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Hello again New Brunswick! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Interested in keeping Rutgers safe? See this New Brunswick technician opening.
  • Senior AI leaders: could your next role be based in New Brunswick?
  • Interested in animal science teaching work right here in New Brunswick?

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Showers late in the afternoon, with a high of 86 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 74, low: 55.
  • Sunday: Chance of a little p.m. rain, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Fire Alarm Systems Technician (rutgers.edu) — Rutgers University–New Brunswick is hiring full-time Fire Alarm Systems Technicians to maintain and repair alarm systems across the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses, with applications due by October 9 for union members. Local candidates with fire alarm or related technical training, a valid driver's license, and willingness to work rotating shifts can earn competitive pay plus full university benefits.
   

2. Director, World Model & Agentic Learning (jnj.com) — Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Director of World Model & Agentic Learning, and one of the primary office options is New Brunswick with a hybrid schedule. Local AI and data science professionals could lead a new enterprise-wide generative AI effort supporting drug discovery and development, working closely with scientific and technology teams across the company.
   

3. Teaching Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor (rutgers.edu) — If you live in or near New Brunswick and work in animal or life sciences, Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is hiring a full-time Teaching Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor on the Cook campus. The role focuses on animal science teaching, advising hundreds of undergraduates, and offers competitive salary, benefits, and the chance to shape pre-veterinary and companion animal programs right in the city.
   

4. Young RWJBarnabas Health Patients Celebrate Disease-Free Milestone Following Advanced Sickle Cell Treatments (newswise.com) — Families in New Brunswick should know that local pediatric patients with sickle cell disease are now celebrating being disease-free for over a year after advanced bone marrow transplants and gene therapy at Rutgers Cancer Institute and Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital. The program, based at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, offers cutting-edge treatments and multidisciplinary support, giving children across New Jersey access to potentially curative care close to home.
   

5. Mayida Zaal (montclair.edu) — A Montclair State University professor's bio highlights that she previously taught math and science to middle schoolers in New Brunswick drawing on that classroom experience in her research on immigrant-origin youth and social justice education. Her work now focuses on preparing teachers for diverse settings and developing participatory action research curricula used in local and international schools.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Less Can Be More: How Breast Cancer Surgery is Becoming Less Invasive —Rutgers Cancer Institute Read on Patch
  • Young RWJBarnabas Health Patients Celebrate Disease-Free Milestone Following Advanced Sickle Cell Treatments —Rutgers Cancer Institute Read on Patch
  • At Mason Gross, Art Is for Art's Sake – and Health's —Patti Zielinski Read on Patch
  • CVS Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Piscataway. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in East Brunswick, New Jersey in East Brunswick. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Brunswick here.

Ok New Brunswick! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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