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1. Scary reality: Expect super storms like Sandy to be more common
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs, told the Star Ledger of Newark. “This was essentially a once-every-1,000-years storm.” For Oppenheimer and Lin, a civil and environmental ...

2. Fr. George Coyne to explore the universe with Seton Hall community
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... John Paul II an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. On April 7, 2009 a few days after having presented a lecture at the Casina of Pope Pius IV, the headquarters of the Pontifical Academy ...

3. Seton Hall's Whitehead School partners with Government of the Philippines
(N.J./State)

... Health Sciences will be sending faculty and students as well,” said Dr. Esteban. “This relationship is great because the Philippines is the only predominantly Catholic country in Asia. To establish ties ...

4. 3 reasons to vote ‘Yes’ on higher education bonds
(Opinion/Commentary)

... for example, has a highly respected pharmacy school and biosciences faculty. However, it has not stayed current with rapidly changing technology and research facilities. It needs to. We all benefit if ...

5. Rutgers student overcomes brain aneurysm, helps Haitian earthquake victims
(N.J./State)

... explore gender dimensions of the country’s reconstruction efforts. She received a School of Arts and Sciences Academic Excellence Award to help cover her August 2011 trip to Port-au-Prince, the capital ...

6. The Great Barrier Reef: 1 of 7 Wonders of the World in danger
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... If we can, then the Reef will have more opportunity to adapt to the challenges of rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification", John Gunn, CEO of the Australia Institute of Marine Sciences, said in ...

7. Muslim surveillance, racial profiling post-9/11: Rutgers panel to explore topics tonight
(N.J./State)

...  The departments of American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and English of Rutgers’ School of Arts and Sciences are sponsoring the October 1 event with the Collective for Asian American Studies. ...

8. Rutgers provides women engineering students new living-learning community
(N.J./State)

... located in one wing of the fourth floor of Barr Hall, which has been a freshmen engineering residence since 2004. As with other Rutgers living-learning communities (LLCs) in the liberal arts, sciences ...

9. 'What are you?' Rutgers Fusion group brings multiracial students together
(N.J./State)

... in the Department of Psychology, in the School of Arts and Sciences. “Multiracial people hold a unique view of race; they’ve questioned it in a very different way. If you feel ‘in between’ communities, ...

10. A health care mutual fund to buy, another to hold
(Money/Economy)

... a mere $420 million. I would muddy the waters somewhat by putting in a few good words for T. Rowe Price Health Sciences, whose record may be even a bit better than Vanguard’s. Its assets: $4.59 billion. ...

11. New York premiere of ‘The Master’ doesn’t bring out Scientologists
(Entertainment/Movies)

... is at times impenetrable. We saw documentary pioneer Mr. Pennebaker and congratulated him on the honorary Oscar he will receive from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Dec. 1 at an awards ...

12. Leading multiple sclerosis researcher joins with Rutgers to expand studies
(Health/Healthquest)

... life sciences industry to accelerate research on neurological disease and disorders. As part of the “Our Rutgers, Our Future” campaign, the BHI is the recipient of a $1.5 million gift to endow a faculty ...

13. Gov. Christie's 'Jersey Comeback' can turn a corner
(Opinion/Commentary)

... enrollments. Christie understands. At the signing of the bill re-organizing the health sciences at public universities, he offered the hope that the new law – which transfers two medical schools, a dental ...

14. Academy Awards Original Song category sees rule change
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are constantly examining and reviewing and making proposed changes before they present their recommendations to the Academy’s Board of Governors for approval. On Aug. ...

15. Is Gov. Christie fiddling while Kean University students get burned?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a three-way effort to: virtually dismantle the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), the state-run health sciences institution, ceding seven of its eight schools to Rutgers University; ...

16. 2013 Academy Awards: Meet new producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and James Franco doing the hosting honors when it was 37.9 million viewers. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences just sent out a press release announcing that Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will ...

17. Rutgers merger official, but questions still remain
(N.J./State)

... and Health Sciences Education Restructering Act gives Rutgers a medical school in New Brunswick and raises Rowan to research university status. According to the Courier Post, the New Jersey Medical and ...

18. Gov. Christie cannot be a bully in keynote speech
(N.J./State)

... break a political career. David Greenberg, associate professor of history and journalism and media studies in the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers ...

19. N.J. sport fishing industry is sinking
(N.J./State)

... of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries in the state’s Department of Environmental Sciences, told the Star Ledger while the numbers reveal fewer people are taking trips; there are still people fishing; "General ...

20. James Holmes' psychiatrist contacted police: What went wrong?
(U.S./Nation)

... would have to be an extremely good reason," said Dr. Carol Bernstein, a New York University psychiatrist said, according to ABC News. KMGH also reported that Holmes failed a preliminary neurosciences ...