“My most important contribution to Rutgers is not the buildings,” University President Robert Barchi said Tuesday at a board of governors meeting. “My most important contributions were recruiting a cadre of academic leaders that are second to none. They are unbelievable and outstanding.”

Thai Lee, president and CEO of the IT provider, said more than 350 Rutgers alumni work at the company and that more employees earned their degrees at the university than any other institution.

The program - for which all requirements can be fulfilled online - includes specializations in general management, organizational leadership or human resource management.

“Our study showed that when silicon levels in the ocean are low, diatoms can be more rapidly infected and killed by viruses and are then more likely to release their nutrients and other matter in the surface ocean instead of sinking,” said senior author Kim Thamatrakoln, an associate research professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences.

The announcement follows an earlier vote in June by Health Professionals and Allied Employees members who approved an agreement covering 1,900 health care workers at the university.

According to the new joint survey from Rutgers-Eagleton/Fairleigh Dickinson University, in collaboration with the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, virtually all New Jerseyans believe use of prescribed and illegal opioid drugs is a “very” or “somewhat” serious problem in the state.

The survey, conducted by The Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming Hospitality and Tourism in conjunction with the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, pegged slot machines as the most popular choice.

According to College Consensus, the school admits 6 percent of applicants and 90 percent of its students graduate within four years.

At a time when many people are trying to tear down gender-based barriers, the divisions between men and women are still enough to warrant gender-specific events like the sixth annual Women Entrepreneurship Week, according to some experts.

NJEdge expects a public-private partnership to improve infrastructure in southern New Jersey.

The paid summer internship program places student teams with corporations, organizations and government agencies including New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance, The City of Newark, and Prudential Financial in opportunities to help solve their respective sustainability challenges.