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"When you move away for college, you expect to land in the same place as a bunch of other far flung, disrupted and lonely students. Far flung, disrupted, and lonely, describes a mighty few here on campus." - Photo via Pixabay

Miller: College and culture shock; my out of state experience

Lily Miller, Contributor September 9, 2024

"Six degrees of separation" is the idea that everyone on this planet is linked through six or fewer social connections. It’s a friend of a friend, the world over. Everyone in the state of New Jersey,...

Green Jobs Academy will teach students how to work in solar and wind power industries. - Graphic / Julia Quennessen

TD Bank grants RU $1M to develop Green Jobs Academy to build a wind turbine and training to students

Madison Miller March 22, 2023

This year, The Rowan University Foundation was one of the ten $1 million grant recipients across the United States and Canada for the TD Ready Challenge because of their new Green Jobs Academy initiative,...

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...

Isiah "Pop" Pacheco runs the ball during a game when he played for Rutgers University. - Photo / Rutgers Athletics

Pala: A win for ‘Pop’ is a win for Jersey

Nigel Pala February 22, 2023

A couple of minutes after Rihanna shut down the internet on one of the biggest annual stages in American television, a pretty impactful moment occurred in New Jersey history. After a pretty typical, but...

2022 Rowan graduate, Nick Flagg, has gone on to perform, teach, direct and inspire all over South Jersey. - Photo via Nick Flagg

Rowan alum Nick Flagg reflects on his inspirations and the stereotypes of gender in theater

Tatiana Retamar January 26, 2023

Rowan University College of Performing Arts has always had the reputation of being an excellent pathway into the entertainment arts. Students are given first-hand experience with the arts through acting,...

South Jersey Climate News' social media logo. -Photo / Mark Berkey-Gerard.

Rowan Journalism Department Receives $40K Grant Towards Reporting South Jersey Climate Change

Bryant Lopez October 26, 2022

Editor's note: This story was revised 10/27 for clarity Rowan's Journalism Department announced they will receive $40,000 from the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium on Thursday, Oct. 13. Professors...

Rohrer College of Business. Photo via Rowan University.

Rowan Innovation Fund Expands to $25 Million for Entrepreneurs

Al Harmon September 21, 2022

Businesses frequently need innovation to overcome problems caused by change, and entrepreneurs foster this innovation. Innovation and Entrepreneurship. These two ideas go together and function as one...

Staff writer Mya Calderon gives advice to students moving to a new state to attend a new college. - Photo via Pixabay.com

Calderon: Midwestern City Slicker

Mya Calderon November 2, 2021

From tall bright green cornfields to dull grey pavements and blaring horns, my life changed when I decided to move away for college – 1,313.2 miles to be exact.  “What are you doing all the...

Indie band, Transfer Post, playing at Rowan Alt. / Photo via @rowanaltmusic

Inside Rowan’s Flourishing Live Music Scene

Max Adams October 27, 2021

As most Rowan students know, the campus becomes quite empty on weekends. For most students, there aren’t too many options for how to spend your time, other than going to a party or hanging out in your...

Artist Norwood Viviano creates glass landscapes with LiDAR, which stand in stark juxtaposition to the resources that they depend on — in this piece, for example, a model of Detroit on top of a motor engine. This is just one ways that Viviano visualizes the use of natural resources as related to place and industry. - Image Courtesy of Norwood Viviano

Artist Norwood Viviano Lectures on Visualizing our Fragile Cities with Glass Sculpture

Tara Lonsdorf October 5, 2020

As members of the Rowan community learned via a virtual lecture on Friday, Norwood Viviano's glass art isn't just visually striking; it's also educational when it comes to understanding a variety of different...

LaScala's Fire recently opened on Rowan Boulevard. -Multimedia Editor/Miguel Martinez

Coronavirus closures: These Glassboro businesses have adjusted their hours

The Whit Staff March 17, 2020

Social distancing at home and looking to know which businesses will still be open? Don't worry - here's a list of every Glassboro business that will be open for service during the pandemic. !function(){"use...

Rowan EMS vehicles outside of their headquarters behind the Winans Hall on Rowan's campus.  Staff Writer /  Mackenzie Fitchett.

Rowan EMS prepares for pandemic

Tara Lonsdorf March 15, 2020

Even as Rowan University has moved to online classes, Rowan's student-staffed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team will continue serving the Rowan community throughout the coronavirus pandemic. According...

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