Several faculty members from different departments in TCNJ’s School of Science are bringing different disciplinary perspectives to understand a range of effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Computationally Modeling Interactions between the Coronavirus Spike Protein and its Receptor to Understand What Makes this Virus More Efficient in Propagating Disease Dr. Joseph Baker, Chemistry…
Nicholas Tusay, a senior Physics major at TCNJ, has been awarded a highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Nick will graduate from TCNJ in May 2020 and then attend graduate school at Pennsylvania State University, where he will pursue a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship…
Dr. Howard Reinert, Professor of Biology at TCNJ, and his conservation research on rattlesnakes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens was featured in the April 26, 2020 episode of the PBS show Ecosense for Living – “Wild Crossings.” Professor Reinert’s work is featured beginning at the 23:00 mark. About PBS Eco Sense for Living Eco…
Students scattered in different rooms of the Education Building, gluing their eyes to their laptop screens. Teams of strangers or best friends laid claim to floor tiles with sleeping bags, pillows, and non-stop work. This site was nothing new for the annual HackTCNJ event. The 24-hour event is organized by computer science majors who are…
TCNJ’s chapter of the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, is for all students. Anyone and everyone. Anyone who is interested in applying to medical school, and anyone in the process of applying to medical school, and anyone who doesn’t know what they want but think that medicine or medically related field could be a…
Exploring, Growing, and Understanding The willingness to learn is what makes a scientist, and the ability to evolve is what makes a successful scientist. Dr. Don Lovett has been an educator since 1979 but has been involved with teaching well before that. His teaching career started with giving swimming lessons and leading a boy…
The ability to create or start something new isn’t limited to a classroom or a laboratory. Sometimes, a new idea can be found on a dance floor. In the fall of 2019, the School of Science students from all academic departments joined together for a night of dancing, laughing, mocktails, and most importantly, stress-relief. There…
Mystery, Discovery, and Beauty – How a Physicist Looks at Physics With promises of unraveling the secrets of the universe – the TCNJ Physics Department is a community that sees beauty on chalkboards that are scrambled with equations. Instead of seeing the frustration in the messy erasures of failed attempts to solve a problem,…
Ian Reed TCNJ Alumni March 25, 2020 (Wed.) 12:30 – 1:30 pm P 117 Research Abroad with TCNJ Abstract: Studying abroad is a great opportunity and learning experience. Learn how to apply for and participate in a variety of research projects at several universities in Europe. I will also discuss my experience…
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