The 23rd annual University Day will be held on Tuesday, September 18, at 12:30 p.m. in the auditorium of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey on the New Brunswick campus. The program will feature President Owen's State of the University address, the presentation of the University Medal for Distinguished Leadership, and the introduction of new members of the Master Educators' Guild.
The Guild will host academic grand rounds beginning at 9:45 a.m.. Guest speakers will discuss "Jumping the Hurdles of Interdisciplinary Implementation."
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During the recent Open Forum sessions, UMDNJ President William F. Owen, Jr., outlined his plans for a deep environmental scan of UMDNJ, including a mechanism for feedback from members of the University community.
To facilitate sharing of information, discussion questions have been posted on the myumdnj portal, and thoughts and suggestions can be submitted in confidence before September 20 through the "Accelerating Our Success Scan" on the President's channel.
Seventeen "career changers" earned nursing degrees at a ceremony on the Stratford campus on August 22. They were the first graduates of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, a rigorous course of study to fulfill the requirements to become registered nurses.
The program is the only fast-track option in South Jersey for individuals with a bachelor's degree in another field to pursue a nursing career. It allows qualified students to earn a BSN in 15 months instead of the traditional four-year program for students with only a high school diploma. The program began on the nursing school's Stratford campus in May 2006. It was launched on the Newark campus in 2004.
Dr. Utz Herbig, an assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, and a researcher at the New Jersey Medical School-University Hospital Cancer Center, has been selected as an Ellison Medical Foundation Scholar on Aging. The honor carries a $200,000 grant to continue his research on cellular senescence and its impact on aging. The Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that funds basic biological and biomedical research on aging.
