How can residents claim a “right to the city” in places long defined by distress and persistent poverty? This research examined community well-being in Camden, New Jersey, using a mixed-method framework to explore how objective, subjective, and behavioral indicators shape quality of life in a city navigating decades of economic hardship. Presented at the Graduate… continue reading
Debates over censorship, curriculum, and literary value continue to shape how certain texts are taught in U.S. classrooms. This work examined why The Bluest Eye remains both contested and essential, focusing on how its narrative structure and thematic complexity invite deeper engagement with race, class, and gender rather than justifying its exclusion. The analysis was… continue reading
Controlling when and where drugs are released inside biological systems remains a central challenge in targeted therapy. This work investigated how light-responsive nano-polymersomes could enable precise, on-demand cargo release by using pulsed laser irradiation to disrupt vesicle membranes with high spatiotemporal control. The research was presented at the Graduate Poster Exhibition during the 2025 SPARK!… continue reading
Before the semester gathered speed, doctoral candidates were welcomed into the cozy confines of the Graduate School House for a week that brought dissertation writing to the center of campus life. Representing Public Affairs, Computational and Integrative Biology, and Childhood Studies, participants arrived at a stage where dissertation defenses can be measured in weeks and… 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
