In the Know – Issue 35

A Global Experience

Teaching and Learning faculty Jessica Bacon, Priya Lalvani and 16 students presented the University’s Increasing Access to College program in Finland this summer.

We’re Back!

Campus has come alive this week as new and returning students arrive. Check out the photo gallery from move-in.

Mapping a Greener Future

Montclair’s PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies wrapped up another successful Green Teams summer program of community partnerships. Here are some highlights.

Multimedia Professor Featured on PBS Episode 

Multimedia Journalism Professor Thomas E. Franklin, whose iconic 9/11 photo was made into a postage stamp, will be featured on the new PBS series The Bigger Picture on September 6.

Preparing for the Future

Eighteen Newark Red Hawks Rising Teacher Academy high school students spent six weeks this summer on campus, taking courses to help prepare them for college.

In the News

• President Koppell appeared on CBS News New York to weigh in on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
• President Koppell made ROI-NJ’s list of the Top 12 Most Influential People in Higher Education.
• Senta German (Classics and General Humanities) was mentioned in this NJ.com piece about a 6th century BCE Etruscan mirror found in an antique shop in Cape May.
• Eva Goldfarb (Public Health) is quoted in a BBC article about why a conversation about sex education between parent and child doesn’t have to be awkward.
• Jaime Bedrin (Journalism) wrote a piece for Montclair Local about the nostalgia of back-to-school shopping.
• Our agreement with Bloomfield College is discussed in a New Jersey Monthly article about small private colleges and universities in New Jersey that are struggling to survive with reduced resources. The article includes commentary from President Koppell.
• Meiyin Wu (Biology) is quoted in this NJ.com article about the remarkably clean water we’ve had at New Jersey beaches this year.
• Stephanie Silvera (Public Health) is quoted in this NJ.com article about how persons of color did not get the same level of care during the pandemic. Silvera was also quoted in this News12 Connecticut piece on the latest vaccine and masking recommendations as kids head back to school, and offered commentary for a NJ Spotlight News story on how universities are rolling out monkeypox guidance.
• In the debut of his new “Varsity Aces Mailbag” (subscriber-only), The Record high school sports reporter Darren Cooper shared memories of working with the late Mike Scala.
• NorthJersey.com published an article about Rob Gilbert (Exercise Science and Physical Education) and his motivational message hotline.
• Kirk Johnson (Justice Studies) is quoted in this New Jersey Monitor article about ethics in the state legislature.
• NorthJersey.com and News12 stopped by campus last week to see our Red Hawks moving into their residence halls.

Reminders

• You can check the COVID-19 Dashboard to find the latest campus COVID data, including case numbers.
• The Investiture of President Jonathan Koppell will take place on Thursday, September 15. Check your email for information sent out this week from the Provost’s office about the schedule of events.
• You can visit the digital versions of The Universities Galleries’ past exhibitions, viewable on desktop, mobile or as an immersive VR experience on the Galleries website. And check the website for upcoming new shows.
• U.S. research agencies are now mandated by the government to update their public  access policies to ensure that research and publications funded by taxpayers are accessible, without embargo or cost. Guidance on providing open access to your publications or research is available at the Sprague Library’s website.

Kudos

• To the many people and offices who made the new orientation program for incoming students a big success, serving some 4,000 new Red Hawks including, Duane Williams, Nate Taylor, Jasey Bedoya, Mariel Pagan, Casey Coleman, Julie Fleming, Antonio Talamo, Jeanine Stroh, Kevin Schafer, Tara Mellor (and all of the Residence Life staff), Chief Barrett, Capt. Fox (and all of the UPD team).
• To Elizabeth Emery (World Languages and Cultures), who was invited to speak at the Maison Louis Pasteur in France this summer during ceremonies celebrating the bicentennial of the French scientist’s birth.
• To Kent Leung (Physics and Astronomy), who was awarded a $436k grant to study neutrons by the U.S. Department of Energy.
• To Erin Kang (Psychology) for receiving the 2022 Society for Research in Child Development Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars’ Slifka/Ritvo Innovation in Autism Research Award.
• To Seddik Meziani (Finance) for participating in a bell ringing ceremony for new single stock exchange-traded funds at the NASDAQ on August 16. Seddik serves as the chair of the Independent Audit Committee of GraniteShares, the company that launched the new ETFs.

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