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for New Jersey's Policy Leaders
October 2007
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CAMPUS
NEWS
Revolutionary Rutgers biomaterial used in clinical trial
A breakthrough new biomaterial developed at the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials (NJCBM) at Rutgers is the enabling technology behind a coronary stent undergoing its first-in-human clinical trial in Germany and in Brazil. Stents are tiny tubes inserted into diseased arteries to keep them open. The stent being tested, designed by REVA Medical Inc. of San Diego, is intended to act as a temporary scaffold to support the blood vessel during the healing process and maintain blood flow. It subsequently dissolves, leaving the patient free of any permanent implant. This remarkable biomaterials breakthrough, which has moved from the lab bench to field testing in record time, holds tremendous promise for fully degradable medical devices.
Rutgers Professors named Fellows of prestigious association
Four Rutgers scholars are among 471 scientists the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated to the rank of fellow. Joining 33 previous Rutgers fellows are Philip Furmanski, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Jay Tischfield, the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Professor and chair of the Department of Genetics, and scientific director of the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository; Barbara Zilinskas, professor in SEBS’ Department of Plant Biology and Pathology and Coordinator of the Biotechnology Undergraduate Curriculum; and Mark Baker, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and a member of Rutgers’ Center for Cognitive Science. The pre-eminent U.S. scientific organization selects fellows based on their efforts in advancing science or fostering applications considered scientifically or socially distinguished. Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold rosette pinon February 16 at the Fellows Forum during the 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.
Rutgers Business School earns international ranking
Rutgers Business School was recently ranked among the world's best Executive M.B.A. Programs by the
Financial Times' global ranking of Executive M.B.A. (E.M.B.A.) programs. Rutgers Business School is ranked at #27 in the world of the 90 E.M.B.A. programs which the
Financial Times named as the best worldwide. This places the Business School in the company of programs such as those offered by Cornell University (#25), NYU Stern (#21), Georgetown University (#35), and Thunderbird (#37).
Rutgers historian elected to Institute of Medicine
Keith Wailoo, Martin Luther King Professor of History at Rutgers, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of four learned academies that advise the government on scientific matters. Wailoo, a historian of health and medicine, is one of 65 new members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). He has helped shape new understandings of disease, politics and culture in America and is the seventh Rutgers professor and the second historian from Rutgers to be elected to the institute. In addition, Wailoo is a member of Rutgers' Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and is founding director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity at Rutgers.
SERVICE
TO THE STATE
Camden Graduate Open House
For those looking to attend graduate school and wish to speak with faculty representatives from our graduate programs in a variety of disciplines, you may consider the Graduate School–Camden and the School of Business-Camden which are participating in a Fall Graduate Open House Program, Wednesday, November 7 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Rutgers Camden Campus Center. To register online, click on the link
https://www.ugadmissions.rutgers.edu/CamGradOpenHouse/registration.asp.
Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases & Bioterrorism
A Fourth Annual Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases sponsored by the Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness in collaboration with the Center for Professional Development at the College of Nursing at Rutgers will be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Somerset, N.J, on November 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The full day conference, which will discuss the current status of some of the emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism, is partly funded by a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration grant. To register or for more information, call the College of Nursing Center for Professional Development at (973) 353-5895 or register online at
http://nursing.rutgers.edu/cpd.
PEOPLE IN THE KNOW
If you'd like to know more about:
Indicators and Targets for Energy Sustainability in New Jersey, the findings of the yearlong Energy Sustainability Project undertaken by a group of New Jersey's opinion leaders, contact Randy Solomon, executive director of the New Jersey Sustainable State Institute (NJSSI) of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at (732) 932-5475 ext. 695 or email him at
randallsolomon@yahoo.com.
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