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More photos from Kean Commencement 2026 taken by Hajar Lababidi
05/22/2026

More photos from Kean Commencement 2026 taken by Hajar Lababidi

05/21/2026
Kean Comencement 2026!📸:
05/21/2026

Kean Comencement 2026!

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With the Commencement Ceremony happening tomorrow, we wanted to spotlight our 4 graduating seniors. We will miss all 4 o...
05/19/2026

With the Commencement Ceremony happening tomorrow, we wanted to spotlight our 4 graduating seniors. We will miss all 4 of you, but we look forward to seeing what you all do next! Thank you for all you did for us.

What a semester we had. We published 89 written stories, dabbled in photography and videography, and experienced conside...
05/12/2026

What a semester we had. We published 89 written stories, dabbled in photography and videography, and experienced considerable growth in every way possible. We featured work from 27 contributors, including our staff reporters, student volunteers, and guest columns from faculty experts and Kean alumni. Thank you so much to our reporters, editors, faculty advisor, and readers for an incredible semester. Now, on to the Top 15:

1. With 12.4K views, Rashan Addison’s Chris Amos Shows That “There’s A Way to Make It Out”

2. With 10K views, Kevin Modeszto’s Kean Community Shook After Bomb Threat

3. With 8.4K views, Susan Berube’s KUDC’s Fight for Justice

4. With 7.6K views, Rashan Addison’s The National Council of Negro Women Show the Beauty of Being a Black Woman

5. With 7.7K views, David Macaulay-Smith’s Malachai Jeffers-Viera Building Strong Case for NJAC Rookie of the Year

6. With 6.2K views, David Macaulay-Smith and Rashan Addison’s Behind the X’s and O’s: Kean’s Ify Asoluka Selected for NCAA NFL Coaches Academy

7. With 6K views, Kevin Modeszto’s Jonathan Rivera Races Past Anorexia

8: With 5.9K views, Kevin Modeszto’s Canvas Hacked: Kean Finals Week in Limbo

9. With 5.1K views, Michael Kurtz’s Dan Reistle and Nick Sellari: Duel Threats

10. With 4.7K views, Hajar Lababidi and Michael Mayhew’s Your Guide to Interacting with ICE

11. Also with 4.7K views, Jordan Thomas’ Flag Football Comes to Kean University

12. With 3.9K views, Rashan Addison’s Champions of Tomorrow: Kean’s Track Season Preview

13. With 3.8K views, Kevin Modeszto’s From Doctors to Dentists: How A Choir Trip’s Lunch Changed Everything

14. Also with 3.8K views, Susan Berube’s First Gen Features: Kierstin Mcilwrath

15. With 3.7K views, Kevin Modeszto’s Grad Student Athlete Makes Kean Track History

On March 28, 2026, the Kean University Track & Field Team traveled to Ramapo College for their fifth meet of the season....
05/08/2026

On March 28, 2026, the Kean University Track & Field Team traveled to Ramapo College for their fifth meet of the season. For many of the team’s runners, this was just another meet, but this was the meet of graduate student Alina Chant’s life.

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At 11:19 p.m. on May 7, 2026, Kean University emailed the Kean community that Canvas services had been restored. To rea...
05/08/2026

At 11:19 p.m. on May 7, 2026, Kean University emailed the Kean community that Canvas services had been restored.

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Cybercrime has been a problem since the rise of the internet. During finals week for so many universities, including our...
05/07/2026

Cybercrime has been a problem since the rise of the internet. During finals week for so many universities, including our Kean University, the latest target is Canvas. Canvas, owned by Infrastructure, is the most popular learning management system.

To read more, visit our website (link in bio)

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Water and water access seems limitless to us everyday. We turn our faucets and shower handles and voila – out comes wate...
05/07/2026

Water and water access seems limitless to us everyday. We turn our faucets and shower handles and voila – out comes water! Yet, there are global-sized issues, including in the USA, about increasing periods of drought that have serious impacts. So, what can a person do to reduce their personal consumption of water, if they want to change at all?

In my Introduction to Environmental Science class, ENV*1000, we undertook a challenge to quantify how much water a typical student uses in their comings and goings on any given day.

To read more, visit our website (link in bio).



📸: Engage Crop Solutions, AM Conversion Group, and Giving Tree Home

Temperatures are on the up as the semester winds down at Kean University. Both commuter and dorm students alike are pack...
05/07/2026

Temperatures are on the up as the semester winds down at Kean University. Both commuter and dorm students alike are packing the libraries and study halls. Priority number one for most has been making sure to get their last assignments in before the semester closes on the 7th. The windy season blows tension and stress around the air here at the Union, NJ campus, with most of the population keeping their head tucked into their textbooks and notes, studying for finals.

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