South Middlesex Times

Amy L. Towers, founder of The Nduna Foundation and former chief operating officer of a capital management firm, has been elected to a one-year term as chair of the Rutgers University Board of Governors. Tilak Lal, a trustee governor who leads investment risk management at Lighthouse Partners and who previously served for 12 years on the Joint Committee on Investments for the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors, was selected to serve as vice chair. Their terms begin July 1, 2024.

Towers, appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy to the board in 2020, established The Nduna Foundation in 2007 to advance interventions in nutrition and public health, community redevelopment, and human rights. During the past 20 years, she has served on several nonprofit boards ranging from community-based organizations to large national and multinational boards – including UNICEF and the CDC Foundation – providing leadership on international issues and public health.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has appointed Jing Li Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in recognition of her academic accomplishments that surpass high standards of distinction. A faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick for more than 20 years with an unparalleled reputation as a collaborator and mentor, Li is internationally recognized for her transformative contributions to inorganic and solid-state chemistry, hybrid semiconductors, nanostructured materials, and metal-organic frameworks.

Elevated to Distinguished Professor in 2006, Li has an extensive list of scholarly publications and an exceptional funding record of nearly $20 million from federal agencies. She has authored 460 peer-reviewed publications, including 41 invited review articles and book chapters, and holds 12 United States patents.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors has appointed Dimitris Metaxas as a Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science. Metaxas is internationally recognized for his contributions to computer vision, medical image analysis, graphics research areas including deep machine learning.

A Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science since 2007, Metaxas is director of the Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics at Rutgers. He founded the university’s Center for Computational Biomedicine, Imaging and Modeling in 2002 – which has garnered over $80 million in research funding over two decades. Elected Fellow to multiple prestigious societies including IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Metaxas also earned an invitation from the White House to participate on the “Data Science 2030” committee.

Rutgers Distinguished Professor Douglas L. Kruse has been appointed to the J. Robert Beyster Professorship of Employee Ownership beginning July 1, 2025. The professorship was approved by the Rutgers University Board of Governors at its recent meeting.

Kruse is nationally recognized for his expertise in economics and labor relations with extensive research focused on employee ownership and profit sharing. He currently serves as associate director at Rutgers' Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing with over 120 scholarly articles published along with authoring or coauthoring numerous books about workplace dynamics.

“I am honored to be named to the Beyster Chair,” Kruse said. “I look forward to continue working with our large network...to explore when...employee ownership can contribute...to enhancing well-being.”

John A. Nelson has been appointed by The Rutgers University Board Of Governors To The François-Xavier Bagnoud Chair In Community And Family-Centered Care At The School Of Nursing within Rutgers Health.

Nelson is nationally recognized for his leadership in providing comprehensive care related HIV.

Nelson is first serve newly renamed professorship previously known François-Xavier Bagnoud Chair Community Pediatric Nursing.

Board revised title emphasize university commitment betterment community serves.

Renaming professorship Nelson appointment approved Thursday.

Linda Flynn dean professor School Nursing stated "I thrilled Dr John Nelson appointed important professorship."

Bolstered by $6.3 million raised donations,Rutgers Board Of Governors today approved establishment William Hait Endowed Directorship At Rutgers Cancer Institute.

Moving forward,director institute will known William Hait Director.

Recognized visionary leadership cancer research patient care,

William N.“Bill”Hait executive vice president chief external innovation medical officer Johnson & Johnson founding director institute.

During tenure earned institute prestigious National Cancer Institute(NCI)designation first only New Jersey led center achieve Comprehensive Cancer Center designation record time

Steven K.Libutti,M.D.,director institute stated "On behalf faculty staff thank many donors made possible fitting tribute Bill remarkable leadership oncology legacy created New Jersey’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center"