Foundation News, Impact Stories
Excited to Support Dreams
Charles “Chuck” A. Wright III, an experienced fundraiser committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, takes the lead as Rutgers–Camden’s vice chancellor for advancement
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Developing Doctors
The Rutgers–New Brunswick Health Professions Office, a program which benefits from donor support and alumni connections, helps students and recent grads to find medical jobs.
Impact Stories, Alumni News, Foundation News
Gift Establishes Cognitive Neurology Professorship
The Daniel Schneider, M.D. Endowed Early Career Professorship in Cognitive Neurology honors professor who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 46
Impact Stories, Foundation News
A Day in the Life of a Rutgers Future Scholars Superstar
Esmeralda Diaz-Calderon gives back to the program that supported her college dreams.
Foundation News, Alumni News
Scholarship Awarded in Honor of Federal Judge’s Slain Son
U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, who holds two Rutgers degrees, reflects on her family tragedy and how she found inspiration to help others.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Engineers of the Future
A Rutgers School of Engineering program builds a bridge to a successful future for incoming engineering students.
Foundation News
A Week of Rutgers Giving Days
The annual Rutgers Giving Day program has grown from one day to a full week of Giving Days.
Foundation News
Rutgers–New Brunswick Is Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Recipients
The university has 19 winners of the prestigious international program this year, including six from the School of Graduate Studies.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
A Day in the Life: Kenya Johnson
Rutgers–Newark Student building a career foundation: From extracurricular activities to working to taking classes and studying, busy days pay off for senior Kenya Johnson.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
A Generous Tax Break
New tax law rewards charitable IRA donors with new opportunities.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Addressing the Need for Nurses
To alleviate the New Jersey nursing shortage, an anonymous donor created a $2 million nursing scholarship for first-generation students.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
For the Public Good
New Jersey State Senator Ronald L. Rice honored with an endowed scholarship.
Impact Stories
Help on the Way
For Rutgers, addressing the youth mental health crisis—now exacerbated by the pandemic—is a top priority. Enter the Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, which provides innovative and equitable services to vulnerable young people across the state. And not a moment too soon.
Impact Stories
A Day in the Life of a ‘High-Achieving Student’
From learning about artwork to studying Greek vocabulary to mentoring fellow students, a Rutgers–New Brunswick senior breaks down an exceptionally busy day.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Advancing the Art of Digital Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine opens state-of-the-art center, thanks to late Australian entrepreneur Georges Sara.
Impact Stories
Fulfilling a Need in the Face of High Food Prices
Usage and expenses are on the rise for the Rutgers–Newark student food pantry.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
A Quarter Century of Camaraderie and Academic Excellence
Rutgers–Camden’s Honors College Marks its 25th Year.
Impact Stories, Donor Profiles
Nursing the Nurses
The New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute supports the emotional needs of nurses.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Internship Mentoring Girls Ignites Interests for Rutgers–Camden Student
International student AnnMarie Bediako guided teens in Philadelphia and South Jersey in explorations of career possibilities.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
A Time for Radical Generosity
This year on November 29, Rutgers is partnering with organizations that are committed to service, active citizenship, and the flourishing of diversity and inclusion. All have a local presence in and around our university community, connecting directly with Rutgers students. We invite you to learn more about these amazing organizations and show your support for them!
Foundation News
Veterans House at Rutgers to Be Named After Medal of Honor Alumnus
Rutgers University Foundation campaign honors Col. Jack Jacobs’ heroism in Vietnam with Opportunity Fund to support Rutgers’ military-affiliated students.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Quest Diagnostics Boosts Rutgers Political Equity Program
Quest’s support for Ready to Run® will help address women’s underrepresentation in political leadership locally and nationally.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
$2M Grant Enhances Artificial Intelligence in Biological Research
Rutgers–Camden professor earns $2M National Science Foundation grant to advance artificial intelligence in biological research.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
In the Public Interest
This past summer, the Maida Public Interest Fellowships Program provided funding to Rutgers Law School students and one graduate as they worked in public interest law and served New Jersey communities with their expertise.
Impact Stories
Advance Rutgers Podcast: Helping Kids Succeed
The first episode of Advance Rutgers discusses the distinction between machines as tools versus machines as partners we work with and how to develop that partnership in a way that is ethically, morally, and socially just.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Four inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni
'From engineering to public policy to leadership in health care, these members of our university community have changed lives'
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Tapping the Power of Jazz and Poetry
Alumni play key roles in ‘A Beautiful Bond’ and ‘Represent: A Night of Hip Hop, Jazz and Spoken Word,’ two events in the City Verses jazz poetry project, a grant-funded program partnering Rutgers–Newark and NJPAC.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
A Launching Pad for Academic Journeys
A new Honors Living-Learning Community building at Rutgers University—Newark fully opened to welcome students this fall, a major milestone in the mission to cultivate future scholars and leaders whose vast potential might otherwise be overlooked.
Impact Stories
Taking a Lead Role in Saving the Planet
Thanks to a Rutgers Summer Service Internship, Rutgers-Newark student Brian Montecinos is focused on protecting our air and water.
Foundation News
Rutgers Scientists Develop New Method to Engineer Enzyme ‘Stickiness’
The new method measures the binding forces of single proteins when they are pulled away from their substrate—such as an enzyme—that will help the development of new nanomaterials and improve biofuel production.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
President Holloway’s First Stakeholder Address Outlines Vision for Rutgers’ Future
President Jonathan Holloway reaffirmed Rutgers’ commitment to academic excellence while remaining accessible and affordable for all students.
Impact Stories
State House Internship Connects Students Through Lessons in Legislation
Rutgers-New Brunswick seniors Nina Gohel and James Cortes spent their summer in Trenton as part of the Rutgers Summer Service Internship Initiative.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Rutgers Researchers Aim to Edit Proteins in Humans and Attain Insight into Illness
SAS research team receives support from the National Science Foundation to develop editing technology for human body protein molecules, which could spur major health breakthroughs.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
At Rutgers, the Rapid COVID-19 Test Was Just the Beginning
After making worldwide news with a multivariant COVID-19 test that was faster and cheaper than anything previously available, the Rutgers Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases is poised to make far greater contributions to global health.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Opening the Door for Future Generations
Two new scholarships foster careers in health care and health sciences for Rutgers Law School students in Newark and Camden.
Impact Stories
Summer Internship Taught Student How to Advocate for Children
Rutgers–Camden student Danna Green feels empowered to help parents who, like herself, have children with learning disabilities, after participating in Rutgers Summer Service Internship Initiative.
Foundation News
New Frontiers in Drug Research and Cancer Surgery
A new Rutgers startup's optical imaging technology has applications in both image-guided surgery and drug discovery.
Impact Stories
Rutgers Students Spend Summer Helping Victims of Humanitarian Crises
Ardita Mirza and Gerardo Leal are among 100 students who took part in Rutgers Summer Service Internships over the summer. At the International Rescue Committee, they helped people affected by humanitarian crises rebuild their lives.
Impact Stories
Welcome to Camp Lab Coat
Rutgers University–Newark and Bristol Myers Squibb partner to host a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) summer camp for middle schoolers.
Impact Stories
Big Ten’s One Big Week Pushes for Greater College Access
Rutgers joins One Big Week to advance the Scarlet Promise Initiative and increase opportunities for students.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Exploring New Areas of Nursing
The goal of the new nursing research fellowship is to prepare nurses to play a role in improving the overall quality of healthcare. “Nursing is a care profession,” nursing professor and associate dean Mei Rosemary Fu says. “That’s the major driver of nursing research—to advance the science and knowledge of patient care."
Foundation News
The Invisible Extinction
Microbiologists Martin J. Blaser and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, esteemed for investigating the widespread depletion in the diversity of the human microbiome, are the subject of a documentary.
Foundation News
Spine Intelligence
Rutgers biomedical researchers make breakthrough in treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Stirring the Pot
A Rutgers report analyzes legalized marijuana’s impact on New Jersey.
Foundation News
Beyond the Reef
Rutgers co-authored study finds that cultivating super corals alone is unlikely to protect coral reefs from climate change.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Investing in Student Potential at Rutgers University–Newark
Alumni Sandy Jaffe and Linda Stamato fund the creation of a research fellowship at the Honors Living Learning Community at Rutgers–Newark.
Foundation News
Unlocking the Secrets of Neurodegeneration
Researchers at Rutgers University–Camden are investigating what causes the cellular impairment that prompts disease in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Journeys of Joy and Meaning
“Picturing Black Girlhood: Moments of Possibility,” a stirring visual arts exhibition at Express Newark, celebrated youth and coming-of-age in the African American community.
Foundation News
An Advocate for Art
New Director Maura Reilly leads the Zimmerli Art Museum with unique and progressive thinking on how art can be presented.
Foundation News
Battling the Substance Abuse Pandemic
Danielle Dick, an expert on the role of genetics and the environment in addiction, is the inaugural director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center, which will be a one-stop resource to coordinate the university’s extensive resources in addressing addiction nationwide.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Summer Service, Abortion Access, and Nuclear Warfare Study
Recent media stories highlighting programs, research, and expertise from the Rutgers community.
Foundation News
Promoting Urban Entrepreneurship
Recently named provost and executive vice chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, Jeffrey Robinson champions urban development, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and inclusive innovation and technology as the keys to social change.
Foundation News
Women Are Needed in Politics Now More Than Ever
For the past 50 years, the Rutgers Center for American Women in Politics has fostered women’s growing participation in public office, but in the face of persistent setbacks for women’s rights there remains an acute need for political equity.
Press Release, Foundation News
Rutgers-led Team Receives $25 Million to Tackle Debilitating Condition in Late Stages of Cancer
Rutgers Cancer Institute researcher Eileen White leads effort to take on cancer cachexia.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Gun Violence, Roe v. Wade Fallout, and a Rutgers Gem
What can be done, policy-wise, to prevent school shootings? How might the collapse of abortion rights in America affect other issues? Rutgers experts and community members explore those questions—followed by a Sheryl Lee Ralph profile.
Impact Stories
Helping Study Long COVID in Children
Through antibody testing, Rutgers researchers are helping to study the incidence and long-term effects of COVID-19 in children as part of a National Institutes of Health initiative.
Foundation News
First 100 Students Begin Rutgers Summer of Service
President’s internship initiative puts focus on engaging with and serving others.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Rutgers Variant Test, Roe v. Wade Battle, and Baby Formula Crisis
A new Rutgers achievement in the fight against the coronavirus. Outrage and foreboding over the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. And much-needed perspective on a fearful situation for parents and infant caregivers. Rutgers experts explore the issues.
Impact Stories
Energizing Student Service
Already a strong supporter of university programs, alumnus John Adams is helping build the Rutgers Summer Service Internship Initiative.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Finding the Gene that Saves Coral Reefs
Professor Debashish Bhattacharya is studying the genetic makeup of coral to pinpoint the genes involved in coral bleaching caused by climate change.
Press Release, Foundation News
Former Scarlet Knight Shawn Tucker Returns to Rutgers in New Role
Former Scarlet Knights football co-captain and Rutgers fundraiser Shawn Tucker is returning to the university as vice president for athletics development at Rutgers University Foundation.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Driving the Digital Future of Dentistry
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine recently opened the Georges E. Sara Digital Dentistry Center, honoring the memory of an Australian entrepreneur who helped make the visionary center a reality.
Foundation News
Rutgers Scientists Develop Test for Variants Causing COVID-19 Infection
The lab test can quickly identify which variant of the virus causing COVID-19 has infected a person, an advance expected to greatly assist health officials tracking the disease and physicians treating infected patients.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Climate Change is Reshuffling Marine Ecosystems
A sophisticated new model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges
Foundation News, Impact Stories
The Pandemic Erased a Decade of Public Preschool Gains
According to the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers, public preschools suffered enrollment and funding declines during the pandemic, with nearly 300,000 less children in 2020-2021 than in the previous year.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Training the Next Generation of Adult Autism Support Professionals
The Autism MVP Foundation Endowed Fellowship will create new, hands-on educational opportunities for Rutgers graduate students who want to empower adults with autism.
Foundation News
Identifying Schizophrenia Risk
A landmark study at Rutgers identified rare genetic markers that indicate someone’s likelihood of developing schizophrenia and the potential to treat its root cause.
Donor Profiles
Remembering a Beautiful Mind
To celebrate the memory of Rutgers neurology professor Daniel Schneider, his mother, Penny Moreno, is ensuring his legacy lives on in future generations.
Foundation News, Impact Reports
Rutgers in the News: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Other Stories
Following this week’s historic Supreme Court confirmation, Rutgers experts explore a variety of issues.
Impact Stories
Stepping Up as a STEM Leader
As a first-generation student studying mechanical engineering, Steven Perez-Badillo hopes to inspire middle and high school students to pursue STEM opportunities at Rutgers.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Rutgers to Be Tuition-Free for More In-State Students
Rutgers–New Brunswick, Rutgers–Newark, and Rutgers–Camden augment New Jersey’s Garden State Guarantee to increase access to a college degree for low-income students.
Press Release, Foundation News
NJM Insurance Group Supports Rutgers Future Scholars
Contribution to aid aspiring N.J. middle schoolers on their path to earning a college degree
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Help Rutgers Help the World
Scarlet community members from around the world come together to celebrate Rutgers excellence and create paths to a brighter future.
Impact Stories
Understanding Spirit
A new project, supported by a Luce Foundation grant, will unite scholars and community members seeking racial justice through activism, spirituality, and the arts.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Unlocking the Secrets of Brain Cells
New findings by Rutgers researchers show activities of specialized brain cells differ based on their location, which could shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Donor Profiles
A Family Practice
Three sisters created medical and nursing school scholarships to honor their parents’ twin passions of education and caring.
Impact Stories
Diversifying the Geosciences
A new grant will launch a project that aims to break down barriers keeping underrepresented students from pursuing careers in earth sciences.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Russia-Ukraine War, Mask Mandate, and Book Bans
Eastern Europe’s escalating tragedy, a disturbing disregard for the First Amendment, and a new day dawning in Garden State schools. Rutgers experts explore the issues.
Impact Stories
A Trying Transition
Alumna Gloria Bachmann leads an initiative to meet the health needs of formerly incarcerated women as they reenter society.
Press Release, Foundation News, Impact Stories
Access Week Highlights Rutgers–New Brunswick’s Commitment to Underserved Students
Rutgers University–New Brunswick announced today a sweeping new financial aid program that builds upon existing state aid programs to enable New Jersey students with family incomes below $65,000 to attend the university tuition free. The program also provides a sliding scale that significantly limits the amount of out-of-pocket tuition and fees paid by students with family incomes below $100,000.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Advancing an Honors Revolution
Gift from Rutgers-Newark alumni to help Honors Living Learning Community become a national model.
Foundation News
Assessing COVID-19’s Impact on Health Care Workers
A new Rutgers School of Public Health study reveals the intense professional and personal impact the pandemic has had on Black and Latinx health care workers in support roles.
Impact Stories
Rutgers‒Camden Designated a Minority Serving Institution
The designation–given by the Department of Education to institutions where 50 percent of undergraduates are minority students–brings with it federal education grants to expand educational opportunities for disadvantaged students.
Foundation News
Exploring the Origins of Neurodegenerative Disease
Rutgers–Camden Biologist Maria Solesio’s vital research into the impaired cellular mechanisms in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients could result in life-changing treatments.
Impact Stories
Healing the Heroes of 9/11
The World Trade Center Health Program, part of Rutgers’ Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, has been helping Ground Zero victims since 2003.
Impact Stories
Rutgers Commits to Greater Degree Accessibility and Affordability
Rutgers students will soon benefit from a New Jersey program that makes college more accessible and affordable for residents who attend in-state, public four-year institutions.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Solving the Mystery of Disease
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank at Rutgers celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Impact Stories
Meeting an Urgent Need
The first of its kind in New Jersey, the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Residence will be an exceptional resource for families of teens and young adults.
Foundation News
Nurses’ Aid
Nurse2Nurse, a new confidential helpline at Rutgers, connects overtaxed nurses with mental health assistance.
Foundation News
Hypertension Dangers for Pregnancies
The number of American women with chronic high blood pressure who are dying during and after pregnancy is up sharply, a new Rutgers study warns, particularly among Black women.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Employee Shortage, January 6 Anniversary, and Prenatal Hypertension
Why are employers having so much difficulty hiring and retaining workers? What is driving America toward irreversible polarization? And how can our health care system better protect expectant mothers—especially Black women—from the dangers of high blood pressure? Rutgers experts explore the issues.
Foundation News
Putting an End to Targeted Crowd Attacks
The Department of Homeland Security is tapping Rutgers expertise for methods to combat terrorist and criminal attacks on soft targets such as schools, hospitals, shopping malls, and sports stadiums.
Foundation News
A Path Toward Health Equity
Rutgers has received $10 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve the health and quality of life in economically disadvantaged communities.
Foundation News
Looking Back at Two Years of COVID-19
Since first being detected, the coronavirus has caused more than 5 million deaths worldwide. Now, the Omicron variant has deepened concerns about how long the pandemic will last. Rutgers experts in health care, environmental science and engineering, education, labor, and business reflect on life under COVID.
Donor Profiles
Getting Students off the Ground
A scholarship enabled Theresa Ragozine to achieve a college degree and launched her into a successful life. Now, she wants to do the same for current students.
Foundation News
Gary and Barbara Rodkin Academic Success Center Signals New Era in Rutgers Athletics
Members of the scarlet community celebrate the official opening of a crucial, academically focused facility.
Foundation News
Studying the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 in Children
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will serve as a national hub for pediatric sites as part of a $470 million National Institutes of Health research initiative.
Foundation News
What We Know About Omicron
As the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, Rutgers experts in infectious disease, epidemiology, pediatrics, and global health address the questions surrounding this pernicious strain.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Omicron Variant, Alzheimer’s Prevention, and Supply Chain Woes
Facing the facts on the new coronavirus mutation. Enhancing the brain’s immune system. And: when will the stranglehold of global shortages end? Rutgers experts explore the issues.
Donor Profiles
Rutgers School of Pharmacy Receives $2 Million Gift to Support Students in PharmD/MD Program
A new endowed scholarship will assist students seeking dual degrees in pharmacy and medicine.
Donor Profiles
Above and Beyond
Alumna remembers her own challenges paying for college and makes a gift to ease the journey for today’s students.
Impact Stories
Giving Tuesday 2021 Expands Support for Rutgers Food Pantries
Thanks to an outpouring of goodwill across the Rutgers community, Giving Tuesday 2021 was a resounding success.
Foundation News
COVID Saliva Tests Measure Oral Microbiome
A Rutgers study found that COVID-19 saliva tests can measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, allowing for the development of new lung health treatments for people with COVID.
Foundation News
Addressing Cognitive Deficits with Machine Learning
How neuroscience professor Michael Cole uses predictive modeling and machine learning to help patients with disorders like schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder, and even addiction.
Foundation News
Delivering the COVID-19 Vaccine Through Cupping
Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Engineering used a technique from an ancient healing practice to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine which generated an immune response 100 times stronger than an injected vaccine.
Impact Stories
Rutgers Food Pantries: Making Good on a Promise to Students
When #GivingTuesday 2021 arrives on November 30, the scarlet community will focus on strengthening student food pantries, as it has in the past. This year, however, donors to Rutgers’ food pantries have more options than ever for how to participate.
Donor Profiles
Studying the Religious Origins of Nonviolence
An alumna’s final wish spurs new focus at Rutgers on Jainism, a religion that influenced Gandhi.
Foundation News
The Connection Between Volcanic Eruptions and the End of Chinese Dynasties
According to a Rutgers-led study, volcanic eruptions contributed to the collapse of dynasties in China in the last 2,000 years by temporarily cooling the climate and affecting agriculture.
Impact Stories
Security Measures
A Rutgers Future Scholar and recipient of a Scarlet Promise Grant shares intel on how Rutgers helped him close in on achieving his career dreams.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
President Jonathan Scott Holloway Announces Student Service Initiative During Inauguration
President Holloway outlines a focus on access, research and service in his inaugural address.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Family Leave, Medicare, and Black Women Mayors
Health care issues for seniors, the crumbling of a Biden proposal, and an awakening in municipal politics. Rutgers experts explore a range of topics.
Foundation News
The Quest to Make Eco-Friendly Building Materials
In professor David Salas-de la Cruz’s lab, researchers are developing sustainable construction materials that may replace wood, concrete, and steel.
Foundation News
Autism Prevalent in Many New Jersey Communities
In some New Jersey communities up to eight percent of children have autism spectrum disorder—more than triple the national average, according to a Rutgers study.
Foundation News
Rutgers Research Delivers New Hope for Epilepsy Patients
New diagnostic model combining electroencephalogram (EEG) data with clinical observations can determine if patients will respond to treatment with 80 percent accuracy.
Donor Profiles
Transforming Youth Mental Health Treatment
Donor Marlene Brandt RC’80 helped break ground on the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Residence, which grew out of the challenges families face when seeking care for adolescents and young adults.
Foundation News
Spotting Genetic Disorders in Walking Patterns
Rutgers researchers used gait analysis and kinesiological technology to connect the dots between genetic disorders linked to autism and the walking patterns of adults.
Foundation News
Biomarker May Advance Treatment of Asthma and COPD
Rutgers researchers found that people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a protein in their lungs that restricts breathing.
Impact Stories
How the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services Changes Lives
The newly dedicated center stands up for those on the spectrum who aren’t always able to stand up for themselves while addressing the shortage of quality services for adults with autism.
Impact Stories
Rutgers-Led Study Finds New Jersey’s Tidal Marshes in Danger of Disappearing
New Jersey’s tidal marshes aren’t keeping up with sea level rise and may disappear completely by the next century, according to a study led by Rutgers environmental researchers.
Donor Profiles
The Power to Change Lives
Rutgers University–Camden dean Howard Marchitello and a panel of advisers help strengthen Scarlet Promise Grants.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: MacArthur Fellowships, Police Reform, and Disability Research
A prominent Rutgers art professor receives one of the nation’s most prestigious awards. Incremental changes in law enforcement come under fire. And an important partnership forms among world-class research universities.
Donor Profiles
Going Big for Rutgers
A couple’s endowed gift to Scarlet Promise Grants will help ensure that students for generations to come can get the aid they need to finish their degrees.
Impact Stories
Preparing the Coast for Climate Change
With the help of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Rutgers is leading a multi-university group tackling the coastal climate crisis. The group will partner with regional communities to develop adaptation plans that protect coastal areas increasingly threatened by extreme weather caused by climate change.
Foundation News
Seeking Answers
Although Navneet GSNB’99 and Reema CC’98, GSNB’01 Puri are long-standing advocates and alumni supporters of Rutgers through philanthropy and service, their latest gift resonates on a personal level.
Foundation News
Believing in the Beloved Community
Luke Visconti, the founder of DiversityInc and a member of the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni, explains his enthusiasm for helping students achieve their goals.
Foundation News
Kimberly Hopely Named President of the Rutgers University Foundation
Kimberly Hopely will be the next president of the Rutgers University Foundation and executive vice president for development and alumni engagement, President Jonathan Holloway announced today.
Foundation News
Rutgers Campaign for Student Aid Passes $10 Million Mark
One year after President Jonathan Holloway called for broad support for Scarlet Promise Grants, the Rutgers community has raised $10 million to support tomorrow’s leaders.
Impact Stories
Inflammatory Proteins Help Identify Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline
Rutgers researchers say testing for some inflammatory proteins associated with the nervous and immune systems will help diagnose the early onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Impact Stories
Rutgers Receives Grant to Build Mobile Edge Infrastructure
The Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a nationwide, community-based mobile edge sensing and computing infrastructure.
Foundation News
Overdose Risk More Than Triples in New Jersey
A Rutgers-led study found that the rise in heroin and fentanyl in New Jersey between 2014-2019 led to the tripling of medically treated opioid overdoses despite the state’s strict opioid laws.
Impact Stories
Jumping in: Rutgers Doers, Makers, and Drivers
In a year of pathbreaking, 21st century Big Ideas, we celebrate a few historical Rutgers achievements where decisive, often courageous action set the tone for extraordinary progress.
Impact Stories
Preventing the Next Pandemic
Recognizing that it would be impossible to address the vast array of potential microbial threats individually, the Rutgers Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2) is formulating strategies to evaluate and respond to outbreaks of all kinds.
Impact Stories
Rutgers School of Engineering Hosts Federal Leaders for Research Tour
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Congressman Frank Pallone joined President Jonathan Holloway for a tour of three engineering facilities to showcase federal investment in research.
Foundation News
Robot Dog Makes Infrastructure Maintenance a Walk in the Park
Able to climb stairs, navigate rough terrain, and respond to commands, Spot, the mobile robotic dog, offers researchers an autonomous technology for innovations in infrastructure maintenance and repair.
Foundation News
Antibiotics in Early Life Could Affect Brain Development
Antibiotic exposure early in life could alter human brain development in areas responsible for cognitive and emotional functions, according to a Rutgers researcher.
Impact Stories
New Grant to Help Students Hardest Hit by COVID pandemic
Rutgers has received more than $3 million in federal funding from the Department of Education to help low-income students and those from historically underrepresented communities get back on track in the face of the pandemic.
Foundation News
New Microchip Measures Stress From a Drop of Blood
Rutgers-led researchers developed a microchip that measures stress hormones and cortisol from a drop of blood. With this microchip, patients will be able to monitor their cortisol levels and better manage stress.
Foundation News
Rutgers Opens New Brain Imaging Research Center
Part of the university’s Brain Health Institute, the Rutgers Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research will make it possible for researchers to develop novel therapies for neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders, including addiction, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, autism, brain injury, stroke and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Rutgers Magazine
Presidential Priorities
Shortly after assuming the presidency in July 2020, Jonathan Holloway unveiled three priorities that will be guiding lights during his tenure: the relentless pursuit of academic excellence; the development of strategic and institutional clarity; and the achievement of “a beloved community,” a university culture imbued with tolerance, diversity, and the spirited exchange of ideas.
Foundation News
Shoring Up the Jersey Shore
In 2012, New Jersey residents got an alarming tutorial on what unmitigated climate change portends when Hurricane Sandy, one of the worst storms in state history, devastated the coast from north to south, destroying businesses, beach homes, and boardwalks and swamping communities several blocks inland.
Foundation News
Globe Trotters
One experience that many people are looking forward to when the global pandemic finally ends is the chance to indulge some wanderlust. For a highly select group of students at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, a return to normalcy will include a rare opportunity to travel abroad as Fulbright Students: living in another nation to immerse themselves in a new culture while continuing their studies or teaching.
Rutgers Magazine
Put to the Test
Both Rutgers medical schools helped ensure the safety and efficacy of two of the major COVID-19 vaccines, and will continue to monitor them in the coming months.
Foundation News
Going Viral to Stop a Virus
Rutgers ranks among the biggest contributors to a historic crowdsourced computing effort to model intricate SARS-CoV-2 proteins and search for COVID-19 treatments.
Foundation News
Using Oral Bacteria to Treat Cancer
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine researcher Scott Kachlany discovered that protein found in oral bacterium could kill leukemia and lymphoma cells. Now, he’s beginning clinical trials of cancer therapy that use this new treatment method.
Donor Profiles
Encouraging Inquiring Minds
Rutgers professor emeritus Lionel Goodman wants to spark creativity among undergraduates and doctoral students seeking answers to intriguing questions.
Foundation News
Redefining Too Much Screen Time
Rutgers researchers found that young teens who use the internet, social media, or video games recreationally for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores.
Foundation News
Plant Microbiomes May Hold Key to Healthier Crops
A new Rutgers study shows the important role symbiotic bacteria play in the development of a plant’s root cells and nutrient supply. Unlocking this relationship can lead to hardier and more resilient crops.
Foundation News
Corals Found to be More Resistant to Climate Change than Thought
New Rutgers research suggests coral structures may withstand climate change due to the carefully organize proteins—resembling what’s in human bones—that they use to form rock-hard skeletons.
Foundation News
Studying the Links Between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s
The National Institutes of Health has awarded neuroscience professor Mark Gluck a grant to investigate the links between Alzheimer's Disease and COVID-19, which share common immunological pathways and age-related risks.
Donor Profiles
A Prescription for Success
“Not only is Mr. Concannon’s generous pledge one of the largest from an individual in the School of Health Profession’s history,” says Katie Mayfield, Director of Development for the school, “but this type of philanthropic leadership often inspires others to consider giving back in a way that is meaningful to them—resulting in a multiplier effect from his single gift.”
Foundation News
Rutgers Opens Adult Autism Services Community Center
Rutgers has opened a new building to better serve adults with autism spectrum disorder through vocational and recreational programs, making it possible to expand existing programs to address a growing need in New Jersey, which has the highest autism rates in the country.
Foundation News
Breathing Easy in a Pandemic
Rutgers engineers received funding to develop an easy-to-use sensor that detects the presence of COVID-19 in a patient’s breath within minutes.
Press Release, Foundation News
Rutgers University Foundation Board to Eliminate “Overseers’’ From Its Name
Rutgers University Foundation’s governing board announced plans today to change its name to the Rutgers University Foundation Board of Directors, eliminating the term “overseers,” a change that comes amid growing nationwide consensus around the abandonment of language that historically has connoted racial inequities.
Foundation News
Rutgers Giving Day: Celebrating Your Global Impact
Thanks to every donor who made Rutgers Giving Day 2021 the most successful yet! As a community, we seized the moment yesterday—uniting to transform lives and improve the human condition.
Foundation News
Sea-Level Rise Accelerating Along Much of the East Coast
A Rutgers-led study shows that the global increase from melting ice and warming oceans is accelerating rising sea levels along much of the Atlantic coast, with southern New Jersey having the fastest rates.
Foundation News
A Brief History of Rutgers Innovation
Bold concepts and visionary proposals have energized the university from its inception—and, with the proper support, created a brighter future for everyone.
Foundation News
Rutgers Creates Rapid Test for Coronavirus Variants
Rutgers researchers have designed a new rapid test that can detect all three of the rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus in a little over one hour—much shorter than the three to five days required by current tests, which can also be more technically difficult and expensive to perform.
Foundation News
Plastic Tide
Rutgers scientists for the first time have pinpointed the sizes of microplastics from a highly urbanized estuarine and coastal system with numerous sources of fresh water, including the Hudson River and Raritan River.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Preventing a Dream Deferred
In 1951, American poet Langston Hughes warned of our fate when our dreams go unfulfilled. At Rutgers, one Big Idea proposes how the university can better fulfill the dream of a college education—and what can happen when we do.
Impact Stories
The Path toward Health Equity
Black women in New Jersey die or experience significant health problems related to pregnancy, birth, and infant mortality at dramatically higher rates than white women. Experts at Rutgers want to do something novel: empower the community to determine their solutions. Their work will serve as a model for urban areas throughout the United States and the world.
Impact Stories
New Dental School Program Helps Holocaust Survivors
Like many Holocaust survivors, Larisa and Anatoly Rabinovich suffered from a lack of food and medical care as children. The impact on their health lasted a lifetime, including problems with their teeth and gums.
Foundation News
Camden Researcher Awarded Grant to Study Coronavirus Evolution
One year after the first COVID-19 case was reported, researchers and medical professionals continue to learn more about the virus that causes it.
Impact Stories
Yearning to Learn
Last fall, when Crismeldy Jimenez, a sophomore at Rutgers University–Newark, moved into a suite in Woodward Hall, she wondered if she would be able to stay there her entire freshman year.
Endowed Chairs
Artistic License
The Tepper Family Chair in Visual Arts was established in 2011 with a gift from Marlene Brandt RC’80. It is the first endowed chair at Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Park McArthur became the third holder of the Tepper Chair in 2019.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Sheltering in Place
Individuals and families in central New Jersey who faced homelessness because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to share their experiences and stories in a podcast and other venues, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Foundation News
Rutgers–Camden Receives $3.5 Million Gift From Faculty Member to Create Program for High-Achieving Students
The largest gift ever received by Rutgers University–Camden – is launching a new program to attract students to Rutgers Law School in Camden who have distinguished themselves academically and demonstrated a commitment to public service.
Rutgers Magazine
The Rising Tide of Women in Politics
While national events roiled the 2020 election, the growing number of women running for public office—a record—continued unabated.
Press Release, Impact Stories
Miller Center Secures Gift to Help Vulnerable Communities
Rutgers’ Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience announced a $1.2 million gift that will support the center’s research and programming geared toward serving and securing vulnerable communities by improving relations with police.
Press Release, Impact Stories
Cancer Institute Secures Groundbreaking Donation
A $25 million anonymous philanthropic gift to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will provide groundbreaking support for the Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Rutgers Has You Covered
When you make a gift of $60 or more or a sustaining gift of at least $5 a month before the end of the year, you’ll receive a limited-edition reusable Rutgers-branded face mask.
Press Release
Rutgers Athletics Unveils New Indoor Golf Facility
Members of Rutgers’ men’s and women’s golf teams will now be able to perfect their swings and short games year-round, thanks to a new training facility in the College Avenue Gym at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Donor Profiles
First-Generation Alumnus Gives Students a Hand
After retiring from a successful career as an education and management consultant, John Cooper is giving back to financial assistance programs that help underrepresented student minority groups.
Foundation News
Reevaluating the Role of Vitamin D in Digestion
A Rutgers study has discovered that vitamin D regulates calcium in a section of the intestine that previously was thought not to have played a key role.
Foundation News
Rutgers Leading Clinical Trial of Coronavirus Therapeutic
Rutgers is leading a clinical trial assessing the combination of nitazoxanide, ribavirin and hydroxychloroquine to treat people 21 or older who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Support Rutgers Scarlet Promise Grants on #GivingTuesday
This year at Rutgers, #GivingTuesday is an opportunity to support Scarlet Promise Grants, which are crucial to providing equitable access to a world-class Rutgers education.
Foundation News
Help Patients with Cancer on Giving Tuesday, December 1
A gift to the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s Patient Relief Fund can make a difference in the life of someone undergoing cancer treatment.
Foundation News
Raptors vs. Raiders Food Drive Challenge Update
Last week, alumni and friends from Rutgers University–Newark and Rutgers University–Camden came together for a friendly competition to help put a dent in student hunger.
Endowed Chairs
József Beck, the Harold H. Martin Professor of Mathematics
József Beck is a professor of mathematics at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He is a leader in the fields of number theory, probabilistic methods, combinatorial games, and combinatorial geometry.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Two Gifts That Span Generations
The gifts of these proud alumni are still transforming lives. The funds have been donated to The Bells Must Ring, a campaign for Scarlet Knights athletic programs.
Donor Profiles
The Art of Opportunity
George Tsacnaris holds many records, streaks, and firsts. He has the record for most Rutgers athletic events attended in person during any academic year.
Endowed Chairs
Dunbar P. Birnie, III, the Corning-Saint-Gobain Malcolm G. McLaren Chair in Ceramic Engineering
Dunbar P. Birnie III’s scholarship and textbook development have influenced research and teaching in the field of ceramic engineering nationally and internationally.
Foundation News, Press Release
Business Leader James Tuchi Pledges $8 Million for Innovative Rutgers Programs
Grateful for care received from Rutgers doctors, the New Jersey executive provides generous support in four crucial research areas.
Impact Stories
Turning Dreams into Achievements
Last year, Scarlet Promise Grants provided financial assistance to 11,000 students, allowing them to attend Rutgers and pursue the careers of their dreams.
Endowed Chairs
Joseph R. Blasi, the J. Robert Beyster Professorship of Employee Ownership
Joseph R. Blasi is an authority on employee share ownership, a practice in which a company includes its employees in equity ownership or makes shares available to some or all of its employees.
Foundation News
Rutgers Awarded $1.5 Million FEMA Grant to Support Volunteer Firefighter Cancer Research and Prevention
The funding will enhance research already being done in collaboration with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey as part of the Cancer Assessment and Prevention Study.
Foundation News
Raptors vs. Raiders Food Drive Challenge
Some Rutgers students experience food insecurity. They might skip meals or eat lower quality food that doesn’t provide the nutrients they need to fuel their minds. The resulting hunger can threaten their ability to succeed. So let’s put a dent in student hunger. In honor of Rutgers’ Charter Day, the Raptors vs. Raiders Food Drive […]
Endowed Chairs
Shridar Ganesan, the Omar Boraie Chair in Genomic Science
Shridar Ganesan, is internationally recognized for his expertise in cancer genomics and molecular biology, especially the biology of hereditary breast cancer and the basic mechanisms by which cells repair damage to DNA.
Impact Stories
Apt Pupil Pays It Forward
John Sharkey describes himself as “a pay it forward kind of guy,” which is why he and his wife, Chris, established the Elsayed A. Elsayed Endowed Scholarship.
Donor Profiles
Rutgers Professor Gives to Scarlet Promise Grants
Daniel Van Abs, a Cook College graduate and Rutgers professor, has been making modest gifts to the university for more than 20 years. But he felt he needed to do more because of what he is witnessing in his classes.
Foundation News
Live with President Holloway
On October 14, 2020, the Rutgers University Alumni Association hosted a live conversation with Jonathan Holloway, 21st president of Rutgers University, and Nevin Kessler, Rutgers University Foundation President and Executive Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement.
Endowed Chairs
Vivien Hsu, the W.H. Conzen Chair in Clinical Pharmacology
Vivien Hsu is a rheumatologist and expert on connective tissue diseases. Her areas of expertise include scleroderma and related connective tissue diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis.
Foundation News
Rutgers Awarded $5 Million Grant from NIH to Improve Access to COVID-19 Testing within Underserved and Vulnerable Communities
The program supports research that aims to better understand COVID-19 testing patterns among underserved and vulnerable populations; strengthen the data on disparities in infection rates, disease progression and outcomes; and develop strategies to reduce the disparities in COVID-19 testing.
Endowed Chairs
Juan González, the Richard D. Heffner Professor in Communications and Public Policy
Acclaimed journalist Juan González, a professor of communications and public policy at Rutgers’ School of Communication and Information, was a columnist for the New York Daily News for nearly 30 years.
Foundation News
The Quest for Socially Cognizant Robotics
A $3 million National Science Foundation grant will help Rutgers train graduate students to develop robots for the future that integrate technology, computer science and machine learning with social and behavioral sciences like psychology, cognitive science and urban policy planning.
Foundation News
New Plant-Based Nanowire Spray May Lead to 3D-Printed Organs
Rutgers engineers have developed a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based material that could be used in N95 mask filters, devices that harvest energy for electricity, and potentially the creation of human organs.
Endowed Chairs
Kelvin Kwan, the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Faculty Development Chair in the Life Sciences
Kelvin Kwan is an associate professor in Rutgers’ Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience whose research focuses on alleviating and curing progressive hearing loss.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: COVID-19 Legalities, New Jersey Voting, and U.S. Unemployment
With the pandemic far from over, President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 test has brought an even greater intensity to public conversations—and personal health concerns—across the nation. Count on Rutgers experts to appear in the news every day, offering helpful perspective on healthcare, politics, and countless other hot-button issues.
Endowed Chairs
Luciano D’Adamio, the Krieger Klein Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurodegeneration Research
Luciano D’Adamio, an internationally renowned expert on Alzheimer’s disease, is the inaugural holder of the Krieger Klein Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Neurodegeneration Research.
Foundation News
Study Shows 5G Wireless Can Lead to Inaccurate Weather Forecasts
Upcoming 5G wireless networks that will provide faster cell phone service may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts, according to a Rutgers study on a controversial issue that has created anxiety among meteorologists.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: School Disparities, Political Equality, and the Fight against COVID-19
Whether they’re explored on a presidential debate stage, in classrooms, or at your kitchen table, scores of Rutgers experts appear in the media every day, providing fresh perspective on healthcare, politics, and countless other areas of public concern.
Endowed Chairs
Renping Zhou, the William and Myrle Garbe Chair in Cancer and Leukemia Research
Renping Zhou studies how biological signals regulate normal and pathological processes in the nervous system. Much of Zhou’s current research focuses on ALS, a devastating motor neuron disease with an average survival time of two to four years, with the goal of using gene therapy to develop effective avenues of treatment.
Foundation News
Rutgers Receives $15 million Mellon Foundation Grant for Global Racial Justice
Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway today announced the receipt of a five-year $15 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the establishment of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The establishment of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice marks […]
Foundation News
Dreams Fulfilled
Launched in 1991 as Rutgers Assistance Grants, Scarlet Promise Grants are awarded in amounts between $500 to $5,000 per academic year as part of qualified students’ financial aid packages and for emergency support for reasons ranging from the death of a parent to job loss to health emergencies.
Foundation News
The Barr Scholarship: A Gift with No End Zone
Graduating from Rutgers more than a century ago, one alumnus made a pledge that is still transforming lives—on the football field and beyond.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: The Passing of Justice Ginsburg, Pandemic Recovery Forecasts, and the Digital Divide in Schools
For news consumers, Rutgers experts appear in the media every day with fresh perspectives on healthcare, education, government policy, and other areas of public concern.
Endowed Chairs
Teresa Wood, the Rena Warshow Endowed Chair in Multiple Sclerosis
Teresa Wood, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, researches the biological mechanisms that underlie multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and the body.
Foundation News
No Longer a Death Sentence: Transforming Cancer Care and Prevention in Africa
Rutgers Global Health Institute initiative combines advancements in telemedicine with lessons learned from earlier battles against HIV to increase cancer survival rates in an area that needs it the most.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: COVID-19 Trials, Opioid Dangers, and Cyberattacks
Questions springing from the coronavirus are finding their way into other urgent conversations in our society, from domestic violence to the ethics of drug development. Rutgers experts appear in the news every day, providing much-needed perspective on healthcare, business, politics, and other areas.
Endowed Chairs
Patrick Sinko, the Parke-Davis Professor of Pharmaceutics
Distinguished Professor Patrick Sinko is a pharmaceutical scientist and a professor of pharmaceutics at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. His lab focuses on biopharmaceutics and molecular-, nano-, and microscale drug delivery to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS, breast and lung cancer, and chemical terrorism.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Increased COVID-19 Testing, Sanitization Overkill, and Wage Theft
Addressing complex questions and others, Rutgers experts provide fresh perspective on healthcare, politics, and countless other areas of public concern.
Endowed Chairs
Leonard Y. Lee, the James W. Mackenzie, M.D., Endowed Chair in Surgery
Leonard Y. Lee is nationally recognized for innovative surgical techniques, the treatment of valvular heart disease, and research on inflammation and stem cell therapies for cardiac repair.
Foundation News
$5 Million Gift from Rutgers Alumnus Will Advance Fight against Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Herbert C. Klein, a Rutgers alumnus and longtime donor, and his family have made a $5 million gift to the university to support Rutgers’ leadership in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other devastating neurodegenerative conditions.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Back-to-School Challenges, Voter Ambivalence, and Cancer Treatment Despite COVID-19
As the new academic year begins, Rutgers students face a more challenging and uncertain Fall semester than their predecessors ever encountered. Here are a wealth of guidance and insight from Rutgers experts who appear in the media every day, providing fresh perspective on healthcare, politics, and countless other areas of public concern.
Impact Stories
The Scarlet Knights Ticket to Success Campaign
Due to the postponement of the fall athletics, season ticket holders will have the opportunity to reallocate their balance. We ask that you consider making a tax-deductible donation supporting the Rutgers Scholarship Fund.
Foundation News
Rutgers Develops Fast Way to Decontaminate N95 Masks
Two Rutgers-led studies have identified a more rapid method to decontaminate N95 masks using vaporized hydrogen peroxide – making reuse of masks more economically feasible and practical for health care workers on the frontlines against COVID-19.
Foundation News
New Jersey Maintains Economic Momentum, Defying National Trend
According to a new Rutgers report, New Jersey's economy is defying the national trend of a slowing recovery momentum from COVID-19- driven economic losses.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Helpful Bacteria, Mail-In Ballots, and 19th Amendment Irony
Scores of Rutgers experts appear in the media every day, providing fresh perspective on healthcare, politics, and countless other areas of public concern. Here are examples from the past few days.
Endowed Chairs
Derek Sant’Angelo, the Harold Paz Endowed Chair of Developmental Biology
Derek Sant’Angelo is an associate director of basic science and a professor of pediatrics, pharmacology, and biomedical engineering at Rutgers’ Child Health Institute of New Jersey and division chief of Child Health Sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Kamala Harris, Voting Controversies, and School Openings
Whether you’re looking for insight into U.S. voting systems, the pandemic in schools, Joe Biden’s running mate choice of Kamala Harris, or other conversation topics, you’ll find it from Rutgers experts in a wide range of news stories and media outlets. Here is a sampling from the past few days.
Foundation News
Rutgers Researchers Awarded $20 Million NIH Grant to Find New Ways to Diagnose Tuberculosis
The research team of infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School will receive the grant over five years and will conduct early studies of new diagnostic tests, including non-sputum based diagnostics that use oral swabs, urine, blood or stool to detect TB.
Endowed Chairs
William Welsh, the Norman Edelman Endowed Professorship in Bioinformatics
William Welsh is a professor in bioinformatics and molecular design whose areas of expertise include computational chemistry, drug design, predictive toxicology, pattern recognition, bioinformatics, and cheminformatics.
Impact Stories
Alumna and Rutgers’ School of Social Work Team Up to Help Families in Low-Income Housing Deal with COVID-19
Earlier this year, as COVID-19 began to spread through New Jersey, Christiana Foglio, founder and CEO of Community Investment Strategies (CIS), decided to connect with her alma mater to address the issues and create a solution.
Endowed Chairs
Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut, the Ruth Dunietz Kushner and Michael Jay Serwitz Chair in Multiple Sclerosis
Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut is a professor and joint chair of the Departments of Neurology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS). He also directs the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
Foundation News
Early Antibiotic Use Increases Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A study, published in Genome Medicine, provides further evidence supporting the idea that the use of antibiotics in children under 1 year old disrupts the intestinal microbiota – the trillions of beneficial microorganisms that live in and on our bodies – that play a crucial role in the healthy maturation of the immune system and the prevention of diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: COVID-19 and the National Conversation on the Use of Power
Rutgers continues to serve as a model for university engagement within the public sphere with faculty and researchers offering key guidance to state and local communities on navigating the COVID pandemic safely and frequently helping news outlets make sense of complicated topics. Here’s your weekly guide to Rutgers in the news.
Endowed Chairs
Feng Gao, Robert J. Boutillier Endowed Faculty Scholar in Accounting
Feng Gao is an assistant professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick. Her research interests include corporate governance, securities regulations, insider trading, and corporate social responsibility.
Foundation News, Donor Profiles
Greg and Anna Brown Commit $1 Million to Student Financial Aid
The gift from the Browns is the third million-dollar commitment to the Rutgers Scarlet Promise Grants program since President Jonathan Holloway’s call for support on July 1.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
A Rutgers Giving Day Like No Other
Building on the momentum of previous years, Rutgers Giving Day 2020 raised a total of $1.94 million, with 5,790 individual donors stepping up and making an impact.
Endowed Chairs
Richard Lathrop, the Johnson Family Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology
Richard Lathrop Jr., an authority on natural resource management and landscape ecology, is an environmental monitoring and ecology professor at Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the director of the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis.
Foundation News, Donor Profiles
Alumni Gary and Barbara Rodkin Commit $1 Million to Student Financial Aid
The gift from Gary and Barbara Rodkin is the second million-dollar commitment to Rutgers’ Scarlet Promise Grants program since President Jonathan Holloway’s call for support on July 1.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Educational Values, COVID-19, and the Economy
Rutgers continues to serve as a model for university engagement within the public sphere with faculty and researchers offering key guidance to state and local communities on navigating the COVID pandemic safely and frequently helping news outlets make sense of complicated topics. Here’s your weekly guide to Rutgers in the news.
Impact Stories
Bell Ringers: Andy & Lisa Kaplowitz
These R Fund supporters – Andy, a '95 Rutgers College graduate, and Lisa, a Brown University graduate and Athletics Hall of Fame inductee – have taken that advancement mindset to Rutgers Athletics, a program on the rise like the hottest stock on the market.
Endowed Chairs
Darius Palia, the Thomas A. Renyi Endowed Chair in Banking
Darius Palia is an internationally recognized banking, law, and economics expert. He is the founding director of the Financial Institutions Center at Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick, which promotes research on financial institutions.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Social Justice and Navigating COVID
In these turbulent times, Rutgers continues to lead as a model for university engagement within the public sphere. Here's your weekly guide to Rutgers in the news.
Foundation News
Does Asthma Raise COVID Risks? New Rutgers Study Suggests No
Reynold A. Panettieri Jr., a pulmonary critical care physician and director of the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science discusses what we know about asthma and inflammation and the important questions that still need to be answered.
Endowed Chairs
Claire Philipp, the Melvyn, Ab, and Yetta Motolinsky Chair in Hematology
Claire Philipp is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of hematology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS). She is an authority on hematologic disorders, with areas of focus in congenital and acquired hemorrhagic, platelet, and thrombotic disorders.
Foundation News
Rutgers in the News: Addressing systemic injustice and opening schools in the face of COVID
News outlets turn to Rutgers faculty and researchers to help make sense of complicated topics and explain the work they’re doing to better the world.
Impact Stories
Protecting Those on the Front Lines
One of Rutgers’ most generous international donors has given 30,000 masks to Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) to help fight the spread of COVID-19. Dezhi Lu and the Huamin Charity Foundation, the first private, family-funded foundation established in China, made the gift.
Foundation News
Rutgers Bacteria Study Could Lead to Better COVID Disinfection Methods
A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within.
Foundation News
Rutgers University Announces Fall 2020 Plans
The fall semester at Rutgers University will combine a majority of remotely delivered courses with a limited number of in-person classes, President Jonathan Holloway said today.
Impact Stories, Donor Profiles
Mellon Foundation Awards $500K to Humanities Action Lab to Use Public Humanities and Engagement to Confront COVID
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Humanities Action Lab (HAL), headquartered at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–Newark, a $500,000 grant over three years to establish and support Climates of Inequality and the COVID Crisis: Building Leadership at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
Endowed Chairs
Jay Tischfield, the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Chair in Genetics
In 2017, Jay Tischfield, an authority on genetics and the biology of disease, broke new ground in the study of Tourette’s disorder by identifying cell mutations that contribute to the disorder, also known as Tourette syndrome. Tischfield was a co-author of the study, which was published in the journal Neuron.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Rutgers Board Chair Joins President Holloway’s Call to Action
Scarlet Promise Grants offer essential financial support to talented students for whom a transformative Rutgers education would otherwise be impossible. Last year, the program distributed more than $33 million is assistance to 10,500 Rutgers students.
Foundation News
Rutgers Experts on COVID Concerns, Equal Representation, and the Legacy of Racism
New Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway arrives at a unique time in the university’s history, as America reckons with racial inequality and the continued turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic.
Foundation News
A message from Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway
Today, Jonathan Holloway, the 21st president of Rutgers University, takes office. We hope you are as proud and excited as we are to welcome President Holloway, an exceptional leader for an extraordinary period in our history.
Impact Stories
Horizon Foundation Grant Supports Healthy Choices and Healthy Kids
A recent $100,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey puts that leadership in the spotlight by supporting a vital component of the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI).
Endowed Chairs
Theodore Sider, the Andrew W. Mellon Chair in Philosophy
Theodore Sider taught philosophy at Rutgers from 2002 to 2007 and then at the University of Rochester, Syracuse University, and New York University. In 2011, he joined the faculty of Cornell University, where he was both the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Philosophy and director of graduate studies before returning to Rutgers in 2015.
Impact Stories, Foundation News
Rutgers Experts on Containing COVID-19 and Fighting for Equality
As the rise in COVID cases complicates the reopening plans of various states and the country struggles to address racial and social inequalities, news outlets turn to Rutgers faculty and researchers to help make sense of complicated topics and explain the work they’re doing to better the world.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
David T. Bender Trust Donates $4 Million to Create Endowed Rutgers Athletic Scholarships
The gift from the David T. Bender Trust—which also provided an investment learning opportunity for students at Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick—is one of the largest in Rutgers Athletics history.
Impact Stories
There is Always a Way Forward
At Rutgers we do more than inspire hope. We act on its promise, empowering our global community to move forward with confidence, compassion, and optimism. At times, the path to the future can be difficult to see, but when we come together to collaborate, innovate, and support one another, we always discover a way forward.
Endowed Chairs
Vanessa Hus Bal, the Karmazin and Lillard Chair in Adult Autism
Vanessa Hus Bal, an associate professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, conducts research to advance understanding of the aging population of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Foundation News
Rutgers Experts on Black Inequality and Coronavirus Safety
Your weekly guide to Rutgers experts in the news. This week's content features articles on racial justice, reparations, and Juneteenth.
Impact Stories
Jam Session
How the Creative Writing Program and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University–Newark and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) came together to create City Verses.
Impact Stories
Fast-Tracking Health Care Discoveries
Two grants given to Rutgers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are helping to revolutionize the field known as translational medicine. Sometimes referred to as “bench-to-bedside,” translational medicine addresses moving discoveries quickly and efficiently from the lab to the commercial marketplace.
Endowed Chairs
Paul Falkowski, the Bennett L. Smith Endowed Chair in Business and Natural Resources
Paul Falkowski, a leading authority on the ocean’s impact on the environment, is a distinguished professor in the departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Sciences in Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. He is also the founding director of the Rutgers Energy Institute.
Foundation News, Impact Stories
Rutgers Experts on Racial Justice, COVID Pandemic, and New Political Realities
Members of the Rutgers community have come together to call for change as protests against police violence and racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody continue nationwide. Meanwhile, Rutgers experts have been at the forefront of understanding the COVID pandemic and have been offering key guidance to local officials, communities, and media outlets about moving forward safely. Here’s your weekly guide to Rutgers experts in the news.
Foundation News
Rutgers Sociologist Awarded Fellowship Aimed at Eradicating Racial Disparities in the Arts and Humanities
Melissa Valle is one of 32 fellows chosen from among a national pool of applicants. The Career Enhancement Fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, seeks to increase the presence of underrepresented junior and other faculty members in the arts and humanities by creating career development opportunities for selected Fellows with promising research projects.
Impact Stories
Health Care Lessons Learned from Other Cultures
While designed as an elective for Rutgers nursing students, the study abroad program is, in fact, open to all students at the university. This year’s trip was attended by six nursing students (two graduate students and four undergrads), a pre-med student, a pre-physician assistant student, and one student at Rutgers School of Public Health who was moved to change her focus to nursing after the trip. For all who attend, the program has been life changing.
Foundation News
Rutgers Researchers Receive Award to Develop First-in-Class Anticancer Therapeutics
Rutgers cancer researchers have been awarded $200,000 to develop drugs that would eliminate cancerous tumors and prevent them for metastasizing.
Endowed Chairs
Masayori Inouye, the Takara-Bio Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics
Masayori Inouye, a distinguished professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is a pioneer in the field of molecular biology.
Impact Stories
Giving Kids the Best Chance to Succeed
Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center serves the needs of the autism community from childhood through adulthood. Its school program, run by Rutgers’ Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, is currently assisting more than 60 New Jersey students from 34 school districts.
Endowed Chairs
Jak Chakhalian, the Professor Claud Lovelace Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics
Jak Chakhalian, an authority in the field of condensed matter physics, holds the inaugural Professor Claud Lovelace Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. His lab works with quantum materials to create new quantum nanostructures for use in the next generation of ultrafast communication and computational devices.
Foundation News
Rutgers’ Critical Role in Pandemic Recovery
As areas of the country slowly reopen under various stoplight colors and the restrictions they impose, the global COVID pandemic remains a potent reminder of how research universities like Rutgers continue to be critical drivers of public health.
Endowed Chairs
Gary Rendsburg, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History
Gary Rendsburg is an internationally recognized scholar of ancient Israelite history. He is known for his scholarship in the literature of the Bible, the history of ancient Israel, the historical development of the Hebrew language, and post-Biblical Judaism, among other areas.
Foundation News
As the Nation Slowly Reopens, Rutgers Helps Chart the Path
University experts have been at the forefront of understanding the virus which has brought the globe to a grinding halt, and have been offering key guidance to local officials, communities, and media outlets about moving forward safely.
Endowed Chairs
Naomi Klein, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies
Acclaimed author and cultural critic Naomi Klein is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies.
Foundation News
New RWJMS Study Finds Young People at Greater Risk From COVID-19 Than Previously Thought
Children, teens and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, according to a study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher.
Endowed Chairs
Pham Huu Tiep, the Joshua Barlaz Chair in Mathematics
Tiep, who holds the Joshua Barlaz Chair in Mathematics at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is an internationally renowned expert in finite groups theory and representation theory. Group theory focuses on algebraic structures known as groups.
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FDA Approves First At-Home Saliva Collection Test for Coronavirus
Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics received an amended emergency use authorization from the FDA late Thursday for the first SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus test that will allow people to collect their own saliva at home and send to a lab for results.
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Rutgers Leads Clinical Trial of Drug to Prevent Cytokine Storms in COVID-19 Patients
Rutgers has launched a clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of an oral anti-inflammatory drug that could help prevent serious illness and death in early-stage COVID-19 patients.
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Rutgers Community Raises over $250,000 on #GivingTuesdayNow
Alumni and donors raise more than $250,000 for student emergency funds and COVID-19 research on Tuesday, March 5 as part of a global effort to fight COVID-19.
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John B. Kostis, the John G. Detwiler Endowed Chair in Cardiology
John Kostis directs the Rutgers Cardiovascular Institute and is associate dean for cardiovascular research at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is a recognized authority on hypertension and its treatment, among other conditions.
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Rutgers Brings Innovative Edge to Big Ten Coronavirus Task Force
Rutgers is at the forefront of finding a way to move forward since the coronavirus upended college sports as a member of the first Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases recently formed by the Big Ten Conference.
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#GivingTuesdayNow: Join Rutgers in the Fight Against COVID-19
Join the global movement to fight COVID-19 today, May 5, by participating in #GivingTuesdayNow. Make a gift to support one of Rutgers’ four emergency student funds or the Rutgers COVID-19 Response Fund.
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Brenda Velarde SASN’22
Brenda Velarde is a psychology major with a minor in social justice at Newark’s School of Arts and Sciences. Brenda hopes to become an occupational therapist and work with children with cancer.
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Inaya Thompson SAS’23
Inaya Thompson is a biology/pre-medicine major at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s School of Arts and Sciences. She hopes to enter medical school after graduating in 2023 and eventually become a doctor of naturopathic medicine.
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Ezekiel Medina SAS’20, EJB’20
Ezekiel Medina, an alumnus of the Rutgers Future Scholars program, will graduate in May with degrees in Latino and Caribbean studies from the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and in public health from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He hopes to work in health policy and health justice.
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Alexandria Figueroa CCAS’21
Alexandria Figueroa is a junior at Rutgers University–Camden’s Honors College, majoring in English and minoring in psychology. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in education at Rutgers after she completes her undergraduate degree next year. Her goal is to teach elementary school.
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Video Testimonial: Alumnus Gary Chropuvka on the Urgent Need to help Rutgers Students Through the COVID-19 Crisis
Gary Chropuvka, co-head of quantitative investment strategies with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, talks about his decision to support Rutgers students facing financial challenges in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that’s ravaging the economy.
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Rutgers Plays Key Role in Reopening New Jersey
Governor Phil Murphy's plan to safely rollback New Jersey’s lockdown restrictions wouldn’t be possible without the COVID-19 saliva test developed by Rutgers researchers and recently granted emergency FDA approval.
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Rutgers Law Mortgage Foreclosure Project Assists in Saving New Jersey Residents from Losing their Homes
A Rutgers University–Camden law professor and her students are working to help residents avoid losing their homes to foreclosure.
Endowed Chairs
Drew Gitomer, the Rose and Nicholas DeMarzo Chair in Education
Drew Gitomer, the inaugural holder of the Rose and Nicholas DeMarzo Chair in Education at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Education, focuses his research on measuring teaching, teaching policy, and the use of evidence to inform policy and practice.
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Rutgers, University Hospital Lead Way in Treating COVID-19 with Convalescent Plasma from Recovered Patients
Rutgers physicians and University Hospital are leading the way in using blood plasma from patients who recovered from COVID-19 to treat new patients who are severely ill with COVID-19 infections.
Endowed Chairs
Ning Jeff Yue, the Donald H. Jacobs Chair in Applied Physics
Ning Jeff Yue is an internationally recognized scholar who leads the radiation physics team at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. He is also the executive vice chair and chief of physics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he researches image registration, image-based tracking, radiation dose optimization, and informatics.
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Rapid Screening Process for Infectious Diseases Being Created in Rutgers University–Camden Research Lab
The fight against the coronavirus is underway in a Rutgers University–Camden research laboratory.
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New Rutgers Saliva Test for Coronavirus Gets FDA Approval
The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics and its collaborators for a new collection approach that utilizes saliva as the primary test biomaterial for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the first such approval granted by the federal agency.
Endowed Chairs
Douglas S. Eakeley, the Alan V. Lowenstein Chair in Corporate and Business Law
A former Rhodes Scholar, Eakeley holds a law degree from Yale Law School, a master’s degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University, and a bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude, with highest honors in economics) from Yale University. He chaired the board of the national Legal Services Corporation for more than nine years and he serves as chair of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and as a trustee of Legal Services of New Jersey.
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How the CARES Act Affects Charitable Giving
On March 27, in response to the economic strain of the coronavirus pandemic and the social policies intended to halt its impact, Congress passed and the president signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES. A component of the temporary legislation is intended to enhance charitable giving and suspend certain requirements and restrictions on qualified retirement assets.
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Message from President Barchi
Rutgers President Robert Barchi sends a message of hope, courage, compassion, and strength amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Endowed Chairs
Ah-Ng Tony Kong, the Glaxo Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics
As the Glaxo Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Ah-Ng Tony Kong studies biology-driven, natural products-based drug discovery and development with an emphasis on cancer and oxidative stress/inflammation-induced diseases.
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Rutgers Launches Genetic Testing Service for New Coronavirus
Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and is using its automation experience and infrastructure to test as many as tens of thousands of samples daily.
Endowed Chairs
Simi Kedia, the Albert R. Gamper Jr. Endowed Chair in Business
Simi Kedia’s highly regarded research on corporate governance and fraud has been widely disseminated in both academic journals and popular media. Her work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times, CNBC, and NPR’s Marketplace.
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What it Takes to Beat a Worldwide Pandemic
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) has established the Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2). Designed to be an institutional hub for COVID-19 research activities and public outreach, the center brings the best Rutgers has to offer—world-class clinical and technological infrastructure, cutting-edge research programs, and respected scientists—to help conquer the defining crisis of our time.
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Rutgers Creates COVID-19 Center to Fight Pandemic
Rutgers has created a new center to coordinate the university’s myriad research and public health and outreach efforts to combat COVID-19.
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New Device Quickly Detects Harmful Bacteria in Blood
Engineers have created a tiny device that can rapidly detect harmful bacteria in blood, allowing health care professionals to pinpoint the cause of potentially deadly infections and fight them with drugs.
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How the Building Blocks of Life Got Built
Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to search for life on other planets.
Endowed Chairs
Manus Midlarsky, the Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution
In an era of increasing national and international discord, Manus Midlarsky’s work is especially relevant. Midlarksy is the Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
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Message to Alumni and Donors Regarding COVID-19 Response
Rutgers University Foundation president, Nevin Kessler, addresses the alumni community regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Supporting students during the COVID-19 outbreak
Many of you have asked how you can help students during this difficult time. Thank you so much for your concern and for showing the world the true meaning of Scarlet Forever. Learn how you can support students.
Endowed Chairs
M. Maral Mouradian, the William Dow Lovett Endowed Professor of Neurology
M. Maral Mouradian is a professor of neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), the founding director of the RWJMS Institute for Neurological Therapeutics, and vice chancellor for faculty development at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. She is also chief of the Division of Translational Neuroscience and director of research in the Department of Neurology at RWJMS.
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Rutgers Recognized as a Leader in Supporting Low-Income Students
Rutgers University-New Brunswick is a national leader among universities committed to improving the enrollment, retention and graduation of low-income students, according to the latest report by the American Talent Initiative (ATI).
Endowed Chairs
Brian Leftow, the William P. Alston Chair for the Philosophy of Religion
Brian Leftow is the inaugural holder of the William P. Alston Chair for the Philosophy of Religion in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Impact Stories
Growing Peppers—and Resiliency—in Puerto Rico
Richard Alomar, an associate professor of landscape architecture in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and a core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute, recently traveled to Puerto Rico’s Las Carolinas community as part of a collaborative effort to build resilience following the devastation brought by hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017.
Endowed Chairs
Peter D. Cole, the Embrace Kids Foundation Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Peter D. Cole is the chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, leading the institutions’ efforts to provide state-of-the-art care for children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders.
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Rutgers Leads $1.5 Million Project for Ocean Acidification Monitoring on the U.S. Northeast Shelf
Grace Saba, assistant professor, is the lead principal investigator, and John Wilkin, professor, in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is co-principal investigator, of a $1,499,895 million project observing ocean acidification on the U.S. Northeast Shelf, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Gulf of Maine.
Endowed Chairs
Marco Zarbin, the Alfonse A. Cinotti/Lions Eye Research Chair of Ophthalmology
As the inaugural holder of the Alfonse A. Cinotti/Lions Eye Research Chair of Ophthalmology, Marco Zarbin is helping patients with retina-related vision loss.
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Surgeon who Separated Conjoined Twins Mentors Rutgers Undergraduates
A Rutgers graduate, Stylianos led the teams that separated conjoined twins in 1993, 1995, and 2000. Yet he still manages to find time every week to mentor undergraduates.
Endowed Chairs
Jennifer Hunt, the James Cullen Endowed Chair in Economics
Hunt was a professor of economics at Rutgers from 2011 to 2013, when she became chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. There she briefed officials on statistics and wage trends and contributed to the debate on policy issues ranging from the minimum wage to new labor regulations to the Social Security Trust Fund.
Endowed Chairs
John Kuo Wei (Jack) Tchen, the Clement A. Price Chair in Public History and the Humanities
Jack Tchen is the inaugural holder of the Clement A. Price Chair in Public History and the Humanities at Rutgers University–Newark, established with a $2 million gift from the Mellon Foundation in honor of Clement A. Price, a professor of U.S. history and African-American studies at Rutgers–Newark who died in 2014. The Mellon gift was supplemented by additional funds from corporations, foundations, Rutgers alumni, and friends of the School of Arts and Sciences–Newark.
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Morris Davis, the Paul V. Profeta Chair in Real Estate
The gift to create the Profeta chair was inspired by the three elements that have guided Paul Profeta throughout his career—business, education, and philanthropy. He has been a lecturer at his alma mater, Harvard Business School, and an associate adjunct professor at Columbia Graduate School of Business. He has also lectured at the Johns Hopkins Graduate School of Business and Rutgers Business School.
Endowed Chairs
Anil Nanda, the Peter W. Carmel, M.D. Chair of Neurological Surgery
Nanda came to Rutgers after serving as the chair of neurosurgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport. Nanda is director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery and has led several prestigious organizations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, the American Heart Association Caddo Bossier Division, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Skull Base Society, and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
Alumna Launches Medical School Scholarship
When Shobana Sood learned that she’d been awarded the George F. Smith Endowed Scholarship—a merit-based scholarship that allowed her to attend Robert Wood Johnson Medical School tuition-free—she told her mother that, when she could, she would endow a scholarship of her own.
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Jonathan Holloway Named 21st President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Holloway will begin serving as president on July 1, 2020, succeeding President Robert Barchi, who began his tenure in September 2012.
Endowed Chairs
Debra Laskin, the Roy A. Bowers Chair in Pharmacy
Debra Laskin is chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, has deep expertise in immunology, pulmonary physiology, lung pathology, and tissue injury. Her research focuses on immunotoxicology, with an emphasis on the inflammatory mechanisms of tissue injury and macrophages.
Donor Profiles
Nancy Shuman Establishes Childhood Studies Endowment at Rutgers-Camden
“I hope that my gift provides increased momentum for the Department of Childhood Studies and related programs at Rutgers–Camden to help make a difference in the lives of children in the Camden community, the Greater Delaware Valley region, and beyond.”
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Frank and Pat Kabela Open Doors With Gift to the Rutgers Future Scholars Program
By recently pledging a seven-figure gift to the Rutgers Future Scholars Program, they are ensuring that other students will benefit from a Rutgers education as they have.
Donor Profiles
Protein Data Bank at Rutgers Awarded $34.5 Million Grant
Nearly 2 million molecular structure data files are downloaded every day by researchers, educators, students, citizens, medical professionals, patients, patient advocates and biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
Impact Stories
Eagleton Fellows Apply Science to Public Policy
The Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship works by giving scientists the opportunity to serve one year appointments as science aides in state government,” said Anna Dulencin, senior program coordinator for the Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative.
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Ted Baker, the George F. Farris Chair in Entrepreneurship
Previously the founding director of the Entrepreneurship Collaborative at North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management, Baker focuses his research on identifying the skills and behaviors that allow entrepreneurs to overcome obstacles and achieve success.
Impact Stories
A Passion for Policy
With a generous endowment from Adams RC’65 and his wife, Lizbeth, as well as guidance from founding director Bathory and current director Lisa L. Miller, also a professor of political science, the program brings together approximately 15 rising juniors each year to study public policy and the forces that shape it.
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Benedetto Piccoli, the Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair in Mathematics in Memory of Professor Leonard Bidwell
As an undergraduate at the University of Padua in Italy, Piccoli developed an interest in “modern math,” which is linked not only to numbers but more generally to theoretical ideas. Today, his research focuses on applying advanced mathematical methods to a wide range of issues in science, engineering, and health.
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Fall 2019 Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Impact Report
Donor response to the Chancellor’s Challenge over the past year—which has matched up to $1M in gifts to scholarships for the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and the Rutgers School of Nursing—is inspiring and deeply appreciated.
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Fall 2019 Rutgers University–Newark Impact Report
We—students, faculty, staff, and community—truly feel the impact of your gifts, no matter the size. On behalf of all of us, thank you for making a difference, and thank you for staying forever connected, forever involved, and forever invested.
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Fall 2019 Rutgers University–Camden Impact Report
The impact of your gifts, no matter their size, resonates each day throughout Rutgers–Camden and the region. On behalf of the entire university, thank you for making a difference in our community, and thank you for staying forever connected, forever involved, and forever invested.
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Fall 2019 Rutgers University Impact Report
Donor support enables Rutgers to expand educational opportunities for the next generation of leaders and to provide research, health care, and services that make the world a better place. No matter its size, your gift helps make Rutgers the academic, health, and research powerhouse it is today.
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Kappa Phi Brothers Raise Money for SASN Endowed Scholarship to Honor Fraternity’s 50th Anniversary
"I’ve said to many of the guys that we’re in a season of life when it’s time to give back, and I feel very proud in the way that so many have stepped up."
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$2.3 Million in American Cancer Society Grants Awarded to Rutgers Cancer Institute Researchers
More than $2.3 million in Research Scholar Grants from the American Cancer Society have been awarded to three Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers to examine cell metabolism and tumor formation in forms of breast cancer, lung cancer and leukemia.
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Helping Students Continue to be Students
Getting a Rutgers Assistance Grant helped Israel Alford avoid having to take a second job or drop out of school for a semester. “The grant covered the balance that financial aid didn’t cover,” Alford says. “It alleviated that financial burden and I was able to register for classes without having to take out a loan.”
Donor Profiles
A Mother’s Greatest Nightmare—and Greatest Gift
Marlene Brandt has a vivid memory of the moment her family’s nightmare began. A longtime member of Rutgers University Foundation’s Board of Overseers, Brandt was watching from the stands in the fall of 2014 as her vibrant daughter “Mia,” one of her three children and a senior in college, led her school’s volleyball team to victory.
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Philanthropy Matters at RBHS
Timing and passion were everything for Roseanne Monaco Branciforte, PHARM ’84, whose generosity towards the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy (EMSOP) will greatly impact pharmacy student health and well-being for years to come.
Donor Profiles, Impact Stories
A Giant Leap for Kids
Leveraging education to escape her own impoverished childhood as the daughter of migrant farmworkers, Santiago has spent the past four decades working to make college access a reality for the children of Camden, New Jersey.
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A Young Girl’s Mission to Prevent Addiction Raises $1,300 for a Rutgers Lab
Healing from loss, ten-year-old Anika Gamburg launched a fundraising campaign for addiction research at Rutgers’ Cardiac Neuroscience Laboratory. Her efforts helped fund a study on substance abuse education and created the Gamburg Innovation Award, supporting students and early-career scientists working on experiments related to addiction.
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Putting the Promise in Scarlet Promise Grants
In an effort to help more students avoid finishing college with burdensome debt, Rutgers’ Board of Trustees has created an endowment that will provide, in perpetuity, more need-based aid.
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Growing for the Greater Good
Through the generosity of donors such as Richard Weeks ENG’50, whose $6 million gift helped transform the School of Engineering at Rutgers–New Brunswick, the university’s strategic goals are becoming reality.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gives Rutgers University–Newark $1.5 million grant for City Verses project
With a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and Rutgers University – Newark are drawing upon Newark’s legacies as a jazz capital and poetry incubator to amplify voices too often drowned out and retrain us to listen sympathetically.
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David Rockefeller Fund Awards $30,000 to Rutgers-Newark Humanities Action Lab
The David Rockefeller Fund has awarded a $30,000 grant to the Humanities Action Lab (HAL) for one of its newest initiatives, the Rikers Public Memory Project: A Community Truth and Healing Process (RPMP). Housed at Express Newark at Rutgers University–Newark, HAL produces community-curated public humanities projects on urgent social issues.
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Rutgers’ Record-Breaking Fundraising Year Will Improve Lives in New Jersey and Beyond
Rutgers donors committed a record-breaking $250.9 million in 2018-2019 to support a broad array of efforts to improve people’s lives, including the creation of the state’s first inpatient mental health treatment facility for adolescents and young adults and scholarships for students from underserved communities.
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Rutgers Community Donates Paul Robeson Plaza
Rutgers is in the midst of celebrating 2019 as the centennial year of Paul Robeson’s graduation. Three years ago, the Class of 1971 Campaign Committee began raising funds for a coinciding gift—knowing it would materialize well before their 50th anniversary when classes typically make high-profile donations.
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Alumna Marlene Brandt commits $30 million to transform behavioral health care for young people
Spurred by a pressing need for comprehensive mental health services for New Jersey’s young people, Rutgers University alumna Marlene Brandt has committed $30 million to the university, launching an initiative leveraging Rutgers’ deep resources in the field.
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Helping Tomorrow’s Leaders Meet Their Potential
Former Rutgers Assistance Grants get a boost with a new fundraising effort and a new name: Scarlet Promise Grants. Sam Adepoju, receiving a Rutgers Assistance Grant meant the difference between a dream deferred and a dream fulfilled. As a first-year student at Rutgers University-Camden, Adepoju was not sure where the money for tuition would come from.
