Stevens starts STEM program aimed at underserved H.S. students
Stevens Institute of Technology is launching a program to help underserved students and underrepresented minorities get STEM-related jobs.
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics is a growing field.
The Hoboken school’s ACES program, Accessing Careers in Engineering...
Quest for Amazon began with growth of Newark schools
When Gov. Chris Christie announced recently that Newark’s bid to land Amazon’s second headquarters would be the only one in the state to get the administration’s approval, Don Katz was not in the audience...
Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership’s director is retiring
The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School will get a new director in the new year.
Professor Joanne B. Ciulla will succeed James Abruzzo, who is retiring after co-founding the Newark institute 13...
Three of N.J.’s colleges are among world’s best, report reveals
New Jersey has three universities that are among the top in the world, according to US News & World Report.
Princeton University made the Top 10 in the publication’s Best Global Universities ranking, at No....
Nonprofit Profile: Cento Amici, the ‘100 Friends’
Origin
Cento Amici (100 Friends) was founded 30 years ago by Thomas Zito, executive director of the Bayonne Housing Authority, and Robert Zito, then an executive at the New York Stock Exchange. The two had...
Babineau joins executive committee of Rutgers’ Center for Real Estate
Anne S. Babineau, a co-chair of the Real Estate practice at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, has been appointed to join the executive committee of the advisory board at the Rutgers Center for Real Estate,...
Nonprofit Profile: Cornerstone Family Programs, building better lives
Origin
Founded in 1813 by women of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to help women and children left behind during the War of 1812 as the Morristown Female Charitable Society. Later known as Family Service...
Rowan, Rutgers break ground on joint higher-education facility in Camden
The groundbreaking for the Joint Health Sciences Center in Camden on Thursday brought local, state and federal officials together to celebrate a facility that will provide education and training opportunities for careers in health...
Stevens gets $15M endowment to fund engineering scholarships
Stevens Institute of Technology has received the largest endowed scholarship gift in its history, a $15 million donation that will fund the A. James Clark Scholars Program, the Hoboken university announced Wednesday.
The gift from...
Report ranks N.J.’s college tuition costs; which one tops $50K a year?
Annual tuition at 27 of New Jersey’s four-year colleges ranged from $11,762 to $50,725, with more than half topping $29,000 a year, according to a published report Wednesday.
NJ Advance Media’s NJ.com ranked the colleges...
