Trinidad Rico came to Rutgers as director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, a one-of-a-kind program in the United States that she is developing to compete worldwide. Read the latest in a series profiling new faculty across the university to learn more about Rico, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at Rutgers-New Brunswick and a leading voice in an emerging field.
The Rutgers University Libraries have digitized an invaluable collection of 1,250 coins from the ancient Roman Republic. The goal of the project – completed through a partnership of classical scholarship and super high-resolution photography – was to make multi-angle views of these coins available for study while protecting the originals.
Homeland security and law enforcement officials will come together with religious leaders and leading academic researchers March 27 during a daylong symposium to explore how to combat a resurgence of hate while protecting free speech. Read our Q&A with John Farmer Jr., director of the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, about why this is a pivotal moment for Rutgers to host this discussion.
Members of the Rutgers community came together virtually Wednesday to support the areas at Rutgers that are most meaningful to them, ranging from scholarships that change students’ lives to research that changes the world for the better. The daylong giving event has been extended through Thursday in order to allow all those who would like to participate the opportunity to do so.
What is it like for medical school students at that anxiety-inducing moment when they are handed the envelope that reveals where they will begin their careers as physicians? Watch our video to witness the experience unfold for one student and read our story to learn about some of the other new residents who will be moving on from New Jersey Medical School in Newark and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick.
Scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and elsewhere are at a crossroads in their 50-year quest to go beyond the Standard Model in physics.
Jeff Broggi, associate dean of students for Rutgers-New Brunswick, is willing to go the extra mile, or in this case, plunge 30-feet into a swimming pool, to help undergraduates facing unexpected hardships. Watch our video and read the story for more on what inspired Broggi to participate in the annual tower jump to raise awareness about the Emergency Assistance Fund.
Tree care workers have one of the most dangerous jobs in America. As climate change increases the risk to trees from severe storms, insects, diseases, drought and fire, a Rutgers study highlights the need for improved safety in tree care operations.
The rising popularity of smoking tobacco with hookahs – water pipes heated by burning charcoal – creates significant health and safety concerns, according to the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Here is some advice on how to stay safe.
The warmer the Arctic is in winter, the colder and snowier the winter is in the northeastern United States.
Didik Prasetyo has dedicated himself to understanding and protecting the endangered great apes. A doctoral student in the School of Graduate Studies, he coauthored a recent study in Current Biology – on the estimated loss of more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans between 1999 and 2015. “To prevent further decline and continued local extinctions of orangutans, humanity must act now,” the study states.
A peer review team is coming to Rutgers for a four-day visit starting March 19. The nine-member team will meet with board members, faculty, students and administrators across the university at all locations. Members of the team – comprised of volunteers from large research universities across the country and led by Eric J. Barron, president of Pennsylvania State University – will also hold informal conversations with members of the Rutgers community during their visit.