Rowan Today

For Amir Davoodi, medicine is shaped by ethics, culture, and community as much as by science. A member of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s Class of 2026, he combined service in Camden, health policy advocacy and nationally recognized bioethics scholarship to develop a patient-centered approach to care. His research on physicians’ moral responsibility under systemic pressure was published in the British Medical Journal’s Journal of Medical Ethics. As he prepares to begin his internal medicine residency at CMSRU/Cooper University Health Care, Davoodi hopes to build a career at the intersection of clinical care, public health, and policy.

Sean Olcese found his way from stargazing to climate resilience and community impact

Rowan University’s Rohrer College of Business became a hub of energy and creativity on April 17 during the annual New Venture Competition & Expo.

Long before he ever put on a white coat, Michael Acevedo found himself in an unexpected role as a translator.

A life‑saving diagnosis sent Macy Gregory through a year of surgeries and hospital stays. It disrupted her education in engineering, but reset her course toward a career in the medical device industry.

Some of Briana Nelson’s best moments as a nurse have little to do with physical care. They occur when she asks a patient about their lives, their families, their beliefs, offering a quiet moment of humanity in an isolating situation.

Kaitlyn Linneman has always taken art seriously. Herself? Not so much. Now, Linneman is sculpting her future as a professional working artist. As she prepares to graduate with her BFA in Studio Art from the College of the Arts on May 15, that sense of play, rebellion and wit comes through in all of her work.

Two Rowan University students officiated at the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Basketball Championships, held April 17 to 19 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Nick Liu and Sean Woodside earned spots in the tournament, which recognizes the top student officials in the country, marking Rowan’s first national representation since 2009.

This spring, the New Jersey Health Foundation awarded Rowan University more than $1.18 million in seed funding to advance early-stage research addressing healthcare and biomedical needs.

Children with lesions on the top or back of the tongue often have difficulty eating and speaking. With support from the National Institutes of Health, Archana Kumari studies infant tongue development to better understand why pediatric tongue disorders occur.