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President Obama shares lessons learned from time in office with The Daily Targum

President Barack Obama said he has learned quite a bit about how to overcome conflict, from the 2013 federal government shutdown to the Senate's recent refusal to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.May 12 2016

President Obama sits down with The Daily Targum

THE DAILY TARGUM: Hello, is this President Obama? PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It is. THE TARGUM: Hi, thank you very much, Mr. President, for agreeing to talk with us again.May 12 2016

Bernie Sanders visits Rutgers ahead of N.J. primary

PISCATAWAY — With thousands packed into the Rutgers Athletic Center, supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had a chance to “feel the Bern” with the Democratic presidential candidate himself.May 8 2016

Targum secures presence at Rutgers for next 3 years

After months of reaching out to the Rutgers community, I am happy to announce that The Daily Targum will continue to publish University news for the next three years.Apr 24 2016

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits Rutgers to speak about diversity on the court

In 2009, a 13-year-old girl was called into her vice principal’s office and strip-searched for being suspected of bringing aspirin to her middle school.Apr 12 2016

Vote ‘yes’ during referendum this week to keep Targum at Rutgers

While 2016 will likely go down in history for having the most contentious U.S. presidential race in recent memory, another critical vote that directly impacts the Rutgers community is now in your hands.Apr 4 2016

Rutgers Dance Marathon enters 18th year

More than 45 years since the Rutgers Zeta Beta Tau fraternity sponsored one of the first dance marathons nationwide, Rutgers University Dance Marathon still has University students moving to the same beat.Apr 2 2016

Rates of sexual assault at Rutgers consistent with most universities

Rutgers professor reflects on contributions to medicine, agriculture

The Daily Targum needs your help to preserve Rutgers tradition

Rutgers—New Brunswick is being faced with the possibility of becoming the only Big Ten school without a student newspaper within the coming year. But before brushing this off, let’s take a minute to reflect on why the Targum is needed on campus.Feb 1 2016

Rutgers Board of Governors increases spending flexibility for capital projects

Rutgers ‘Politicizing Beyoncé’ course moves to Department of American Studies

Only six years into its existence, the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies decided they were not “crazy in love” with the idea of offering students the “Politicizing Beyoncé” course in the near future. After not being included on the department’s course schedule for two semesters, the highly popular black feminism class that addresses topics like power dynamics and sexuality will be offered in Fall 2016 by the Department of American Studies. “Politicizing Beyoncé” was created in 2010 as a special topics class for the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, said Kevin Allred, a professor in the Department of American Studies and the course's creator. “They’ve given me no reason for why it’s wasn’t renewed for the spring or summer, so after hearing back that the schedule was finalized and ... that it wasn’t being offered, I went to the American Studies department,” he said. Allred pitched “Politicizing Beyoncé” to the Department of American Studies because he is an adjunct professor, and he will not get paid for teaching any courses for two semesters in a row if no department offers the course to students, he said. It is not unusual for courses to be offered in one department and then be offered in another, said University spokesman Greg Trevor on behalf of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. “This course has not disappeared from the spring schedule,” Trevor said in an email.Jan 21 2016

Rutgers student goes from doo-wop star to dutiful pupil

After living a life of music, fame and adventure, Marilyn Ali, 65, is about to take her final bow as a Rutgers student before the curtain falls on her undergraduate career.Nov 24 2015

‘Rutgers since 1945’ book chronicles pivotal events in recent University history

Even though many Rutgers students and alumni take pride in the University’s rich 249-year history as the 13th-oldest college in the United States, most are probably unaware that the University experienced the most change within the past 70 years. Just in time for the kickoff of a one-year celebration for the University’s 250th anniversary, a Rutgers professor chronicled significant historical developments throughout the last 70 years of the University’s existence in a new book, “Rutgers since 1945: A History of the State University of New Jersey.”Nov 10 2015

7 tenants set in place to occupy new College Avenue development in August

Seven businesses have signed leases to become tenants at The Yard @ College Avenue, one of the $300 million College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative projects, which is currently under construction at the corner of College Avenue and Hamilton Street across from Scott Hall, according to a press release from Pierson Commercial Real Estate. The former site of Lot 8, which used to house a wide variety of the University’s famous grease trucks, will welcome seven new tenants when the College Avenue complex opens in August 2016: Starbucks Coffee, honeygrow, Bella’s Burger Shack, RU Hungry, House of Cupcakes, Jersey Mike’s Subs and Krispy Pizza. “We are extremely excited with obtaining these best-in-class tenants for our high-profile project,” said Jason Pierson, president of Pierson Commercial, in the press release.Nov 6 2015

Rutgers ‘Muggle Mayhem’ club bridges community service, literature

Annual jazz festival celebrates emerging, veteran musicians in Hub City

While most New Brunswick dwellers recognize Hub City’s jazz scene as established and flourishing, many might not realize how attractive the city is for rising and veteran jazz musicians alike. Both upcoming and established jazz acts — specifically the Alexis Morrast Quartet, Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group and the Sean Jones Quartet — performed their own take on America’s original music genre Saturday afternoon at Livingston Avenue in Downtown New Brunswick. The eighth installment of New Brunswick’s “Hub City Sounds” festival series, the second day of the third annual Central Jersey Jazz Festival showcased performances from aspiring artists to experienced veterans who played with legends like Miles Davis. The New Brunswick jazz scene and related musical acts have the most culturally diverse audience base of any performances in Hub City, said Virginia DeBerry, co-founder of the New Brunswick Jazz Project. “It needs to be something that people have access to,” DeBerry said.Sep 23 2015

International students earn more than half of advanced STEM degrees in US

Proposed tuition benchmark could make college more affordable

Even though there are no generally accepted personal-finance guidelines regarding the payment of college tuition, a new paper from an education nonprofit is suggesting that a new benchmark is necessary for higher education. In a paper released on Aug.Sep 17 2015

Sweaty Faces in Small Spaces: The Endurance of Hub City’s Basement Scene

SMALL SPACES TO BIG PLACES Considering how most New Brunswick-based bands are accustomed to performing in cramped, sweaty residential basements, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to notice a greater sense of freedom felt by these musicians after stepping into the daylight. Hub City punk acts Delucy, Glazer, Wild Rice, Izzy True, Electric Trip and headliner Screaming Females, along with Providence, Rhode Island, natives Downtown Boys, performed at a free show Saturday afternoon at Elmer B.Sep 16 2015

Rutgers faculty examines Superstorm Sandy effects in social work study

More than a decade after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Gulf Coast and almost three years after Superstorm Sandy hit the Garden State, researchers from the Rutgers School of Social Work collaborated with other universities to study psychological trends in storm recovery. Researchers from Rutgers, New York University, Colorado State and Columbia conducted 1,000 interviews with residents of nine New Jersey counties that were hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy in what they believed would represent the greater population for the Sandy Child and Family Health Study. The study was designed to mimic the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study that followed 1,000 randomly-sampled households from Louisiana and Mississippi to track Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, said David Abramson, director of the Program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resiliency at New York University and co-principal investigator of the study. “When (Superstorm) Sandy happened, I was thinking that I’d really like to replicate that study to see what’s the same and what is different,” Abramson said.Sep 4 2015

Rutgers U. Foundation breaks fundraising record

Report says Rutgers Athletics is Title IX compliant

Despite managing the most heavily subsidized athletic program in the United States, Rutgers Athletics also managed to remain in the upper half of the 14-school Big Ten Conference in terms of gender equity. According to a Gannett New Jersey review of 2014 fiscal year data submitted by the University to the NCAA and U.S. Department of Education, Rutgers Athletics has continued to stay Title IX compliant following an independent audit in 2013.Sep 3 2015

Rutgers engineering senior discusses future plans

Rutgers chooses Bill Nye as 2015 Commencement speaker

As the Rutgers–New Brunswick Class of 2015 prepares to enter the professional world, graduating seniors will catch a glimpse of childhood one last time at commencement. William Sanford Nye, popularly known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” was announced as the New Brunswick campus’ 249th Anniversary Commencement Speaker at the April 2 Board of Governors meeting at the Newark campus.May 4 2015

Celebrated social icons visit Rutgers campus

George Takei, former Star Trek and Heroes actor, Ava DuVernay, director of the Oscar-nominated drama "Selma" and Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer of the hit podcast “Serial,” visited the University this semester in order to engage the student body. Among other topics, Takei discussed overcoming social injustice, along with his career highlights such as calling a former Arkansas school board member a "total douchebag," enduring Japanese internment camp and discovering his sexuality.May 4 2015

Rutgers Athletics loses more than $1 per second during last fiscal year

41st annual New Jersey Folk Festival promotes musical talent

Nearly 50 years after folk icon Bob Dylan shocked the Newport Folk Festival audience by playing with a rock band, members of the Rutgers community and beyond celebrated the growth of maritime folk culture in American music at the same time as Rutgers Day. Thousands of Rutgers students, Garden State residents and out-of-state visitors flocked to the 41st annual New Jersey Folk Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday to enjoy a full day’s worth of music, dancing, crafts, food and recreational activities at the Wood Lawn on Douglass campus.Apr 28 2015

‘Selma’ director Ava DuVernay visits Rutgers

Many might find it unusual how the only major motion picture about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the struggle for the Voting Rights Act was released nearly 50 years after hundreds of black protestors were attacked by state troopers while marching down U.S. Highway 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Ava DuVernay, director of the Oscar-nominated film “Selma,” paid the University a visit Friday afternoon to discuss making the film, the importance of the film and her future endeavors for the Institute of Women’s Leadership at Rutgers Business School on Livingston campus.Apr 27 2015

Rutgers horse Lord Nelson dies at 42

While few humans can leave a legacy as a patrolman, professor or intercollegiate athlete, even fewer horses can boast of earning a reputation from being all three. Lord Nelson, who the Rutgers community remembers as for being the only equestrian professor emeritus, lived an intrepid life until passing away at the commendable age of 42, which translates to about 115 horse years, at Gales Way Farm in Wrightstown, New Jersey on April 12.Apr 22 2015

Rutgers Athletics loses more than $36 million last fiscal year

Rutgers lost more than $36 million in the 2013-2014 fiscal year.Apr 20 2015

Rutgers memorial commemorates students who passed away this year

As the 2014-2015 academic year comes to a close, the University’s Division of Student Affairs and The Interfaith Alliance at Rutgers held a memorial gathering of University administrators, students, family and friends of the 16 students who passed away this year. Osei-Kwame Afriyie, Patrick Awosogba Jr., Joshua Cooper, Amr Gabale, Yoshitaka Inomato, Paul Kim, Nexhmi Klobucista, Caitlyn Kovacs, Franciso Martinez-Holsey, Michael Murray, Neha Musipatla, Aniesh Patel, Darsh Patel, William Ouch, Maneesha Singh and Caroline Yoshimoto were the students honored yesterday afternoon at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.Apr 17 2015

Rutgers students, alumni audition for CNBC’s ‘Shark Tank’

NEWARK — Plus-sized lingerie, a pineapple hat brand, homemade hot sauce and roasted garlic jam were only a few new products showcased here Friday afternoon.Apr 14 2015

Rutgers Dance Marathon 2015 breaks record with $692,046.67 total

RUDM 2015 Family Hour connects kids, student dancers

Matt Panconi grabs student body presidential win

Rutgers students attend Clinton Global Initiative University

‘Bruce Springsteen’s Theology’ course parallels song lyrics, Biblical stories

While many classic rock fans enjoy songs like “The Promised Land” and “The Rising” on the radio, the Department of Jewish Studies is finding more hidden meaning in The Boss’ music. Now in its second year, a Byrne Seminar offered by the Department of Jewish Studies, “Bruce Springsteen’s Theology,” is highlighting various Biblical motifs in the New Jersey singer’s music to enrich the listening experience.Apr 8 2015

Rutgers athletic facilities plan to be showcased in June

Man becomes trapped in ditch after cutting through between fraternity homes

Rutgers replies to Gov. Christie’s comments about athletic spending

In the wake of controversy concerning New Jersey Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union)’s letter to Universiy president Robert L.Apr 2 2015

TEDxRutgersU 2015 conference seeks to educate, inspire students

Even though many students and faculty watch TED talks over the Internet during class or leisure time, only a few can say they have seen or presented a TED Talk for their university. University students, faculty members and guest speakers congregated to hear educational and inspirational TED talks at the TEDxRutgersU 2015 conference in the Cook Student Center Multipurpose Room on March 28.Mar 30 2015

Dancer exposition prepares for Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015

Considering how Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) 2015 is only 12 days away, administrators, morale captains and students held a pep rally Friday afternoon in preparation for the spectacle. Students affiliated with RUDM 2015 gathered to raise awareness of RUDM and boost dancer morale at the “RUDM Dancer Expo” Friday afternoon, braving the wind at Morrell Street below the College Avenue Student Center.Mar 30 2015

Naked Rutgers student stabs man after taking LSD

Faculty members analyze PARCC standardized test

While it is no secret that many teachers, students and parents dislike student testing, University professors are now discussing the ramifications of the latest standardized test implemented in the Garden State. Following the New Jersey State Assembly’s unanimous March 26 vote to allow students to opt out of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) standardized test, University professors are now shedding light on the controversial examination. The new exam, developed by PARCC and the private-sector publishing company Pearson, earlier this year in 12 states including New Jersey, and was distributed to all public-school children in third-grade through 11th-grade, according to a Feb.Mar 27 2015

George Takei talks career highlights at Geek Week event

Calling a former Arkansas school board member a “total douchebag” and enduring a Japanese internment camp were only two of many subjects discussed by actor George Takei last night.Mar 26 2015

Management professor advocates for ‘banning the box’

Although many employers commonly review job applicants’ criminal history on completed applications, a Rutgers Business School professor is advocating for employers to “ban the box” during the hiring process. In an article titled “The Case for Hiring Ex-Convicts” in Ethisphere magazine, Ann Buchholtz, a professor in the Department of Management and Global Business, is providing insight as to why employers should give ex-convicts a greater chance to land a job.Mar 12 2015

Rutgers transportation specialists train special education students

While many University students can become frustrated by the campus-wide bus system, special education students are using them to learn about mass transit both inside and outside the Garden State.Mar 11 2015

Barchi's salary ranks lower compared to 17 Rutgers employees

Students campaign to make Bill Nye commencement speaker

As seniors are preparing to set off into the professional world following their graduation this spring, two seniors are now campaigning to have one of their favorite childhood television hosts speak during commencement. In the wake up recent online rumors regarding this year’s commencement speaker, two seniors recently launched the social media #BowTie4BillNye campaign, encouraging seniors to publicize why they want Bill Nye the Science Guy to speak during graduation.Mar 3 2015

Rutgers researchers investigate e-cigarette policy perceptions

While the United States Food and Drug Administration is considering expanding its regulatory reach beyond traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes, University professors are now investigating trends in how the public reacts to electronic cigarette policies. With a nationally representative sample of 519 smokers during a two-week period last April, a study conducted by two Rutgers professors aligned with previous studies, showing the public thinks e-cigarettes are generally less harmful than traditional ones. Many people assume the FDA regulates e-cigarettes in the same fashion traditional cigarettes are, Olivia Wackowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavioral Science, said.Mar 3 2015

Mason Gross to offer free movement classes for Parkinson’s patients

Professors discuss racism, lack of social progress

More than 45 years after the African-American Civil Rights Movement came to an end, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles are making claims that 25 percent of college first-years believe racism is a thing of the past.Feb 19 2015

Students learn sexual violence prevention, intervention strategies

During the University’s New Student Orientation program for first-years, presenters strive to educate incoming students about bystander intervention.Feb 19 2015

Survey finds first-year students are more concerned with job prospects, less with religion

While making personal adjustments to accommodate to collegiate life, many first-year students might focus on religion rather than future job prospects.Feb 18 2015

Mason Gross students to play Carnegie Hall Feb. 17

Christie rating dips to all time low in Eagleton poll

RUDOTS director addresses white buses

Christie approves Board of Trustees restructuring, ends power struggle

Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill on Feb. 6 approving a reduction in the number of voting members serving on the Rutgers Board of Trustees, removing 13 positions concurrently serving the Board of Governors and five additional trustee positions through attrition. The New Jersey Senate and General Assembly voted in favor of restructuring the Board of Trustees in mid-December with the approval of both of the University’s governing boards on Dec. 18, according to a previous article in The Daily Targum.Feb 13 2015

Rutgers administrators outline new housing programs

University administrators presented ideas for new housing programs at a Rutgers University Student Assembly meeting more than a week ago. Now, they are shedding light on how Rutgers plans to launch them. At a time when continuing students are planning where to live next fall, administrators from the offices of Residence Life and Student Affairs are sharing information about the new housing lottery, as well as a new branch for off-campus student affairs.Feb 12 2015

New Business Portal connects Rutgers with private industry

While it might be considered common knowledge that Rutgers is New Jersey’s premier public research institution, the University is now reaching out to build partnerships in the private sector.Feb 11 2015

Professors discuss student drinking habits, binging

It is certainly no secret that many Rutgers students enjoy partying. University faculty members are now weighing in on the actual science of what happens on most “thirsty Thursdays.” In light of a recent online trend concerning campus lifestyle across the United States, Rutgers professors are explaining whether present-day college students are actually part of the “Blackout Generation” of alcohol consumers.Feb 6 2015

Barchi addresses vaccination controversy

Alumna conducts experimental feminism, ‘manslamming’

In a recent social experiment, Beth Breslaw decided to test physical displays of male privilege in a public space by “manslamming” on New York City sidewalks. Breslaw, who graduated from Rutgers in 2012, decided to walk down busy city sidewalks without moving out the way and discovered men were generally not willing to step aside in the same way women were.Feb 5 2015

Rutgers faculty members investigate social media, stress levels

Ever since social networking sites became widely popular in the mid-2000s, many claimed digital technology use leads to higher stress. But a new study conducted by faculty members in the Department of Communication found this might not be the case. The study released findings on social media and stress in a report titled “Social Media and the Cost of Caring,” co-authored by Keith Hampton, associate professor, Weixu Lu, graduate fellow, and Inyoung Shin, doctoral fellow in the Department of Communication.Feb 2 2015

Student government share concerns of aid, housing

Federal student aid, off-campus housing and the on-campus housing lottery are just a few matters that have concerned students at the beginning of this semester. The Rutgers University Student Assembly held its first bi-weekly meeting of the spring semester last night at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.Jan 30 2015

Medical school professor teaches psychiatry with ‘Seinfeld’

“Seinfeld” might be “a show about nothing,” but a psychiatry professor in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found substance by having his students analyze the behaviors of Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer nearly 17 years after the series finale.Jan 26 2015

Hillel director responds to allegations of ‘Islamophobia’

After screenshots of Twitter direct messages and retweets were leaked on alternet.org, an alternative news and information website, Andrew Getraer, executive director of Rutgers Hillel, is now replying to accusations of “shocking Islamophobia.” In an article published on alternet.org, contributor Zaid Jilani, a former senior reporter and blogger for ThinkProgress, a liberal American political blog, accused the Hillel director of “defaming Muslims and Palestinians” through a “series of hateful messages.”Jan 21 2015

Christie trails Clinton by double-digit margin in Eagleton poll

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suspended her 2008 presidential campaign to endorse Barack Obama as the democratic nominee for president. Now, a poll conducted by the Eagleton Institute of Politics shows her on track to win New Jersey in 2016. In a theoretical 2016 presidential race between Clinton and Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey voters continue to show support for the former First Lady, who leads Christie by a 10-point margin.Jan 21 2015

Tim McDonnell returns home after October car accident

NJ lawmakers reduce Rutgers Board of Trustees to 41

After several clashes with New Jersey lawmakers, including a 2010 proposal to incorporate Rutgers–Camden with Rowan University, Rutgers’ governing boards approved a restructuring of University governance on Dec. 18.Jan 20 2015

Rutgers alumna, Ebola fighter named among Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

Ella Watson-Stryker’s former Rutgers professors remember her as being smart, dedicated and interested in discussing issues. Watson-Stryker will now be remembered by the world for helping to combat the Ebola epidemic. Watson-Stryker, a member of the Rutgers–New Brunswick Class of 2002, was recently featured as one of seven Ebola fighters who were collectively honored in December as Time magazine’s 2014 Person of the Year.Jan 20 2015

Death of Rutgers Business School student marks seventh student death in four months

SAS computer science student, of Califon, dies

Cory Booker triumphs in Senatorial election

Outrage inspires students to launch ‘Where RU Barchi’ club

Several student groups created the “Where RU Barchi” campaign as part of the student organization Students for Shared Governance earlier this semester in response to an email from Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi saying he would not meet with them, according to an October article published in The Daily Targum. Student organizations established the club in order to demand greater communication with the Rutgers president.Dec 9 2014

Professor analyzes climate change politics

Even though climate change has been a controversial topic concerning the science community in recent years, a seminar hosted last night by the Eagleton Institute of Politics shed light on these topics, including Arnold Schwarzenegger’s contributions to environmental legislation. Martin Bunzl, a professor in the Department of Philosophy, addressed the political repercussions of enacting or avoiding climate change legislation in his presentation, “Climate Legislation: Do California and Britain Offer Global Models?”Dec 5 2014

Performers, speakers shed light on forced marriage

While arranged and forced marriages are generally considered practices of the past, a presentation at the Institute for Women’s Leadership last night showed they are still present in American culture. The fourth installment of “Honoring Our Heartbeats: A Tour to End Forced Marriage in the U.S.,” which took place yesterday at the Institute for Women’s Leadership, incorporated two short films, a skit performance and an open panel discussion to talk about forced marriages and similar forms of domestic abuse.Dec 4 2014

Christie nominates prominent democrats to Rutgers' Board of Governors

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated two Rutgers graduates to serve on the University’s Board of Governors. The Republican governor’s nominees are former colleagues of influential Democrats currently in Washington, D.C.Dec 4 2014

New sociology minor bridges aspects of public health

Just as racism can impact mental health, practices like drinking can impact physical health, according to the American Psychological Association. A new minor offered by the Department of Sociology is now bridging the gap between the social and natural sciences. The Department of Sociology’s new minor, “Health and Society,” is an 18-credit commitment meant to appeal to relatively any student interested in becoming a health care professional. Dec 3 2014

$7.3 million grant to fund training for early educators

Eagleton seminar addresses voters in the Asian and Latino communities

International Education Week hopes to make students culturally literate

Chefs at Brower Commons taught students to prepare a Vietnamese soup and an Indian chicken dish last night at the “International Cooking Class,” the kickoff event for the 15th annual International Education Week.Nov 17 2014

24 Hour Truce informs students about sexual assault and domestic violence

Alumna talks business strategies and confidence at the Eagleton Institute

Rutgers professor promotes youth empowerment in the fashion industry

After spending over 30 years working in higher education, adjunct Professor Muriel Grimmett of the Africana Studies department is balancing her lecturer position with her own business in the fashion industry. A former administrator, the semi-retired Grimmett has taken the initiative to fulfill one of her greatest aspirations by being hired as an independent consultant for Carlisle Collection, a designer clothing brand that is geared towards women.Nov 13 2014

Rutgers professor fulfills academic, entrepreneurial aspirations

After spending more than 30 years working in higher education, Muriel Grimmett, adjunct professor in the Department of Africana Studies, is balancing her lecturer position with her own business in the fashion industry.Nov 13 2014

Yeshiva professor details bioethical implications of disasters

Most people view the infamous nuclear disasters of Chernobyl in Ukraine and Bhopal in India, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and the recent earthquakes in China and Haiti as catastrophic. Ruth Macklin, however, has found an ethical angle to these historic events.Nov 7 2014

Ex-NFL player awards NJ Medical School alumnus

A severe surgery that removed Dr. Herman Morchel’s large intestine inspired him to change careers and go to medical school. Now, he is receiving recognition from a former NFL player who inspired him through his recovery.Nov 7 2014

Rutgers to conduct research to study Internet gambling behaviors

A research study that is about to begin at Rutgers could result in finding newer methods to help fight gambling addictions, said Richard Edwards, executive vice president of Academic Affairs and chancellor of the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus.Nov 5 2014

Student spends summer at Vatican Observatory School for research

Emory U. professor talks about religion’s impact on public health

Discussing various physical and mental effects of religious affiliation and the lack thereof, Emory University professor Ellen L. Idler presented research from her new book Thursday afternoon.Oct 17 2014

Rutgers professor presents lecture on NJ infrastructure issues

Comparing the average age of most New Jersey water pipelines to the age of the Baby Boomers, since both were “born” in the same era, Daniel Van Abs said the quality of New Jersey’s material infrastructure has been declining since its implementation.Oct 9 2014

MIT professor shares greenhouse gas findings at Rutgers seminar

Student organizations reimagine the practice of parking

Wielding potted plants, a bench made of skateboards and yoga mats, two student organizations at Rutgers created a “pop-up” park with the assistance of the city of New Brunswick. As part of a larger global movement known as “PARKing Day,” the New Brunswick Parking Authority agreed to give up five parking spaces outside of 49-55 Bayard St. to allow Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein and the Rutgers Landscape Architecture Club to transform the space into a park for the day. Sep 21 2014