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Brain behind 'Humans of New York' captures students' hearts at Rutgers

Having snapped nearly 5,000 pictures and composed three books, Humans of New York's Brandon Stanton paid a visit to Rutgers on Nov.Dec 10 2015

She's the First *{Rutgers} raises funds for girls in impoverished nations

Brenna Mazur, a Rutgers Business School first-year student, said She’s the First is an organization that provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries who will be the first in their families to graduate. The organization focuses specifically on girls because past and present statistics continuously prove girls face greater discrimination when it comes to education as opposed to boys. “By supporting these girls and providing them with an education, we are helping them to break the cycle of poverty, not just for themselves, but for future generations as well,” Mazur said. “Education goes far beyond the classroom.”Dec 8 2015

Muggle Mayhem raises funds for charitable groups

Gamma Sigma fraternity writes new campus narrative with adoption of gender-neutral pronouns

Gamma Sigma fraternity writes new campus narrative with adoption of gender-neutral pronouns

Students may know Gamma Sigma as the lot to cut through behind the Scott Hall bus stop to get to Union Street, but fraternity siblings know their house as "Big Blue," a symbol of hope and a message to always stand up for the rights people deserve.Dec 7 2015

Panelists at Mason Gross discuss relationship between tech and social movements in modern day

Students, professors, graduate students and undergraduate students of Mason Gross School of the Arts filled the dimly lit and rather intimate setting of the Bloustein Auditorium last night where four panelists discussed and explored Rutgers University’s 250th anniversary theme of revolution through multiple perspectives. The conversation was held among esteemed artists, activists, writers and scholars, all of whom hold at least two of those positions.Nov 18 2015

University hears wedding bells as Scarlet Knights get engaged

Rutgers student donates kidney to save father's life

The first time Rebecca Mahan’s received a surgical proceeding was in mid-August of 2015 when she donated her kidney to her father. “I didn’t really know what to expect,” she said.Nov 12 2015

Rutgers student donates kidney to save father's life

Rutgers says 'no more' to sexual violence, domestic abuse

Students speak out, get loud with Verbal Mayhem poetry collective

The first floor of Murray Hall gradually echoed with voices walking toward room 114 for the weekly open mic night of the Verbal Mayhem Poetry Collective.Oct 27 2015

Rutgers psychiatry professor uses classic Halloween movies to study psychopathology

In watching horror movies, Anthony Tobia, associate professor of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School said audiences see some part of themselves projected on the screen that may cause them to feel anxious. For the general viewer, Anthony Tobia, an associate professor of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School said, Night of the Living Dead (1968) is a recreation of an even older film titled The Earth Dies Screaming (1964). Through psychiatric analysis, Tobia saw the result of the film was that there was a deep, human dynamic in a time where people were threatened.Oct 16 2015

Students push for fossil fuel divestment on National Day of Climate Action

Rutgers readies to start investigation of football program with law firm help

Rutgers University hired a law firm that deals exclusively with potential NCAA rules violations to kick off an investigation of the football program. According to nj.com, the firm is conducting a review of the University's football program following several recent off-field issues. Peter McDonough, Rutgers' senior vice president for External Affairs, confirmed the investigation in a statement on Tuesday. "Rutgers has retained outside counsel with expertise in NCAA infractions to help identify any potential rules violations,'' McDonough told nj.com.Oct 9 2015

Students protest to bring back ousted filmmaking professor

Dena Seidel began utilizing the basement of the building in the University's Department of English to teach film years ago, and just this year, her ambitions paid off when the state of New Jersey approved her courses to become an official Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Mason Gross School of the Arts.Oct 8 2015

Famed academic Noam Chomsky visits Rutgers

There was a recent international poll conducted by a leading poll organization, Gallup Inc., in which one of the questions asked was which country is a leading threat to world peace. “The United States wins by a huge margin,” Noam Chomsky said. The American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, political commentator, social justice activist and anarcho-syndicalist advocate, said the results of the poll were not reported in the U.S.Oct 5 2015

Famed academic Noam Chomsky visits Rutgers

Rutgers all-male a cappella group hits high note with creative musical numbers

Rutgers all-male a cappella group hits high note with creative musical numbers

What makes Casual Harmony distinct in comparison to other a cappella groups on campus is that CH features all male performers which gives them both a different sound and different dynamic, said Anthony Frabasile, president and business manager of CH.Oct 2 2015

Rutgers-Newark professor sends email to student requesting proof for celebrating religious holiday Eid

Rutgers violinist Sharon Gayoung Cho shines on, off stage with musical prowess, giving spirit

Music was, and still is, everything to Sharon Gayoung Cho. In a state of blue or red, she could pick up her violin, play classical music and instantly, the bad mood would retreat as she simply forgot about everything. Along with her fervor for music, Cho carries the memory of her mother selling the family car in exchange for Cho’s violin lessons through her movement toward further education and aspiration to open a non-profit musical school for underprivileged children.Sep 22 2015

Rutgers violinist Sharon Gayoung Cho shines on, off stage with musical prowess, giving spirit

Students encourage weekly vegetarian diet, says pledge is more than 'meats' eye

Students encourage weekly vegetarian diet, says pledge is more than 'meats' eye

The way animals raised for food are treated is atrocious and is not something that people would usually endorse but are opted into because that is how society is run, said the Director of Campus Outreach for The Humane League, Rachel Atcheson. “(The Humane League’s) main focus is to spread awareness about meat practices,” she said.Sep 14 2015

Rutgers faculty union urges Rutgers administration to pursue investigation against head football coach Kyle Flood amid allegations

Zimmerli brings 'Pop' of color to campus with new American art exhibit

Zimmerli brings 'Pop' of color to campus with new American art exhibit

Interested in everyday life and authentic means, American artist, George Overbury “Pop” Hart, pursued affordable and extended trips abroad to exotic locations in Latin America to paint and sketch. As opposed American artists in his day who preferred to visit Europe in order to perfect their artistic skills or to pursue styles inspired by avant-garde artists, Hart preferred extended trips abroad to more exotic – and affordable – destinations, according to the Zimmerli Art Museum’s website From September 1 continuing into February 8, 2016, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers will exhibit Vagabond Artist: “Pop” Hart in Tahiti, Mexico, and the Caribbean organized by the museum’s Curator of Prints and Drawings and Director of the Morse Research Center for Graphic Arts, Marilyn Symmes. “Imagine he’s travelling to these far away countries.Sep 9 2015

Senators, Barchi take a tour around campus

University President Robert L. Barchi was joined by Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex) on an exclusive tour today of the “state-of-the-art” facilities at Rutgers, including the Honors College, according to a press release. The new laboratories, lecture halls and residence halls let students both in the state and around the world know that New Jersey is committed to providing the greatest educational experience possible, Sweeney said.Sep 4 2015

Class of 2019 more diverse, accomplished, largest class in history

New Brunswick Police Department actively investigating incident of sexual assault

Future Rutgers alumnus plans to become systems engineer for Lockheed Martin

Rutgers faculty union secures new contracts after bargaining since 2010

In April, nearly 4,700 full-time faculty and graduate student employees at the University ratified a new contract, said Sherry Wolf, lead organizer of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT). After months of bargaining and directing a handful of campus-held protests, more than 97 percent of faculty members covered under the agreement voted to ratify the contract, which was negotiated by the faculty union AAUP-AFT, Wolf said.May 4 2015

Rutgers hosts annual HackRU

Spring’s edition of HackRU generated a crowd of over 1,000 college and high school students, intent on participating in the 24-hour hackathon competition on April 18 and 19. HackRU was first organized four years ago with an attendance of 50 students and has now garnered interest from hundreds of students from nearby institutions.May 4 2015

#BlackLivesMatter founder Patrisse Cullors visits Rutgers

Patrisse Cullors, one of the three founders of the "#BlackLivesMatter" hashtag, visited Rutgers in April, where she said she saw a shift in power from the state to the people with the growing presence of social media. The creation of "#BlackLivesMatter" aligned with efforts to change the national and international dialogue surrounding racism, she said.May 4 2015

Rutgers students respond to latest DDoS attack

Rutgers Business School sophomores create 'Pencils of Promise'

It began in 2008 when a small boy begging in the streets of India told Adam Braun that what he wants most in the world is a pencil.Apr 30 2015

Rutgers staff emphasize importance of summer jobs

Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment organization urges divestment on Earth Day

Federal monitors cease oversight of UMDNJ

NJ Transit taps idea of raising fare price by about 9 percent

New Jersey Transit commuters could be walloped with a 9 percent fare increase in 2016 as the agency faces a budget shortfall. As an operator of commuter trains, buses and light rails, NJ Transit provides service to an average of 954,740 passengers per weekday, according to a NJ Transit study in 2014.Apr 21 2015

NJ Transit taps idea of raising fare price by about 9 percent

Students get cultured with smears of color for Rutgers' 'Holi Moli'

Students get cultured with smears of color for Rutgers' 'Holi Moli'

In the spirit of welcoming the arrival of Spring by throwing colored, powered flower petals, Nupur Joshi, event coordinator of the Hindu Students Council said, Holi Moli annually uses the Hindu tradition to bring everyone together and have fun. “Holi is the Hindu festival of colors,” said the School of Arts and Sciences junior.Apr 20 2015

Study reveals millennials lack budgeting skills

A year after moving from India to the United States to complete her Master's degree, Radhika Shah, a Master of Business and Science student in the Pharmaceutical Engineering Program, said she thinks millennials would benefit from being warned about the importance of credit scores. Nobody explicitly taught Shah the weight of her credit score, but she learned how to budget from her parents constraining her spending at a young age.Apr 16 2015

Founders behind #blacklivesmatter hashtag comes to Rutgers

When he was 19, Patrisse Cullors’s brother was brutally beaten by Los Angeles sheriffs until he blacked out and woke up in a pool of his own blood. “I start with story because I actually think it’s important to understanding the frame of #blacklivesmatter and the frame of how I come into this work,” she said.Apr 15 2015

Founders behind #blacklivesmatter hashtag comes to Rutgers

Artists share varieties of music at Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015

Artists share varieties of music at Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015

To keep dancers pumped throughout the 30 hours of Dance Marathon 2015, an entertainment team was responsible for keeping dancer energy and excitement soaring, according to the Rutgers Dance Marathon website. Kirsten Boisvert, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and Gamma Phi Beta sister, said she thinks the music keeps the dancers going and makes the marathon a lot more interesting and vibrant.Apr 12 2015

Clementi family visits Rutgers

Student creates late night mobile convenience shop service

Home to few late-night food services, hungry students on Livingston Campus have an opportunity to satisfy ramen past 12 a.m.Apr 9 2015

University receives grant to prevent cyberbullying

Rutgers faculty analyze role of social media in 2016 presidential elections

Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi may see conviction reversed

After being convicted for bias intimidation in 2012, former Rutgers student, Dharun Ravi, may see his conviction reversed after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the state's law in this regard was unconstitutional, according to DNA India.Apr 2 2015

Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi may see conviction reversed

University senate proposes new kind of spending for athletics department

University readies for commencement traffic

Kirkpatrick Chapel listed as one of most beautiful college religious sites

Standing on campus since 1873, the non-denominational Kirkpatrick Chapel, standing near Old Queens on the College Avenue campus, has not only brought University students culture, religious service and social service, but has now also achieved status on a list of the "50 Most Amazing College Chapels and Churches." According to research by Theology Degrees, a website dedicated to ranking and evaluating theological and religious-based academia, Kirkpatrick Chapel, funded by a generous gift of $61,054.57 and designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, the first president of Rutgers, ranked as the 10th “historically significant and aesthetically pleasing houses of worship” in the United States.Mar 31 2015

Kirkpatrick Chapel listed as one of most beautiful college religious sites

Students share methods to fundraise for Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015

As Rutgers University Dance Marathon steadily approaches, student participants in the 30-hour non-stop dance fest are continuing to collect money for children affected by cancer and blood disorders. But before students can throw themselves into the heart of RUDM's much-awaited festivities at Club DM, a rager that throbs from the night into the early morning, students need to wrap up their fundraising campaigns.Mar 25 2015

Team of researchers promote a whole-foods and plant-based diet

Jazz project to bring old school sounds to New Brunswick

Jewish community recounts experiences of anti-Semitism

Jewish community recounts experiences of anti-Semitism

According to Ester Reed, a rabbi and the senior associate director at Rutgers Hillel, Rutgers is estimated to 6,400 Jewish undergraduate students and about 1,000 Jewish graduate students, which means Rutgers — New Brunswick has the second largest Jewish undergraduate population in the country.Mar 12 2015

Women show progress in project sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

With Hillary Clinton the early front-runner in the 2016 Democratic primary, the Clinton Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation collected data about the social and political condition of women around the world.Mar 11 2015

Professor blogs NYPD's watch over Muslim-American youth

Study shows new perspective to paying college athletes

The average collegiate athlete does not earn a dime for their work and a report, by two economists titled The Case for Paying College Athletes by two economists, Allen Sanderson and John Siegfried, argues this system is not only unfair, but also possibly illegal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, which regulates 23 sports at 1,200 schools across the US, has repeatedly argued student-athletes shouldn’t get salaries, according to USA Today.Mar 4 2015

AAUP-AFT faculty union rallies for fairer work contracts at Old Queens

Faculty, staff and students protested yesterday afternoon at Old Queens to demonstrate resistance against the University administrative board sticking to the “subject to" clause, not considering salary raises for some time and proved solidarity in the University community.Feb 25 2015

Mock trial teams takes first place at Yale

The Rutgers University Mock Trial Association (RUMTA) A-Team “mockers” found themselves in the limelight after achieving first place at the American Mock Trial Association's Regional Tournament earlier this month. RUMTA’s A-Team faced 29 teams at the event, hosted on Feb. 7 and 8 by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.Feb 25 2015

Rutgers student, 18, dies Sunday of speculated heart condition

Majority of first-year students classify online flirting to be cheating

Federal government is likely to help students with struggling college debt

Last week, The New York Times posited how much money American taxpayers should underwrite in order to rescue students from a storm of debt, while also suggesting that the best way to limit the expense of the student loan forgiveness program is to lighten college prices so students won’t have rely on loans in the first place.Feb 18 2015

Associate professors have a harder time gaining salary increase

This week an annual survey released by The American Association of University Professors found that the wage gap between associate professors and full professors, whose pay has increased by 12 percent, is widening, and cautions that the recession’s effect on faculty salaries isn't over yet.Feb 17 2015

Rutgers Board of Governors establishes new endowed chair

Programs help people stay safe from binding contracts

Facebook can seem like a black box users enter to stay in the loop with friends, social groups and events around town, but with many policy changes, the question of privacy and staying safe arises. According to The Independent, a recent Facebook privacy policy alteration allows the site to track user activity even after they have left it.Feb 12 2015

Rutgers professors and students respond to whether students should travel to regions of conflict

Two percent of 289,408 American students looked past studying abroad in Barcelona, Hong Kong and Munich from 2012 to 2013 in favor of attending classes in various countries within the Middle East, where conflicts grew and continue to grow, according to a report from the International Institute of Education. The general view on the subject is that many people have a distorted image of the region due to media portrayals that focus on violent conflict, said Toby Jones, an associate professor in the Department of History. Feb 6 2015

Students discuss using "The League," dating app for power couples

A new app intended for intelligent and busy, young professionals aims to assist singles around the nation to date smarter. Amanda Bradford, the founder and chief executive of The League, fashioned the dating app to help “ambitious, high-achieving, young professionals” find better suited companions, after her initial search for a partner on Tinder left her disappointed, according to The New York Times.Feb 4 2015

New study examines ‘hypermasculinity’

A new study, titled Denying Rape but Endorsing Forceful Intercourse: Exploring Differences Among Responders, researchers asked 86 college men if they would “rape a woman” if no one would know and there would be no consequences and 13.6% said yes.Feb 3 2015

Students discuss ideal of perfectionism

Joanie Ly, a Rutgers graduate student, set up a warm and honest environment through Student Life in her event by trying to show students that they can be awkward, awesome and awesomely awkward. Faculty and students gathered in the Douglass Student Center yesterday evening for the first “Awkward and Awesome” guest lecture, where the first topic was perfectionism.Jan 29 2015

Residents of New Brunswick’s Mine Street rally to save demolition of classic architecture

Residents of New Brunswick’s Mine Street are rallying to save demolition of classic architecture after Rutgers gave Lot 4.01 on Block 71 on Mine Street to New Brunswick Development Corporation for $1 in 2013 as part of the College Avenue Redevelopment Plan. Jennifer O’Neill, a two-time Rutgers alumna and long-time Mine Street resident, said the property had houses over a century old and one garage house, including a spacious yard and several trees.Jan 23 2015

Millennials less likely to vote, believe others should not

According to the results of a “HuffPost/YouGov” poll, Millennials, or young Americans born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, are less likely to vote and also do not think not all citizens should vote unless they are familiar with current events and politics.Jan 21 2015

Study finds young Americans are less likely to vote

According to the results of a “HuffPost/YouGov” poll, Millennials, or young Americans born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, are less likely to vote and also do not think not all citizens should vote unless they are familiar with current events and politics.Jan 21 2015

Rutgers senior struck, killed by car in Trenton

Rutgers student Billy Roy Ouch, 22, a senior pursuing a degree in Environmental Science, died after being struck by a car in Trenton on Dec. 22.Dec 27 2014

Rutgers senior struck, killed by car in Trenton

Rutgers Business School achieves gender parity

Rutgers student tutors reveal study tips, tricks going into finals week

As the semester comes to an end, marking the time for finals, tutors share some insight on how to be most productive when studying. Rhea Pillai, a Livingston Writing Center tutor, said many students who come in for tutoring are fearful of failing their classes. Dec 5 2014

RBS students learn from Rutgers basketball practice

Rutgers Business School students found a place on the basketball court when they got the opportunity to observe women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer train her team this past October. A course called “Management Skills” made its debut at the Rutgers Business School in the fall of 2013, said Phyllis Siegel, an associate professor in the Department of Management and Global Business, which developed this event. The course is required for all first-year business school undergraduate students.Nov 25 2014

24 Hour Truce informs students about sexual assault and domestic violence

Douglass Library expands circulating DVD collection to students

Tucked into the lower level of the Mabel Smith Douglass Library are a series of quiet rooms for students to watch their favorite movies. Now, students have the opportunity to take those movies home with the Circulating DVD Collection.Nov 12 2014

Rutgers students ‘Carry the Weight’ around campus

A group of students and faculty marched down College Avenue yesterday holding 24 bare and blue mattresses for the “Help Rutgers Carry the Weight” campaign. Kaila Boulware, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and campaign organizer, asked the group about the symbolism of holding a dense mattress in silence.University students and staff came together in front of Brower Commons as a way of standing in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and bringing awareness to incidents of sexual assault on campus, said Eshani Dixit, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.Oct 30 2014

Professor discusses dealing with sensitive material in classroom

A large question for educators in gender studies and race is whether to talk about “trigger warning” issues like race, religion and gender because some students might have painful life experiences surrounding them and the classroom might become a place of debate and growth by encouraging discourse on these topics.Oct 28 2014

RU Ally Week closes with ‘Coming Out Muslim’ event

Terna Tilley-Gyado said she wants to tell other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims that the arms of Islam are wide enough to hold them in all their different states: their love, their anger, their desire, their failing and their dying.Oct 20 2014

Rutgers AAUP-AFT members protest for fair contracts

Corporate interests are trying to turn a public university into a Wal-Mart of education, said Sherry Wolf, the lead organizer of the Rutgers American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers.Oct 13 2014

New debate coach aims to help students find their voice

The voices of college students are often squelched when it comes to expressing opinions, particularly concerning race, gender and politics. Matthew Maddex wants to help students find their voice. Maddex is still very much the “new kid at school.” He was appointed as an instructor in the School of Communication and Information and became the new debate coach for the Rutgers University Debate Union in August.Oct 5 2014

Students launch organization to create peace culture

Patrick Parlej found that he is not the only dreamer when it comes to promoting a culture of peace on campus. Parlej, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, is the founder and president of the Rutgers Peacemakers. Parlej’s eagerness to help raise awareness among student peacemakers regarding national and international matters inspired him to create the organization.Oct 1 2014

Rutgers architect weaves Rutgers’ history into buildings