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for New Jersey's Policy Leaders
February 2008
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CAMPUS
NEWS
Rutgers Seniors Awarded Gates Scholarships
Three Rutgers students, Michael Hayoun of Margate, N.J., Suzanne Pilaar of Haledon, N.J.; and Brian Spatocco of Sewell, N.J., were among the 45 graduating seniors nationwide to be named 2008 Gates Cambridge Scholars. The Gates Cambridge Scholarships, established in 2000 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, allow recipients to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Rutgers leads U.S. public universities in the number of Gates scholars this year with three; only Harvard University, with four recipients, has more than Rutgers.
Rutgers Center helps spark development of Liquid Bandage
Rutgers’ Center for Military Biomaterials Research, which was created to link academia, industry and the military to fulfill urgent military medical care needs, has enabled the development of a breakthrough spray-on dressing for injuries. Cleared for marketing by the FDA earlier this month, the trademarked GelSpray Liquid Bandage is produced by BioCure Inc., a medical device company in Norcross, Ga. The GelSpray Liquid Bandage, which is seen as a major advance in the management and care of combat casualty and civilian wounds, was designed in consultation with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, while the Rutgers center provided technical guidance based on knowledge of military product specification requirements, regulatory issues and polymer chemistry.
Top University Honor for Camden Law Professor
Dennis M. Patterson, professor at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden, has been named a Rutgers Board of Governors Professor, an honorary professorship awarded by Rutgers’ governing board to faculty members who display exemplary commitment to teaching, research, and service. Patterson, who joined the Rutgers School of Law–Camden faculty as an associate professor in 1990, and became a full professor in 1991, was selected on the basis of his substantial research contributions in the areas of commercial law, jurisprudence, and international trade. He co-established the Rutgers Institute of Law and Philosophy, which rapidly has earned a global reputation for its focus on the intersection of these areas.
New Study Shows Benefits from State Transit Investments
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, has unveiled an important study that detail the statewide economic, environment, and social benefits of New Jersey’s transit investments. In its analysis of FY 2005 data, the report found direct state operating and capital support for NJ TRANSIT totaled $702.5 million, averaging $2.88 per trip, or less than a gallon of gas per passenger each year. The study shows that keeping New Jersey moving is crucial in a state with extraordinary population density and yields significant benefits in economic growth, reduced traffic congestion, energy savings, urban redevelopment and service to the state’s disabled community.
SERVICE TO THE STATE
Public Lecture on ‘The Politics of Health Care’
Rutgers University Student Life is sponsoring a free public program featuring Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the 15th Surgeon General of the United States and the first African-American woman to hold that post. She will speak on “The Politics of Health Care” at the Douglass Campus Center at 8 p.m. Monday, March 3. For additional information about this program, e-mail
lori@rci.rutgers.edu.
Free Income Tax Assistance
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden continues to provide help in the preparation of federal and New Jersey state tax returns. The program offers access to these free services at the Camden Free Public Library on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. through April 9. Also, free tax help is offered in room 103 in the Law School Building on the Rutgers–Camden campus on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 8, March 22, and April 12. For more information about the VITA program at the Rutgers-Camden School of Law, contact Pam Mertsock-Wolfe at (856) 225-6406.
PEOPLE IN THE KNOW
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Women’s History Month in March, the university offers a number of experts who can comment on all aspects of women’s roles in modern life. The following experts at Rutgers University in Newark can discuss various political, economic, social, legal and health issues impacting women today. Among them are:
MARY SEGERS, a professor political science, who can comment extensively on issues of special importance to women such as abortion rights and the efforts by presidential candidates to reach out to female voters. She can be reached by email at
msegers88@hotmail.com.
LISA HULL, professor and chair of the political science department, who can speak on most aspects of elections and politics, especially issues involving race and civil liberties. She can also comment on national politics, and in particular, the presidential election. She teaches courses in American government and public law. She can be reached at (973) 353-1548 or by email at
eahull@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
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