The gifts were funded by the American Rescue Plan's Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

The model pairs partners with colleges and universities to give students the opportunity to concurrently fulfill requirements by earning college credits for their work-based learning.

Danielle Dick is an internationally recognized expert on genetic and environmental influences on human behavior.

The Virginia-based controlled environment agriculture company delivers USDA certified organic produce to more than 20,000 retailers.

On July 1, the New Jersey Institute of Technology will have a person of color at its helm for the first time, with the board of trustees' announcement that Teik Lim will succeed Joel Bloom, who announced last year that he would step down this summer.

An $85 million philanthropic investment from the health care system to the university will create an endowment to help support the partnership.

The requirements from New Jersey’s largest university are the latest among pandemic-related mandates and delayed openings that the state’s higher education institutions are implementing amid a surge of the omicron variant and holiday-related positive cases.

The New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities program announced Dec. 21 will align employers, industry associations, labor unions, educational institutions and development partners to build structured pathways to career opportunities, thus ensuring that employers have access to talent that meets their needs.

The center is funded by a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and will work to promote innovation and strengthen regional economies in New Jersey.

The new 2021 update recognizes three programs: Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy and the Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership, which increased the number of doctoral programs to earn the designation.

"The booster vaccine is important as public health experts are beginning to see reduced protection from the initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. Experts are confident that booster shots will increase immune response and provide further protection against the virus, preventing severe illness and hospitalizations," the school said.

According to the American Bar Association’s 2020 Profile of the Legal Profession, 86% of lawyers are non-Hispanic white people, while only 60% of the nation's population are non-Hispanic white people. And, while 13.4% of the U.S. population is Black, only 5% of all lawyers are Black, a percentage that hasn't changed in 10 years ago.