Michael E. Zwick will be senior vice president for research at Rutgers University, effective September 1, President Jonathan Holloway and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Prabhas Moghe announced.
Administration
Last week, Rutgers’ Office for Research announced a new, unified patent policy that was approved and became effective retroactive to July 1, 2021. The Patent Policy was a collaborative effort between University leadership, faculty, staff, and union representatives. It will enhance efforts to support entrepreneurship and expand the innovation ecosystem at Rutgers.
Stories
The pioneering researcher who led the development of the first approved coronavirus saliva test died unexpectedly on Saturday.
Universities play an important role in inspiring diversity among new generations of entrepreneurs and innovators to improve the innovation ecosystem. Providing underrepresented researchers with access to opportunities and networks can bring the needed change to better reflect the diversity of our nation and to tip the scale toward equity and inclusion in innovation.
A new state-of-the-art brain-imaging scanner for advanced exploration into the workings of the human brain - a Siemens PRISMA functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner - will soon be available to researchers at the Rutgers University Brain Imaging Center thanks to a National Science Foundation grant in combination with matching funds from Rutgers University.
Rutgers University was selected as one of five new hubs under the NIH’s Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) program to speed up the translation of biomedical discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools to improve patient care, enhance health, and train the next generation of innovators.
Rutgers' Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development issues statement in support of researchers participating in #ShutDownSTEM to actively support the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement and efforts against racism in the scientific community and society.