Rutgers-New Brunswick anthropology professor Robert Trivers has won the prestigious $500,000 Craaford Prize (biology's equivalent to the Nobel Prize) from the Royal Swedish Academy for his groundbreaking research into social evolution, conflict, and cooperation.

Charalampos "Babis" Kalodimos, assistant professor of chemistry in Newark, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research into a motor protein linked to heart failure and stroke (known as SecA). His grant proposal also received one of the highest rankings awarded by the NIH. Kalodimos said that by gaining a better understanding of how SecA functions, more effective drug therapies can be developed that also have fewer side effects. The design of such drugs will help to lower the incidence of heart disease and stroke, among the top three killers in the United States.


A new human resource management major at Rutgers–Camden will provide students with a comprehensive background in the theory and practice of both traditional and evolving aspects of the profession. Students will be prepared for a variety of careers related to the human and social capital that drives organizations. The major will be offered by the School of Business-Camden.