Selected News Coverage and Articles Archive

2020

NJ.com: What 2020 Taught Us
December 27, 2020
In this short essay for NJ.com, Dr. Holloway argues that “we must find ways to invest in our shared humanity if there is going to be any hope of being prepared when the next pandemic comes.”

NJ.com: Rutgers in the COVID age: A Q&A with president Jonathan Holloway
December 1, 2020
Dr. Holloway discusses his priorities for boosting Rutgers’ reputation, fundraising, and membership in the Big Ten.

NJ.com: Rutgers finally has a president who cares deeply about athletics -- here’s why that matters | Politi (subscription required)
September 11, 2020
Star-Ledger’s Steve Politi calls President Holloway “a measured voice that the Big Ten -- that all of college sports -- needs to hear right now.”

NPR: Big Ten Postpones Fall Sports 
August 12, 2020 
President Holloway discusses the decision with NPR.

Positive Community Magazine: Treat One Another with Grace
Summer 2020
Dr. Holloway begins his presidency amid pandemic, financial turmoil, and racial reckoning (see page 32).

PIX 11: Dr. Jonathan Holloway Takes Over as President of Rutgers During Tumultuous Times
July 23, 2020 
President Holloway sees his role as helping to raise external assessments of what Rutgers means, and expecting the best things all the time from the university. 

NBC New York: Rutgers Says Most Fall Classes Will Be Online
July 6, 2020
President Holloway announces that only a limited number of courses in the fall will be delivered in person.

ROI-NJ: Holloway, in Impressive Opening Act as Rutgers President, Addresses Pandemic, Global Reckoning on Race
July 1, 2020
On his first day in office, President Holloway launches a $10 million fundraising campaign to provide financial support for economically at-risk students.

NJ.com: Did Rutgers find the perfect president for 2020? Meet Jonathan Holloway, Black historian
July 1, 2020 
President Jonathan Holloway talks about his family ties to slavery and his experiences with racism that inspired his career as a historian and uniquely prepared him to lead Rutgers at this moment.

Rutgers Today: Day One: President Jonathan Holloway
July 1, 2020
In his first message to the Rutgers community, Jonathan Holloway said he will take a pay cut and will not shy away from uncomfortable conversations in a time of global racial reckoning.

NJ.com: Jonathan Holloway Speaks Out on Racism in America 
June 16, 2020
The president-designate talked about America’s history on race, the controversy over Confederate monuments, and the response to George Floyd’s death in a wide-ranging virtual discussion.

NJ.com: Governor Phil Murphy Names Jonathan Holloway to COVID-19 Economic Restart and Recovery Committee
April 28, 2020
Jonathan Holloway joins a 21-member panel of experts as part of New Jersey Governor Murphy’s plan to design New Jersey’s economic restart.

Rutgers Today: Jonathan Holloway Appointed to Mellon Foundation Board
March 12, 2020
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the election of Jonathan Holloway to its Board of Trustees. Holloway says The Mellon Foundation's mission is needed now more than ever.

BET: Rutgers University’s First Black President in Its History Gives Emotional Speech 
January 23, 2020
“Wouldn’t you know it, this time my hope paid off,” president-designate Jonathan Holloway said.

NJ.com:  Booker Says Rutgers’ New President Holloway Is a Trailblazer like Obama 
January 22, 2020
Senator Cory Booker calls Jonathan Holloway’s appointment to Rutgers president an “important milestone."

Rutgers Today: Jonathan Holloway in His Own Words
January 22, 2020
Jonathan Holloway, Northwestern University provost and former dean of Yale College, has been tapped to replace Robert Barchi as Rutgers president on July 1, 2020. Watch his remarks to the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees.