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Top NJ Public Health School Students and Faculty Partner with State Initiative to Address Black Maternal and Infant Mortality Crisis

January 20, 2022 4 minute read Press release

Students and faculty in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science (SNHES) at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) partner with First Lady Tammy Murphy's Nurture NJ to tackle the state’s Black maternal and infant mortality crisis.

Leading NJ Exercise Science Program Provides Students with Hands-On Research Opportunities at Human Performance Lab

December 22, 2021 3 minute read Press release

Students in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science (SNHES) at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) are getting hands-on experience researching physical fitness best practices at the school’s Human Performance Lab.

Top NJ Health School's Social Epidemiology Lab Found Link Between Pandemic Mortality and Social Capital

November 24, 2021 3 minute read Press release

The College of New Jersey's Social Epidemiology Lab (SEL) has found significant connections between COVID-19 deaths and social capital and vulnerability at state levels.

Campus Gets Real: Leading NJ Health School Students Volunteer with $1 Million Program to Help Peers Confront COVID-19 Trauma

November 9, 2021 5 minute read Press release

Peers are helping each other process pandemic trauma as The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) welcomes students back to campus.

Leading NJ Health School Announces Initiative for Nation’s First Trauma-Informed Campus With $1 Million VOCA Grant

July 15, 2021 5 minute read Press release

Healthcare experts in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey awarded $1 million Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant to transform the state university into the nation’s first trauma-informed campus.

Professor at Top NJ Health School Wins International Award for Article Warning of Physical Inactivity Pandemic

June 17, 2021 3 minute read Press release

An article senior-authored by Dr. Avery Faigenbaum, Professor of Exercise Science in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), won the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) 2020 Best Paper of the Year award.

Top NJ Public Health and Business Programs Launch Innovative Dual Degree

June 10, 2021 3 minute read Press release

The College of New Jersey's public health department and business school graduate programs are partnering to launch a fast-track dual Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Master in Public Health (MPH) degree in fall 2021.

Why Students in a Top NJ College Health Program Are Improving Public Vaccine Efforts

May 12, 2021 3 minute read Press release

Students in the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) have partnered with the New Jersey Public Health Association to understand why vulnerable demographics are hesitant to get vaccinated and how to improve New Jersey’s state messages to these populations.