Students enrolled in the “Arts and Culture in Public Service” course at Rutgers-Newark’s School of Public Affairs and Administration spent the semester taking part in the pilot program that extends the university community into the city’s landmark cultural venue.
Rutgers planetary geologist searches for meteorites in the most desolate corners of Antarctica
Adrienne Eaton, a nationally renowned labor studies expert with 30 years of research and teaching experience at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has accepted a three-year appointment as dean. In 2016, the National Labor Relations Board cited Eaton’s research in an important ruling on whether graduate student employees have the right to unionize.
Gregory Mueller might seem like any other engineering graduate on the cusp of his career, but his graduation serves as a major shift in a life devoted to music. Mueller, who holds a master’s degree from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, got involved in audio and video production and became fascinated by the way the equipment works. In 2015, he decided to take the leap and began working toward a bachelor’s degree at Rutgers School of Engineering.
Every 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus slightly elongate Earth’s orbit, an amazingly consistent pattern that has influenced our planet’s climate for at least 215 million years and allows scientists to more precisely date geological events like the spread of dinosaurs, according to a Rutgers-led study.
A guidance counselor convinced to Melissa Velez that her life was worth turning around when seemed to have lost all direction: she just needed to believe in herself. It’s advice she carried with her as a student majoring in social work at Rutgers-Camden, where she has found support while also striving to help others – including organizing a service trip to Puerto Rico to assist with Hurricane Maria relief efforts.
In an amazing achievement akin to adding solar panels to your body, a Northeast sea slug sucks raw materials from algae to provide its lifetime supply of solar-powered energy, according to a study by Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Debashish Bhattacharya, distinguished professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and other scientists.
A pilot study by Rutgers’ Equine Science Center monitored hormone levels in horses working with military veterans suffering from PTSD to find out if the animals were showing signs of stress. The results of the study, a first of its kind, suggest the horses suffered no stress, while the veterans reported a significant decrease in anxiety and depression.
Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah is currently the Ch2m chair of Transport and professor of Urban Studies and an affiliated professor at the School of Engineering in the University of Glasgow, UK. Her research interests are on smart, socially just and sustainable transport. Thakuriah will begin her new role as Dean of Rutgers University-New Brunswick's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Oct. 1.
Marianthi Ierapetritou was one of the few female students majoring in chemical engineering. The story repeated itself throughout her academic career. Now the Distinguished Professor and chair of Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering will begin a new position as associate vice president for the promotion of women in science, engineering and mathematics – known as SciWomen – a role that will enable her to inspire and support women in the STEM fields.
An estimated 106,000 people came to New Brunswick, Newark and Camden to celebrate all things Rutgers. The annual show-and-tell, which coincides with Alumni Weekend, offered festivalgoers more than 700 free performances, demonstrations and interactive activities.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor in Rutgers-New Brunswick’s School of Communication and Information and co-creator of the popular podcast Uncivil, was honored for an episode called “The Raid,” which recounts the real-life story of the planning and execution of a covert operation that led to the freeing of 750 enslaved men, women and children.