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Leeann Thornton named president-elect of the American Society of Plant Biologists

Leeann Thornton named president-elect of the American Society of Plant Biologists

Leeann Thornton, professor of biology at TCNJ, has been named president-elect of the American Society of Plant Biologists. She will begin her term on October 1, 2022. “It’s a tremendous honor to be selected to represent this society because my identity as a plant biologist has always been a huge part of my career,” Thornton…

Meet TCNJ’s 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship winners

Meet TCNJ’s 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship winners

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program is one of the most competitive sources of support for students in STEM fields. The vast majority of recipients are first- and second-year graduate students, but three TCNJ seniors made the list in this past spring when the NSF announced its 2022 awardees: Madison Bland Major: electrical…

Knicole Colón ’07 shines among NASA stars in James Webb Space Telescope image reveal

Knicole Colón ’07 shines among NASA stars in James Webb Space Telescope image reveal

Physics alumna Knicole Colón ’07 was among NASA’s go-to experts to explain the significance of the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this month. Specifically, the images showed the travel patterns of an exoplanet 1,000 light years away. “There are billions of stars, that means there are billions of planets,” said…

Abby O’Connor honored with ACS E. Emmet Reid Award

Abby O’Connor honored with ACS E. Emmet Reid Award

TCNJ chemistry professor Abby O’Connor has been honored with the E. Emmet Reid Award in Chemistry Teaching at Small Colleges in the American Chemical Society’s Middle Atlantic Region. The award, which was presented during the recent ACS regional meeting held on TCNJ’s campus, recognizes an ACS Middle Atlantic Region faculty member who encourages and stimulates…

TCNJ celebrates the class of 2022 

TCNJ celebrates the class of 2022 

Over the course of eight ceremonies spanning Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20, 2022, 1,832 undergraduates and 344 graduate students turned their tassels and officially marked their place in The College of New Jersey’s class of 2022.  Graduates from each of the college’s seven academic schools and master’s students from all disciplines walked across…

Money ranks TCNJ among the top of its “Best Colleges for Your Money” for 2022 list

Money ranks TCNJ among the top of its “Best Colleges for Your Money” for 2022 list

Money just published its 2022 list of the nation’s “Best Colleges for Your Money.” Based on measures of quality, affordability and outcomes, TCNJ ranked #39 overall, and #7 among public institutions of our size (10,000 or fewer students). “The College of New Jersey is a public school that could easily be confused for a private…

Sunita Gupta Kramer named dean of TCNJ School of Science

Sunita Gupta Kramer named dean of TCNJ School of Science

The College of New Jersey announced today that, following a national search, Sunita Gupta Kramer has been named dean of the School of Science, effective July 1, 2022. Kramer comes to TCNJ from Rutgers University where she served 12 years as faculty before taking on progressive leadership roles. She currently serves as the university’s inaugural…

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