costs of research. Visit https://fas.camden.rutgers.edu/student-experience/undergraduate-research/support-for-undergraduate-research/, and click on the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund link for the application. The application … Continue reading Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Applications Due September 25th!…
Dr. Robert Emmons: Rotary Peace Fellow
Dr. Robert Emmons, the associate director of the FASC Digital Studies Center, which will open this academic year, worked as a Rotary Peace Fellow in Bangkok, Thailand, over the summer. Check out the video he made about his experience abroad!
Win a copy of Lauren Grodstein’s new novel or Chinelo Okparanta’s new collection of short stories!
Wouldn’t you love to curl up with a good book? In honor of next week’s reading, which will feature Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Lauren Grodstein and Graduate School-Camden alumna Chinelo Okparanta, we are giving away a copy of Ms. Grodstein’s new novel, The Explanation for Everything, and Ms. Okparanta’s new short story … Continue reading Win a copy of Lauren Grodstein’s new novel or Chinelo Okparanta’s new collection of short stories!…
50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
August 28th marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. To commemorate this significant day, Camilo José Vergara, a writer, photographer, and documentarian, posted photographs of murals of Dr. King from around the country on the abandoned Elgin Diner on Mount Ephraim Avenue … Continue reading 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington…
We R Rutgers-Camden: Dennis Egen
“Every opportunity I’ve ever had in my career can be traced back to Rutgers-Camden.”
Rutgers–Camden to Host Writers in Camden Series; First Readings Set for Sept. 11
Rutgers-Camden begins the 2013-2014 Writers in Camden series on September 11th, with readings by Lauren Grodstein, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English, and Graduate School-Camden alumna Chinelo Okparanta. This reading series, made possible in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), is free and open to the public. Readings start … Continue reading Rutgers–Camden to Host Writers in Camden Series; First Readings Set for Sept. 11…
Researchers Calculate Cell Chemical Reaction Rates Using Gene Expression
Dr. Desmond Lun, Associate Professor of Computer Science and chair of the Department of Computer Science, and Min Kyung Kim, a doctoral student in computational and integrative biology, are using a cell’s genes to research the way cells react with chemicals. Read the full article at NewsNow.
Dr. Janet Golden Pens Article on the Place of Religion in American Medical History
Dr. Janet Golden, Professor of History, recently wrote an article titled “‘Modern Medical Science and the Divine Providence of God’: Rethinking the Place of Religion in Postwar U.S. Medical History,” which examines how many parents who experienced the death of children during the postwar period relied heavily on religion to help make sense of the … Continue reading Dr. Janet Golden Pens Article on the Place of Religion in American Medical History…