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Students at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022. - Photo via RCHGHR

Rowan Center for the Study of the Holocaust addresses genocide awareness in panel discussion

Connor Brown April 26, 2023

Students from the Rowan Center for the Study of the Holocaust (RCHGHR) led a discussion on genocide awareness coinciding with Yom Hashoah, a day to commemorate all the victims and survivors of the Holocaust which...

President Ali Houshmand contract has been extended as president of the university till at least June 30, 2029.  - Photo via Rowan University

Board Tuition Hearing glosses over tuition increases and announces President Houshmand’s contract extension

Connor Brown April 26, 2023

At the end of the spring semester Board of Trustees meeting, members briefly touched on the upcoming tuition cost increase, while also announcing a contract extension for President Ali Houshmand and the...

President Ali Houshmand grabs a mark to sign the beam that will be apart of the new infrastructure. - News Intern / Connor Brown

Rowan’s Beam-Signing Ceremony engraves students’ names in the foundations of the expansion

Connor Brown April 26, 2023

The Rowan community was invited to hear about the progress on the new Chamberlain Student Center Expansion at a beam-signing ceremony near the entrance of Campbell library — the site of the $30 million...

A screenshot of a student view of myRowan online portal. - Photo / Connor Brown

RU’s new myRowan online portal umbrellas all online services

Connor Brown April 19, 2023

With the various online services Rowan University offers to its students, oftentimes it's easy to get lost when maneuvering banner, Canvas and others while also feeling disorganized. Information resources...

The diagnostic blood test has a 97% accuracy rate. - Photo via Pixabay

New blood test detects Alzheimer’s 10 years before symptoms

Connor Brown April 12, 2023

Researchers from Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan-Virtua SOM) and Durin Technologies have developed a highly accurate diagnostic blood test with a 97% accuracy rate that can detect pathology...

Although it's called the cloud, there are physical server banks that hold all the data. - Graphic / Julia Quennessen

Why are Rowan emails moving to the cloud?

Connor Brown March 29, 2023

Information Resources and Technology (IRT) announced that students and faculty using Rowan-managed Windows computers and emails ending in @rowan.edu would be moving to the Microsoft cloud-hosted service...

The six little shelves of the Little Free Library is filled with books that students can take. - News Intern / Connor Brown

Rowan’s Little Free Library is looking for readers

Connor Brown March 29, 2023

If you’re an avid reader and enjoy getting books for free, the third floor of Savitz Hall has just the place to satisfy both of those needs. Since July 2019, there has been a chartered Little Free...

The workshops prepare students with resume help and interview tips to have more success at career fairs. - Photo / Rowan University

Rowan hosts multiple career fair prep workshops

Connor Brown March 22, 2023

Beginning in March, the Office of Career Advancement (OCA) will be hosting career fair preparation workshops teaching students how to navigate a career fair, receive resume and interview tips and learn...

AI generated art of  "toxic landfill leakage polluting environment" using Craiyon, an AI generated art model. - Photo / Connor Brown via Craiyon

Rowan granted $260K for AI analysis of hazardous landfills impacted by climate change

Connor Brown March 22, 2023

Rowan University was recently awarded a $260K grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant permits the building of a virtual reality that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to simulate the...

Rowan Boulevard apartments on campus. - Photo / Rowan University

Housing assistant employment opportunities this summer

Connor Brown March 8, 2023

This summer, the Department of Residential Learning and university housing will be offering a housing prep assistant position to students, providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at the functions of...

The Assistant Vice President of the Department of Public Safety, Mike Kantner. - Photo / Rowan University

Mike Kantner hosts Zoom with students over public safety conversation

Connor Brown March 1, 2023

Since the start of 2023, there have been 93 mass shootings in the U.S. according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), on the path to either equal or exceed 2022’s number of 647. While there is a wavering...

There is a drop-off location for supplies, clothing and other items for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria located in the SJICR office on the second floor of Hawthorn Hall. - Photo / Flickr

Rowan students express the Turkey-Syria earthquake’s impact on their families

Connor Brown February 22, 2023

On Feb. 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border of Turkey and Syria and was followed by a 7.5 magnitude quake hours later, along with hundreds of aftershocks that have decimated the region.  More...

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