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By Sabrina Szteinbaum

Julie Hermann looks at future of athletics

The Rutgers University Student Assembly invited Richard Edwards, executive vice president of Academic Affairs, and Julie Hermann, director of Intercollegiate Athletics, to speak at last night’s meeting at the Student Activities Center. Hermann discussed the future of the Athletic Department while Edwards talked over student needs.Apr 4 2014

Expert addresses threat to privacy in light of digital culture

Rutgers dedicates center to keep retired faculty connected

Rutgers receives two world-class microscopes

As of Friday, Rutgers University is officially the home to two world-class microscopes, valued at $5.2 million together. Leonard Feldman, director of the Rutgers Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology, said Friday’s event, “28th Annual Laboratory for Surface Modification Symposium-Advances in Nanoscale Materials Imaging,” hosted by the Laboratory for Surface Modification, saw an outstanding turnout from both the University community and the community at large.Mar 31 2014

Students debate Rice’s invitation

Microsoft employee talks women in field of research

Rane Johnson-Stempson, the Education and Scholarly Communication principal research director at Microsoft Corporation, said she should not be working in Microsoft research. The reason she got the job, she said, is because she took a risk — she asked the vice president of Microsoft research to hire her after working closely with him for two years.Mar 27 2014

Rutgers responds to education affordability

Panelists, student discuss legalization of marijuana

Politics has polarized the issue of marijuana legalization and created two stark sides on an issue that, in actuality, has a strong middle ground, said Steven Liga, part-time lecturer in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. New Jersey Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) has submitted a bill for introduction on Monday that would legalize the sale and possession of marijuana, according to nj.com.Mar 26 2014

Students raise public support to advocate for GMO labels

Author discusses history of NJ governors

Looking back at the governors of New Jersey, Michael Birkner said very little scandal surrounds governorship, and no New Jersey governor has ever been impeached for crimes or misdemeanors. Though recent scandal may exist around Gov. Chris Christie, Birkner said it is too soon to write Christie off as a 2016 presidential contender. Birkner, author and editor of “The Governors of New Jersey: Biographical Essays,” spoke yesterday at the Eagleton Institute of Politics about the second edition of the book, which is an updated version of its 1974 counterpart.Mar 12 2014

Strategic Plan calls for business collaboration

Experts advocate environmental justice

America’s dirty little secret is environmental injustice, said Ana Baptista, director of environmental and planning programs for the Ironbound Community Corporation. Baptista gave the keynote address at yesterday’s Environmental Justice, Advocacy and the Media conference, hosted by The Citizens Campaign at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.Mar 11 2014

Contest invites women entrepreneurs

Christopher Pflaum, was curious to find out why there were not many women entrepreneurs in the world. To see this potential become a reality, he decided to spearhead the collaboration between Rutgers University and the Central New Jersey chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners to hold an entrepreneurship contest for women.Mar 10 2014

Campaign creates awareness to celebrate social justice at Rutgers

Yamiesha Bell hated the color of her skin when she was younger, but after watching the movie “Roots” with her father, she became proud of her African-American identity. Bell, School of Arts and Sciences junior, was a panelist at night’s I.D.E.A. Week panel at the Douglass Campus Center. I.D.E.A. Week, or Intersectionality, Diversity and Equity Awareness Week, is an awareness campaign that seeks to celebrate social justice activism at Rutgers and encourage Rutgers students to learn about modern social issues.Mar 6 2014

Rutgers called upon to help address health care problems

Global Poverty Project begins third year at Rutgers

One billion people around the world went to bed hungry last night, 2.5 billion people will not have access to a toilet today and 57 million children are not able to attend primary school. There are 1.2 billion people who live on less than $1.25 per day and battle the daily decisions about food versus health care for their children, said Judith Rowland, senior campaigns associate for the Global Poverty Project.Mar 4 2014

Rutgers GlobeMed wins meal charity program

A sexual and reproductive health program fund for women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is Rutgers GlobeMed’s idea for allocation of the funds from Rutgers University Student Assembly’s Meal Swipe for Charity program, which they won last night. RUSA runs this program to give student organizations the ability to receive donated meal swipes from Rutgers students to be allocated to charities of their choosing, according to their website.Feb 28 2014

National eating disorders week gets response from Rutgers

Forty-two percent of first through third grade girls want to be thinner.Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment.Thirty-five to 57 percent of adolescent girls engage in crash dieting, fasting, self-induced vomiting, diet pills or laxatives. These statistics, according to the National Eating Disorders Association’s website, reflect the percentage of young people dissatisfied with their bodies.Feb 27 2014

Student sparks campaign against Teach for America

Reporter talks future of journalism

City to begin construction for bike lanes

This spring, New Brunswick could be on its way to becoming the most bicycle-friendly city in New Jersey, said Jack Molenaar, director of the Rutgers Department of Transportation Services. According to the city’s official website, Middlesex County is expected to start the network of 2 mile bike lanes that would connect institutions and points of interest such as Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Bucceleuch Park.Feb 24 2014

Speaker applauds Student Life

Jewish ‘Mamita’ shares life as poet living in NYC

Rep. Rush Holt will not seek re-election this year

United States Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., does not plan to run for re-election, according to nj.com. The five-time “Jeopardy!” winner, who also beat the IBM supercomputer Watson, originally ran for office because he believed the job of a representative is to give every citizen a voice and a stake in this country, nj.com reported. “After nearly two decades in public life, I believe these things even more strongly,” Holt said in an email to supporters.Feb 19 2014

Professor, author talks ‘Post-Racial Change’

Jonathan Wharton wanted to gain an understanding of the Irish, Italian and black political figures in city hall and draw comparisons among different mayors and their leadership. Wharton spent almost 12 years penning a book on the city of Newark and Cory Booker, and both topics in a broader political context, partly because he was curious to see if he would ever be interested in running for public office.Feb 19 2014

Women in ROTC share experiences from training

Girls in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Rutgers have done 65 pushups in two minutes, which is greater than the amount many men able to do, said Cristina Trecate, ROTC public affairs officer. Of the 100 students in the Rutgers University Army program, 10 are female. Tricate, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the girls experience the same training as the guys and do not receive special treatment.Feb 17 2014

Rutgers-Adobe deal still unclear

Adobe’s newest business paradigm, Creative Cloud, requires users to pay a monthly subscription fee for Adobe’s six programs instead of the original Creative Suite, which let buyers purchase individual Adobe programs. Nat Clymer, a part-time lecturer in the School of Communication and Information, said this has created a problem for Rutgers, as most University computers have Adobe’s latest Creative Suite software.Feb 11 2014

Hall of Fame announces five U. alumni as new members

U. professors approve non- tenure faculty rights contract

Professor talks teaching suspension

University administration assigned Professor Robert Trivers on Oct. 10 to teach a course entitled “Human Aggression,” yet Trivers said he knew nothing about the course other than how to spell the words “human” and “aggression.” Rutgers suspended the anthropological and biological sciences professor with pay last Saturday, Trivers said, and he is currently in danger of being suspended without pay.Jan 28 2014

Professor dies after 35 years of U. service

RUSA announces results of University survey

The Rutgers University Student Assembly’s “What’s on Your Mind” survey received 2,012 responses, representing 6.38 percent of the student body, according to Ian Wolf, public relations chair of RUSA. At the RUSA meeting last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus, Wolf, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the survey was open to students from Nov. 13 to Nov. 27.Jan 24 2014

Professor wins $623,035 for Latino study

Vikki Katz has been studying the low-income Latino population for over a decade, a population she became interested in because of its demographic importance and insufficient understanding from the public. Katz, an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information, spent a portion of her career researching the active roles of children in translating for their parents at home, school, health care facilities and social services and how they use media technology to help their families.Jan 21 2014

Faculty union votes on labor agreement

New Brunswick city council bans fracking

Residents of New Brunswick cheered as New Brunswick became the second New Jersey city, after Highland Park, to ban fracking on Oct. 2. If fracking was to be allowed in New Brunswick, the gas and oil industry could make a possible $12 billion, said Lauren Petrie, an organizer for the Food and Water Watch. The city sits atop 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.Dec 11 2013

UMDNJ merges with University July 1, 2013

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation donated the single largest gift the University has received from the foundation — $12.5 million — last spring, to support the integration of the University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. University President Robert L. Barchi said the integration is among the largest undertaken in higher education.Dec 11 2013

Students hold national Model UN conference

The Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown New Brunswick was filled with 1,200 high school students on Thursday night, which marked the start of the 2013 Rutgers Model United Nations Conference. Students as nearby as New Jersey and Delaware, and as far away as Florida and Mexico City, gathered to spend four days debating, participating in workshops and learning about the United Nations.Dec 9 2013

McNeil talks problems with First Transit

Stan McNeil, former LX bus driver, holds no animosity against anyone involved with his loss of employment with First Transit. He said his focus is now on love and making the world a better place. When the Rutgers community needs him, he said he would be here. “I don’t want any ill feelings toward anyone. I’m praying all the time for the people of the world,” McNeil said.Nov 20 2013

Convention looks at ways to improve college access

During his childhood, Steven Perry did not realize his family was poor, nor did he understand some of his experiences were atypical. At the age of 10 or 11, Perry said he was searching for a wrench to build a bicycle when he walked in on someone cutting up cocaine. He thought, “oh that’s not good,” found the wrench and left. “That was it,” he said.Nov 15 2013

Fox found in U. goat pen tests rabies positive

First Transit cites safety violation for dismissal

With more than 21,000 views on Jean-Paul Isaacs’ YouTube video “Stan ‘The LX Bus Driver’ letter to the students” and more than 4,700 supporters on change.org, Rutgers students are making it clear that Stan McNeil is a significant figure in the University community. Last week, Paul Carbonari, assistant general manager at First Transit, Rutgers’ bus service operator, said McNeil resigned from his post.Nov 14 2013

LX bus driver Stan McNeil resigns

LX bus driver Stan McNeil, who is known by the Rutgers community for the words of encouragement and praise he offers all students who step onto his bus, has driven his last route from College Avenue to Livingston and back.Nov 7 2013

Christie far ahead of Buono in gubernatorial polls

New Jersey Governor and Republican incumbent Chris Christie is famously known for being photographed walking in step with President Barack Obama in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and collaborating with the president after the storm. Christie is running for re-election in the gubernatorial race today.Nov 5 2013

Six independents vie for governor seat

If voters are left unsatisfied by Barbara Buono’s or Chris Christie’s visions for the Garden State, they have the option of voting for one of six third-party candidates. One such candidate is Hudson County resident Jeff Boss, who is running under the slogan, “NSA did 9/11,” according to nj.com. According to his campaign site, Boss believes in a $14 minimum wage, free college education for all New Jersey residents, no more car insurance and the allowance of pets in restaurants.Nov 5 2013

Director discusses influence, importance of polls

Newspapers and websites around election time are typically inundated with political polls depicting public opinion about the candidates and debating the projected winner. David Redlawsk, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, said a complicated process happens before the statistics hit the printers and computer screens.Oct 30 2013

Marc Ecko talks inspiration, art

In the days before he founded a billion-dollar fashion enterprise, before he began as a pharmacy student at Rutgers, Marc Ecko said he spent his time painting T-shirts in his garage. Ecko, who began a three-and-a-half year career in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers in 1990, is now a successful entrepreneur and founder of Ecko Unltd., the now fashion and media empire, according to the website for his new book, “Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out.”Oct 29 2013

Rutgers, organizations follow traditions for Homecoming

It is not often that entire streets are closed off for costume-clad students to race decorated beds hoping to get the fastest time. But the Bed Races is one of a variety of events that members of the Rutgers community prepare for Homecoming. Daniel Davis, director of traditions for the Rutgers University Programming Association, said the bed races have been a Rutgers Homecoming tradition for six years.Oct 25 2013

Rockoff Hall to introduce new leasing model

For the first time, students will not have to stress over lottery numbers to snag a bed in Rockoff Hall. The New Brunswick Development Corporation sold the George Street apartment building to McKinney Properties in January 2013, making the 674-bed apartment complex another off-campus housing alternative, said E.J. Miranda, director of University Media Relations.Oct 22 2013

Booker holds lead over Lonegan in US Senate special election

Newark Mayor Cory Booker spoke to Rutgers students yesterday afternoon in the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus, in an attempt to rally support before today’s Senate election. Booker said the average college student in New Jersey graduates with more than $25,000 in loans. He said Republican opponent Steve Lonegan thinks students should borrow money from their parents to attend college.Oct 16 2013

Six independents on US Senate ballot

NJ Fraternal Order of Police alleges U. policy violates law

Students push for new on-campus polling location

New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill opposes allowing Rutgers students to vote in the Rutgers Student Center, and this upcoming election cycle is not showing any change. The Rutgers University Student Assembly pushed last year for students to vote for the presidential election in the RSC on the College Avenue campus, but Mayor Cahill impeded their efforts, said Pavel Sokolov, president of RUSA.Oct 3 2013

Activists look to New Brunswick to ban fracking after Highland Park

Farmers in Colorado face a precarious financial situation. The gas and oil industry offered them money to frack for natural gas beneath their farmland. Farmers allowed it.Sep 24 2013

Henry’s Diner offers Jersey experience, with fewer hours

Students who wish to have pancakes before bed can now do so at the newest dining establishment on the Livingston campus. Henry’s Diner opened last week, and is offering a full à la carte breakfast, lunch and dinner menu to the students and faculty of Rutgers who crave the Jersey diner experience.Sep 17 2013

Theological Seminary to move locations in redevelopment initiative

The New Brunswick Theological Seminary is moving from its spot on “Holy Hill” to College Avenue, where it plans to become more integrated with Rutgers and the community. The seminary made the decision to sell more than half its current land on Seminary Place and assume a new place on the corner of College Avenue and Seminary Place, according to a statement from the seminary.Sep 12 2013

Rutgers Geology Museum to remain fixture on campus

The Old Queens campus is home to the Rutgers Geology Museum, a historical treasure that has been standing since 1872. Last semester, speculation surrounded the fate of the museum, and whether or not it would be restored, renovated or transformed into an auditorium was unclear.Sep 4 2013

New Brunswick developers rebuild surrounding community

As new and returning students find themselves walking around the College Avenue campus over the next few weeks, months and years, they will notice a changing landscape. Mitchell Broder, president of Construction Management Associates, a New Brunswick based development company, said he and his team have developed and are building apartment buildings on Bartlett, Hamilton, and Ray Streets as well as a new sorority or fraternity house on Sicard Street.Sep 3 2013

Author calls for action in energy, climate crises

In an effort to show his passion and commitment on the issue of climate change, author Mike Tidwell handcuffed himself to The White House fence along with 50 other activists to protest extreme energy. Apr 23 2013