The School of Science provides a high quality and challenging education for undergraduate students, offering studies in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields. Our programs emphasize the excitement of scientific discovery and the importance of science to society.
Science students enjoy small classes and close interaction with faculty members both in and out of the classroom. Our professors teach all lecture and lab courses; the School of Science has no graduate students. Most classes have only 24 students, and some elective classes are as small as 10 students.
The School of Science provides students with state-of-the-art facilities and instrumentation. Our laboratories and other spaces are designed to allow intensive interaction between students and faculty in an undergraduate-focused scholarly environment.
Students quickly become members of the School of Science community by participating in seminars, engaging in social activities with faculty, and by joining one or more student organization. A broad range of undergraduate research, study abroad, field-based, and internship experiences are also available.
Many opportunities exist for students to conduct undergraduate research. Students engage in their own projects on a broad spectrum of topics, and they present the results of their research investigations at conferences and author and co-author published papers with their faculty mentors.
Upon graduation, approximately 35% of Science graduates have entered health professional schools, 35% have entered graduate schools, and 30% have entered the work force directly. Approximately 84% of those students who have applied to medical school have been accepted.
Science faculty members are active teacher-scholars who work collaboratively with students on undergraduate research and independent study projects. Our faculty members have studied and trained at some of the best institutions within the U.S. and abroad.
Science alumni are accomplished and engaged in their chosen fields. Dr. Joseph Ecker was recently elected into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors an American scientist can achieve.
Glenn Oakley, a Junior Computer Science major, has been selected as a 2013 Engineering Fellow by KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) a Venture Fund in Silicon Valley, CA. The KPBC Fellows Program is a three-month, work-based program that pairs top U.S. Engineering and Design students with innovative startup companies in Silicon Valley. The KPCB Fellows Program offers [...]
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Dr. Matthew Wund of the Biology Department is featured in the Science magazine article “Opportunity Knocks: But Which Door Should You Open?”
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The College of New Jersey announced that it has been approved for more than $57 million in grants from the state to be used for capital projects supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) initiatives on campus. As the list of projects moves to the state legislature for review, the College is moving forward with [...]
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In a presentation titled “The Music of Insects,” Mr. and Mrs. Erwin will speak about how biology and music are intertwined in amazing and sometimes overlooked ways. They will lead a discussion about how and why insects were and continue to be the most diverse group of animal sound producers in nature.
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On April 9 and 10, 2013, 50 juniors and seniors from the School of Science students were inducted into two premiere national honor societies. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society and Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest all-discipline honor society in the United States.
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Dr. Kent Kirshenbaum is on the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at New York University, and he is co-founder of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, a working group that assembles scholars, scientists, chefs, writers, journalists, performance artists, and food enthusiasts. In a talk entitled “Experiments at the Interface of Chemistry and Cuisine,” Dr. Kirshenbaum will discuss the unique field of molecular gastronomy and the role of the Experimental Cuisine Collective.
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A full-time undergraduate researcher at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ); a volunteer at Mercer County Correctional Center; a health clinic volunteer in Peru—these may sound like the accomplishments of three different people, but one ambitious student, Michelle Cornacchia ’09, achieved them all in one summer.
The assistant professor of chemistry specializes in crystal engineering, which looks at the molecules that make up crystalline compounds as Lego building blocks. With each new arrangement comes a different practical utility, and could mean the difference between the graphite in your pencil and the diamond on your finger.
Every year, the R&D 100 Awards—nicknamed the “Oscars of Invention”—showcase the best new technologies from around the world. Most researchers go their entire career without even being nominated. Edwin Tracy (formerly Trzeciak, Class of 1968) just won his second, putting him in elite company and positioning him at the forefront of his field of renewable-energy research.
Among the famous House-isms, as the pearls of cynical wisdom from the mouth of Dr. Gregory House, M.D., have come to be known, is the reoccurring assertion that, everybody lies.” Here at TCNJ, it is no lie though that first-year students have the opportunity to watch the popular television drama and learn about the science and medicine depicted in the series but also to engage discussion on its broader sociological themes.
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