More than 2,000 Newark residents do not live within one mile of fresh food and vegetables, according to RU-Newark Earth and Environmental Science Professor Ashaki Rouff. More here on how RU-Newark is solving this problem locally.

The project will also provide hands-on STEM training for students and West Harlem residents who will be among the first to see and touch technologies that are still years away from appearing on the market. More here.

This $2.5 million gift, from alum and Board of Governors Chair Sandy Stewart, at right, will provide RU–Camden students and faculty with the newest instrumentation often found in core laboratories, such as mass spectrometers, flow cytometers and gene sequencers. More here.