Rowan Today

Preparations for Commencement are well underway, with traditional festivities and new plans to host Rowan University's largest-ever graduating classes and their guests at Wackar Stadium for 10 of the 12 ceremonies. Visit rowan.edu/commencement for the full Commencement Week 2025 schedule. Commencement registration and guest ticketing will open in early February.

NASA's Artemis Moon Tree project was inspired by the first Moon Tree seeds flown aboard Apollo 14 in 1971 and then distributed to schools and public institutions throughout the United States.

After years of research, careful labeling and the development of a robust online catalog of its leafy sentinels, Rowan University has been awarded Level I Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum.

Rowan University has been selected as one of several academic partners in cold regions research by ADAC-ARCTIC, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Center of Excellence, headquartered at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA).

Scientists are studying promising new treatments for TBI and other brain injuries. Meet David Devilbiss, neuroscientist.

Rowan University is part of a federally funded research team studying ways to reduce wrong-way driving crashes in New Jersey.

Denis Abaine is a first-year history major at Rowan University. He has a humanitarian movement begun by students more than 60 years ago—and the modern-day renewal of the initiative—to thank for the opportunity to leave his home in Uganda to pursue his goal of becoming a public history professor.

More than a dozen experts, stakeholders, legislative leaders and advocates discussed housing solutions for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities at “Innovative Models, Unmet Needs,” a conference presented by the Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy at Rowan University.

The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) has announced that Alisa Peet, MD, associate dean at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), is the recipient of the 2025 CDIM Ruth-Marie E. Fincher, MD, Service Award. This prestigious award recognizes significant contributions to internal medicine education. Dr. Peet will be honored during Academic Internal Medicine Week 2025 in New Orleans, a gathering of over 4,000 academic leaders.

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) is proud to announce that Amanda Fakira, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical sciences, has received a prestigious $2.3 million R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The five-year grant will fund Dr. Fakira’s groundbreaking research on targeting the PEN-GPR83 pathway to reduce opioid abuse liability while maintaining effective pain relief. This research aims to uncover new therapeutic targets that could make opioid medications safer for patients.