In addition to funding scholarships for 26 first-year and transfer students pursuing bachelor’s degrees, the award will support a research study that investigates the relationship between college retention for low-income students and strength-based, culturally responsive mentoring.
An international team of researchers led by WP Professor of Environmental Science and isotope geochemist Michael Griffiths explain how a major climate transformation led to a shift in human settlement patterns in Southeast Asia, now inhabited by more than 600 million people.
William Paterson women's basketball alumni Brittany Harden '16 and BriAnna Lucas '13 are teaming up to confront a challenge much larger than any opponent they faced on the hardwood: the coronavirus pandemic.
The award recognizes “exceptional leadership” in the form of “enduring and exemplary contributions to mentoring new psychologists and/or graduate doctoral level students.” 
WP voice students in Professor Christopher Herbert's class have joined together from their homes to present a virtual performance of the American musical Songs for a New World, to be broadcast online in a serial format throughout the fall 2020 semester.
A new Drug Free Communities grant obtained by United for Prevention in Passaic County (UPinPC), housed in University Hall, will help combat drug and alcohol usage in the City of Passaic. It will also provide civic engagement opportunities for WP students.
“Congratulations to the stellar team of faculty, staff, students, and alumni in the Department of Computer Science led by Gilbert Ndjatou, department chair, for this achievement.,” says Venkat Sharma, dean of the College and Science and Health.
Through paintings, prints, and artists’ books, the works included in the exhibition challenge traditional gender roles and societal norms while addressing the dialogues between issues of gender, race, sexuality, and class.