When stories about place are repeated often enough, they harden into “truth” – even when they are incomplete, flattened, or wrong. Angel Perez, an alum of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program and a current student in the Emerging Media (MA) program, is working to interrupt that cycle. At the First-Generation, Lower-Income (FGLI) Consortium… continue reading
Graduate school does not slow down at the midpoint of the semester – if anything, it sharpens. In this Voices of Rutgers-Camden reflection, Alexa Nichols writes straight into that tension with insight and calm. Now the newest member of the Graduate School team, a Rutgers-Camden alum, and a Criminal Justice MA student, Alexa captures the… continue reading
From working long shifts at Dunkin’ to stepping onto the podium in a high school music room, Brady Kellum’s journey to teaching is built on patience, persistence, and a lifelong connection to music. Now a Teacher Education MAT student at Rutgers–Camden, Brady is beginning his student teaching experience focused on helping young musicians grow in… continue reading
The moment a substitute teaching job shifted from a temporary step to something she genuinely loved, everything changed for Nichole Deacon. Watching students respond with the kindness and curiosity she once longed for from her own teachers sparked her commitment to becoming an educator. In the reflections that follow, Nichole shares in her own words… continue reading
Artificial intelligence designed to help scientists study the brain with greater precision earned a Best Poster Honorable Mention Award at the 16th Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics. The conference brings together work in artificial intelligence for Bio-medicine from across computer science, statistics, biology, and clinical research. The project… continue reading
At a national gathering known for shaping how public budgets and policies take form, Prakash Kandel, PhD candidate in Public Affairs/Community Development, and Michael Hayes, Graduate Program Director of the Public Administration (MPA) program, brought New Jersey’s cannabis policy landscape into a broader public finance conversation. The Association for Budgeting and Financial Management conference in… continue reading
