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Bonita Veysey Appointed Interim Dean of the School of Criminal Justice

Steven J. Diner, chancellor of Rutgers University in Newark, has announced the appointment, effective July 1, 2009, of Bonita Veysey as interim dean of Rutgers School of Criminal Justice (RSCJ). Dean Adam Graycar will be returning to the faculty of RSCJ. Veysey is associate professor at RSCJ, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1998. A nationally recognized criminal justice scholar, her areas of expertise and research are in mental health and criminal justice system interactions, female offenders, adult consequences of childhood abuse and violence against women.

Rutgers Hosts High School Students in First Urban 4-H Summer Science Program

From July 6 to10, high school students from Camden, Hackensack, Paterson, and Trenton, will learn about science and explore research in a series of interactive activities, and gain a better understanding of opportunities available in science, engineering, and technology.

More than 20 Tons of Food Collected in First Months of Rutgers Against Hunger Initiative

Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) has quickly made strides in helping to address hunger and related problems amid the economic downturn that continues to put an unprecedented strain on resources across New Jersey. Since its launch last November, the universitywide initiative has collected more than 20 tons of food and raised nearly $49,000.

John Payne, Noted Affordable Housing and Land Use Scholar and Beloved Teacher at Rutgers Law School–Newark, Dies

John M. Payne, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers School of Law–Newark and key participant in the Mt. Laurel cases, died June 16 of brain cancer at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY. He was 67 years old. Services are private. A memorial service will be held at the law school in the fall. His nationally recognized Mt. Laurel work led to a reconceptualization of the field of housing law.

Rutgers Research Tackles Childhood Epilepsy

Rutgers researchers have discovered a potential new way to treat childhood epilepsy using a widely available therapeutic drug. They describe the first use of a mouse model of cortical dysplasia, a malformation of the brain that is most often the cause of childhood epilepsy, and the introduction of the drug rapamycin which suppressed epileptic seizures in the mice.

Tears in Darkness Hits NY Times Top Sellers List; Authors Are Alumni of Rutgers University, Newark

Thanks to Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman, the sacrifice and suffering of one group of World War II soldiers is being remembered and revered as never before. The husband and wife team are both alumni of Rutgers University in Newark, Michael a 1972 graduate of the Newark College of Arts & Sciences, while Elizabeth earned a BS from the College of Nursing in 1973. They are being acclaimed by critics and readers alike for their newly published book, Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and its Aftermath (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

Rutgers–Camden Student Helps Collingswood Get Bike-Friendly

‘School of Communication and Information’ Name Goes Into Effect This Week

Rutgers Research: Parkinson's Disease Alters Patient's Ability to Learn from Rewards while Treatment Affects Ability to Learn from Negative Outcomes

A new neuropsychological memory test developed by Dr. Mark Gluck, professor of neuroscience at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, Newark, and co-researchers at Rutgers, New York University, and in Hungary, is helping to uncover how Parkinson's disease can alter people's ability to learn about the consequences of the choices they make.

Alan Hyde, Leading Labor and Employment Law Scholar at Rutgers Law School–Newark, Earns University Promotion

Rutgers–Camden Experts Available to Discuss Michael Jackson

New Book by Rutgers–Camden Scholar Explores the Vulnerabilities of Women to Violence

Ralph Izzo, PSEG Chair, President and CEO, Inducted to Rutgers Board of Governors

Daniel H. Schulman, Virgin Mobile USA CEO, Inducted to Rutgers Board of Governors

Rutgers Food Innovation Center Graduates First Class of Student Interns

The Food Innovation Center (FIC), a unit of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in Bridgeton, has provided its first class of student interns from Bridgeton and Woodstown High Schools with a unique hands-on learning experience in FIC’s state-of-the-art food business incubation facility.

Rutgers School of Business to Host 45 High School Students for "Business Boot Camp" in July

Rutgers College of Nursing Receives $3 Million Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Legal Historian Mark Weiner Is Named 2009-2010 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Scholar