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NSA CAE-CD Community Service Award 2025
Full text linkhttps://www.caecommunity.org/community-of-practice/cyber-defense/cop-cd-national-community-service-recognition-awards-initiativ
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI (Gen AI) for Small Businesses
Full text linkGenerative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) guide for small businesses.
Support and funding for this effort was received from the United States Small Business Administration (Contract 73351023C0016) for this activity and research. Formulated and ultimately created as a result of this grant was the New Jersey Cybersecurity Regional Cluster (NJCRC), which included the partners of NTouch-BCT Strategies, Covenant Business Concepts, and the Kean University Center for Cybersecurity. As part of the free cybersecurity risk assessments offered to small businesses in the community, organizations were introduced to GenAI through a demonstration, with the key information provided in this booklet
Machine Learning Techniques for Detecting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
Full text linkMachine Learning Techniques for Detecting Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks — Kean University Research Day
CO-NET: FROM NETS TO NESTING
No full textCO-NET was an international Design-Build initiative that brought together over forty students and faculty from the United States and China to build a series of experimental structures on Dongtou, an island near Wenzhou renowned for its fishing industry, ceramic artisans, and tidal landscapes. Developed through a four-month remote collaboration and an intensive on-site construction phase, the project explored the architectural potential of locally sourced waste materials—discarded fishing gear, construction debris, obsolete scaffolding, and plastic waste—through vernacular craft techniques and interdisciplinary design processes. CO-NET functioned as a pedagogical platform for material-driven design, emphasizing sustainability, circularity, and intercultural exchange
Expanding Access to Holocaust Education: How the HERC Advances Open Learning and Equity
No full textThis presentation highlights the Holocaust Education & Resource Center\u27s commitment to open educational resources through publicly available archival materials hosted in our collection. These pieces showcases collaborative curriculum development and equitable best practices among students, educators, and scholars. The initiative also emphasizes partnerships with libraries and digital learning platforms to expand access and engagement in Holocaust education
Perception vs. Practice: A Data-Driven Look at Faculty Engagement with Open Access
No full textIn 2024, the Rutgers Health Sciences Librarians conducted a survey targeting faculty from three schools to explore their understanding of and attitudes toward Open Access (OA) publishing. While the response rate was lower than anticipated, the insights gathered echoed global research trends: faculty widely recognized the benefits of OA, including broader dissemination, increased visibility, and enhanced impact of their work. However, understanding that self-reported data has its limitations, the librarians expanded their approach to include a more objective, data-driven analysis. Leveraging Scopus for comprehensive publication data and VOSviewer for visualizing scholarly networks, the librarians conducted a bibliometric analysis of faculty publishing activity. This analysis served as a powerful tool to: Identify the journals and publishers most frequently used for OA publishing. Determine whether these outlets are included in Rutgers University Libraries’ subscriptions or covered under existing Transformative Agreements. Map co-authorship patterns to highlight collaborative research networks—both local and international. By comparing actual publishing behavior with survey responses, the study offered a nuanced understanding of faculty perceptions versus practice. This dual approach not only validated certain assumptions but also revealed gaps in awareness and access. Ultimately, this initiative exemplifies how libraries can lead in reimagining scholarly communication. The findings enable more targeted outreach, promote awareness of institutional resources such as APC support and Transformative Agreements, and support informed, equitable publishing decisions. In doing so, librarians are not just supporting research—they are shaping a more open, connected, and collaborative academic future
Empowering Communities: How Outreach Creates Open-Access Resources
No full textThis session explores how community outreach can become a powerful engine for creating open-access resources. We will highlight real-world examples from a Cybersecurity Center, where outreach activities have been transformed into freely available materials for the global community.
Outreach is a win-win scenario. It offers immediate and tangible benefits to the local community while simultaneously building a valuable, free repository of resources. By sharing our successful initiatives, we provide a blueprint for others to learn from, adapt, and implement similar programs in their own environments. Join us to discover how empowering your community can also enrich the open-access landscape
NSA CAE-CD Community Service Award - Mentor - 2025
Full text linkhttps://www.caecommunity.org/community-of-practice/cyber-defense/cop-cd-national-community-service-recognition-awards-initiativ
VOICES, STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF BLACK WOMEN PHASE II: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY REPORT Informing the Establishment of a Trenton-Based Maternal & Infant Health Innovation Center
Full text linkAs an extension of our 2022 study Voices, Stories and Experiences of Black Women (Phase 1), the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean University’s Maternal and Child Health Equity Team was asked to share information about the planned Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center (MIHIC) with Trenton residents as a part of Nurture NJ’s community engagement efforts. The Team implemented the following community engagement activities: Communication: Community engagement through social media outreach and in-person outreach were used as approaches to inform Trenton residents about the MIHIC. Dissemination of Findings: Community cafés were designed to share and discuss findings from Phase 1; provide maternal and infant health resources; and inform Trenton women about the MIHIC. Expanding Our Reach: Focus groups and surveys were conducted to reach diverse populations to assess needs and assets, and to identify recommendations to inform the creation of the MIHIC
Deciphering the role of particulate organic matter in soil nitrogen transformation in rice–rapeseed and rice–wheat rotation systems
No full textCrop rotation affects the decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) and thereby alter the composition of SOM fractions. It remains unclear how different SOM fractions impact soil nitrogen (N) transformation in various rotation systems. The aim of this study was to ascertain the role of particulate organic matter (POM)-a labile SOM fraction-in soil N transformation under various crop rotations. A paired plot experiment was conducted under two common cropping patterns, i.e., rice–rapeseed rotation (RR) vs. rice–wheat rotation (RW). Soil chemical composition and organic matter fraction before rice transplanting were compared between RR and RW systems after four years of crop rotations (2017–2021). With the same N inputs, the rice yield and N uptake under RR were 16.4 % and 13.2 % higher than those under RW, respectively. Compared with RW, RR resulted in higher carbon (C) and N contents in soil POM, despite minimal differences in total SOM. A larger potentially mineralizable N pool and a higher N mineralization rate occurred under RR than under RW, based on the results of soil net mineralization experiment. When POM was incubated alone, its contribution to potentially mineralizable N was 65.1 % and 61.3 % in RR and RW soils, respectively. Infrared spectroscopy revealed that in contrast with RW, RR promoted the accumulation of organic matter with high bioavailability (e.g., amides, carbohydrates, polysaccharides) in soil POM. This might be responsible for the higher gross mineralization and nitrification rates but lower gross immobilization rate under RR than under RW. Consequently, RR not only increased the contents of POMC and POMN but also improved the quality of POM fraction in soils. Findings of the present study demonstrate that POM plays a distinct role in soil N mineralization in various rotation systems. The discrepancy in POM content and composition resulting from various crop rotations leads to differences in soil N mineralization, which in turn affects the N supply and rice yield