The Rutgers Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program strives to provide students with current and relevant industry knowledge. The November 28th “Careers in Cosmetic Chemistry: A Panel Discussion” definitely accomplished that goal. This online event was co-hosted by the Rutgers PSM program and the  New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC), the premier professional association for the cosmetics and personal care sector in the New York tri-state area.

MBS has a vast, varied, and engaged alumni community. Our alumni are always willing to help current students through mentoring, serving as panelists, and sharing industry-specific knowledge. On Friday, November 18th, five MBS alumni shared their wisdom during a virtual lunch hour. The panel was hosted by MBS executive coach Abbe Rosenthal, MA, PCC.  

A Night to Remember 

The Rutgers Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program continued our tradition of celebrating the holidays with students, alumni, staff, and faculty. On December 19th, we celebrated the end of another fantastic semester at The Rutgers Club. The event came as students wrapped up their finals, a worthy cause for celebration.  

On Tuesday, November 15th, Rupa Misra, Ed.D., hosted four esteemed panelists to examine a nuanced topic: the social responsibility of user experience (UX) designers and product designers. Each panelist examined these questions using their own industry experience and expertise. 

Misra serves as the program coordinator for the MBS User Experience Design and Product Design concentrations.  

On October 29, 2021, students in Mark Burgess’s Market Assessment and Analysis course visited IKEA–a store that has mastered the art of creating superior customer experience (CX).

World Usability Day is single day of events occurring around the world that brings together communities of professional, industrial, educational, citizen, and government groups for our common objective: to ensure that the services and products  important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, World Usability Day is built around a theme relevant to the state of design and technology today.

In the world of tech, entrepreneurship, and thought leadership, few people are as active as innovation expert Mike Grandinetti, an award-winning strategist and creator of MBS’s signature Design Innovation course—a project-oriented class in which students learn fundamental aspects of human-centered, iterative, and prototype-driven processes for breakthrough innovations, as well as key business aspects of product commercialization.

LinkedIn analysts have been working overtime to track an ever-fluctuating job market—capturing data and taking industry pulse-checks as often as possible as people continue to leave jobs, pivot careers, and enter and exit the workforce. With the Great Reshuffle still in full swing, there's one worker cohort less complex to track—those workers who stayed put—and