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COVID-19 takes center stage during “Mythbusters” Adam Savage’s commencement address

Christopher Connors May 12, 2020

Adam Savage, star of “Mythbusters” - a popular discovery channel television program during the better part of the 2000s, took center stage during Rowan University’s virtual commencement ceremony...

- File photo/Amanda Palma

Rowan halts tuition increase in response to COVID-19. How affordable is it compared to other NJ colleges?

Christopher Connors May 9, 2020

Rowan University announced that it will freeze tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year, in response to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2.25% tuition rate increase had been...

SGA President Rbrey Singleton speaks to students at a protest. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Former SGA President Rbrey Singleton has made his mark on Glassboro and beyond

Christopher Connors May 6, 2020

Nicaragua is once again mired in violence as the brutal Sandinista government terrorizes its own citizens, inflicting human rights abuses including murder, torture and rape. The Somoza regime was...

Photo / The White House

Federal Work Studies program funds depleted but U.S. CARES Act on the way

Christopher Connors April 25, 2020

Rowan University’s Federal Work-Study Program has ended for the remainder of the semester. Eligible students will have the opportunity to receive payments from Rowan through the recently passed United...

Jim and Kaitlin Grinias make hand sanitizer with Rowan-donated materials. Photo / Rowan Today

Rowan professor produces 20 gallons of hand sanitizer to donate to Cooper Medical School

Christopher Connors April 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered everyday life and individuals are urged to stay at home to maintain social distancing precautions. For one Rowan University professor, this provided an opportunity to...

Kenneth Valinote getting supplies. Kelisa Valinote / Photo. Used with permission.

Two Rowan alumni trapped in Peru, as martial law is declared in response to COVID-19

Christopher Connors March 23, 2020

The picturesque, rolling hills of Machu Picchu can seem like something out of a dream. For one foursome of New Jersey-natives, that dream quickly became the stuff of nightmares. When Rowan alumni Marie...

President Ali A. Houshmand
speaks at the main ceremony of Rowan University graduation 2018. - Editor-In-Chief / Miguel Martinez

Rowan University postpones commencement to late summer

Christopher Connors March 21, 2020

The class of 2020’s commencement will be postponed until later this summer in response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, according to an email from Rowan University President Ali Houshmand. “Each...

Students to move out by April 5

Students to move out by April 5

Christopher Connors March 20, 2020

As Rowan University continues to grapple with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, students are expected to move out of their housing by April 5 at the latest, according to an email sent to on-campus...

The new Wilson Hall courtyard. - Staff Writer / Lindsey D'Ambrosio

Rowan workshop attendee tests positive for COVID-19

Christopher Connors March 19, 2020

A guest attendee at a Rowan University workshop tested positive for COVID-19, the university acknowledged in an email Wednesday. The attendee, a Pennsylvania resident, attended the workshop on Saturday,...

Glassboro Police Deprtment Logo. -Glassboro Police Department Facebook page

Rowan students held at gunpoint in fall of 2018 file federal lawsuit

Christopher Connors March 15, 2020

Two Rowan University students held at gunpoint by the Glassboro Police Department in the fall of 2018 filed separate civil rights lawsuits against the borough and police department on Friday, according...

Rowan University. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Rowan extends spring break, begins preparation for online courses in light of COVID-19

Christopher Connors March 9, 2020

In light of recent developments regarding the spread of COVID-19, Rowan University has extended spring break an extra week and alerted professors to begin preparing to teach courses online if needed,...

Marlee Chesler poses overlooking the city of Florence on Feb. 3, 2020. Photo / Marlee Chesler

Studying abroad halted as coronavirus spreads to Italy

Christopher Connors March 7, 2020

"As the days went by the tourists were just disappearing... at 9:30 at night, when the streets would usually be busy and people were going out, it was kind of like a ghost town." Marlee Chesler Marlee...

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