Dr. James Riggs, professor of biology at Rider University, has received a three-year, $192,270 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support undergraduate student-generated research that over the last ten years has evolved to the point where new findings could lead to less invasive ways to treat cancer.

The phrase "exceptionally high quality" best describes the 40 student research and creative presentations from both campuses that will form the program for Rider University's first Celebration of Student Research and Creativity on Friday, April 22, in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater and lobby area.

Dr. Frank Abrahams, chairperson of music education at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, is this year's recipient of the University's prestigious Nancy Gray Award.

The award-winning comedy/drama, Six Degrees of Separation, by John Guare will be performed at Rider University’s Yvonne Theater.  The production, directed by Dr. Patrick Chmel, chairperson of the fine arts department, will feature 18 fine arts department student-actors.   

Thomas J. Lynch, president of Tyco Engineered Products & Services of Princeton, a business segment of Tyco International, will speak on ethics and corporate responsibility at Rider University’s Sweigart Hall Auditorium on Friday, April 15 at 11:30 a.m.

Rider University has received a $260,390 four-year grant from the Martinson Family Foundation to help sustain the Consortium for New Explorations in Coherent Teacher Education (CONNECT-ED) through 2008.

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University and Sanda University have agreed to work on extending their partnership to allow Sanda students to earn a dual Rider-Sanda degree in communication.

Members of both the Rider and Sanda staffs along with Sanda President Ji Yuan and Rider President Mordechai Rozanski met Thursday and Friday (February 24-25) on the Lawrenceville campus to formally sign an agreement to develop this new partnership.

Dr. Larry Newman, interim dean of the College of Business Administration, has been named dean of the business college effective March 1, 2005. Newman has been a member of the Rider faculty for more than 20 years, and has also served as a member of the Bucks County Community College Board of Trustees for more than 14 years.

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The works of Harry I Naar, professor of fine arts and director of the Rider University Art Gallery, and Dr. Robbie Clipper Sethi, professor of English, will have their work included in the collaborative exhibition, “Vision and Voice: Princeton Artists Alliance in Dialogue with Contemporary New Jersey Poetry,” from February 22 through May 13 at the Galleries of the New Jersey State Museum.

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RiderUniversity’s College of Business Administration (CBA) will incorporate the use of laptop computers throughout its curriculum starting in the 2005 fall semester.

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 “Black History…Everyone’s History,” is the theme of RiderUniversity’s month-long tribute to Black History Month, sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community Service, Black Student Union and other campus groups.  All activities are free and open to the public.

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Twenty-three Sanda University students arrived on campus early Wednesday night in the midst of a cold, wet light snow to a warm Rider welcome.  Much planning took place over the past two months to provide the warm welcome, arrange orientation sessions during the days preceding the start of the second semester and help them get acclimated to their new environment. Each Sanda student also has a Rider student mentor.

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• View the Sanda photo gallery!

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