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In the Know – Issue 22

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In the Know, The Newsletter for the people who make the University work
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Don鈥檛 Miss Our Watch Party!

Grab some popcorn and catch a sneak peek of 麻豆传媒在线鈥檚 big episode on Amazon Prime鈥檚 The College Tour on March 24 in SCM鈥檚 Presentation Hall. Come meet our student cast!

Wastewater Research Receives $750K USDA Grant

Professor Yang Deng leads a USDA-funded, four-year study on developing sustainable water reuse systems to help mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts.

COVID Update

The Weekly COVID Newsletter provides the latest information about COVID-19 for the University community and includes a link to the COVID Dashboard. .

In the News

  • Elizabeth Wishnick (Political Science and Law) co-wrote on how Ukraine is testing the limits of China and Russia’s partnership.
  • Cortni Borgerson (Anthropology) was about her work in Madagascar and how she 鈥 and other science experts 鈥 are using bugs 鈥渢o help save the planet.鈥
  • Sara Goldstein (Family Science and Human Development) was quoted in about the lifting of mask mandates and mask bullying in schools.
  • David Galef (English) penned a proposing ways to make the English major more viable.
  • Emily Douglas (Social Work and Child Advocacy) is quoted in about safe haven laws.
  • Jazmin Reyes-Portillo (Psychology) and Carrie Masia-Warner (Psychology) were quoted and about their study on the impact of COVID-19 on college students. Masia-Warner was also about the impact of the pandemic on college students.
  • Stephanie Silvera (Public Health) is quoted in about how experts are worried about residents in the state who are unlikely to receive further inoculations against COVID-19. She also about the end of Governor Murphy鈥檚 COVID briefings, and again appearing in New Jersey.
  • Charles Feldman (Nutrition and Food Studies) and his recently founded New Jersey Policy Think Tank for the food and restaurant industry were highlighted , a digital industry publication.
  • about the advancement of a bill to change the law that made the University responsible for operating the New Jersey School of Conservation. on the topic.
  • of the New Jersey projects that will get funding from the federal government鈥檚 $1.5 trillion spending bill. 麻豆传媒在线 will receive $400,000 that will go toward an education program on harmful algal blooms.

Reminders

  • Start your week off with some Mindful Meditation without leaving your desk. Our Office of Health Promotion hosts meditation on . Reduce your stress with this simple technique.
  • Don鈥檛 miss our Department of Theatre and Dance production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, running March 18, 19 and 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. .
  • Check out the world premier of Movement by Netta Yerushalmy this weekend at the Alexander Kasser Theater. For showtimes and ticket info visit .

Kudos

  • To our students who took an alternative Spring Break last week, volunteering for community service with Habitat for Humanity, the Community Food Bank and elsewhere. for photos of our Red Hawks in action.
  • To associate professors, Tarika Daftary-Kapur (Justice Studies) and Tina Zottoli (Psychology) and graduate assistants Tristin Faust and Ryan Schneider, whose research on 112 juvenile lifers released in Philadelphia will be published in the journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.

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Read more about our people and programs in the University News Center, and find out what鈥檚 happening on campus in the Events Calendar.