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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Jaqueline Giz at home-header

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.

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Heba Elkassaby

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.

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Rutgers–Newark Food Pantry

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

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two students walking by honos college building

Foundation News, Impact Stories

A Quarter Century of Camaraderie and Academic Excellence

Rutgers–Camden’s Honors College Marks its 25th Year

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Impact Stories, Donor Profiles

Nursing the Nurses

The New Jersey Nursing Emotional Well-Being Institute supports the emotional needs of nurses.

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Annmarie Bediako

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.

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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!

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Jack Jacobs

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.

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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.

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Grace Brannigan

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.

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Maida Fellows Hero

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.

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Helping Kids Hero

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.

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Medal Hero slider

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'

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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.

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Veronica Torres

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.

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Brian Montecinos

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.

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Rutgers scientist in a lab using analytical toolkit

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.

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President Holloway address at stakeholders meeting

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.

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State house RSSI interns James Matthews and Nina Gohel

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.

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Human body protein molecules abstract conception

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.

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Rivera hero

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.

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Rutgers Law School

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.

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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.

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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.

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Ardita Mizra

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.

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High School students at Bristol Myers Squibb lab

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.

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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.

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Camden Nursing School Fellows

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."

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Rutgers microbiologists Martin J. Blaser and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello

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.

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Foundation News

Spine Intelligence

Rutgers biomedical researchers make breakthrough in treatment of spinal cord injuries.

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Impact Stories, Foundation News

Stirring the Pot

A Rutgers report analyzes legalized marijuana’s impact on New Jersey.

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Foundation News

Beyond the Reef

Rutgers co-authored study finds that cultivating super corals alone is unlikely to protect coral reefs from climate change.

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Sandy Jaffe and Linda Stamato

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.

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3d rendering of neuron cells with glowing in human brain

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.

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African-American girls in the arts

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.

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Maura Reilley

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.

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Danielle Dick

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.

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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.

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Jeffrey Robinson

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.

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(l. to r. ) Susan Carroll, Professor Emerita, Debbie Walsh, Director, Kimberly Peeler-Allen, Visiting Practitioner at the Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics

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.

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Dr-White

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.

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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.

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Doctor and girl

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.  

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RSSI-Hero

Foundation News

First 100 Students Begin Rutgers Summer of Service

President’s internship initiative puts focus on engaging with and serving others.

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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.

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John W Adams

Impact Stories

Energizing Student Service

Already a strong supporter of university programs, alumnus John Adams is helping build the Rutgers Summer Service Internship Initiative.

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Coral Reefs Bleaching hero

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.

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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.

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Rutgers School of Dentistry Newark

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.

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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.

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Ocean Life

Foundation News, Impact Stories

Climate Change is Reshuffling Marine Ecosystems

A sophisticated new model reveals how predator-prey relationships affect species’ ranges

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asian boy in medical mask studying with mother at home on quaran

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.

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MVP Autism Foundation

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.

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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.

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Daniel Schneider

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.

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Supreme Court

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.

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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.

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sutdents sitting on a bench in campus

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.

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Mitch Livingston with Jonathan Holloway

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

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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.

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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.

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image of oligodendrocyte cells

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.

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Nobleza family photo

Donor Profiles

A Family Practice

Three sisters created medical and nursing school scholarships to honor their parents’ twin passions of education and caring.

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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.

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Ukraine peace sign

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.

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Dream Bird Flying Away, a bird flying out of the cage, the bird

Impact Stories

A Trying Transition

Alumna Gloria Bachmann leads an initiative to meet the health needs of formerly incarcerated women as they reenter society.

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Students walk across Rutgers New Brunswick campus

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.

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Honors Living Learning Community students

Impact Stories, Foundation News

Advancing an Honors Revolution

Gift from Rutgers-Newark alumni to help Honors Living Learning Community become a national model.

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woman custodian cleaning the floor

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.

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Emerge sculpture, located on the Camden campus, on a fall day.

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.

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brain neurons

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.

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Rutgers doctor treating a 9/11 patient

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.

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School of Engineering graduates celebrate at University Commencement 2019

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.

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Images that model the molecular structures of three enzymes that play critical roles in the life cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Foundation News, Impact Stories

Solving the Mystery of Disease

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank at Rutgers celebrates its 50th anniversary.

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Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Residence.

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.

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female doctor under stress and headache working hard in front of computer, wearing hospital scrub, face shield mask protection, concept of health care provider front line against corona virus COVID-19.

Foundation News

Nurses’ Aid

Nurse2Nurse, a new confidential helpline at Rutgers, connects overtaxed nurses with mental health assistance.

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Young pregnant black woman touching her belly, isolated on white background.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ampoules with Covid-19 vaccine. Syringe with needle. Fighting the covid-19 virus.

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.

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Theresa Ragozine at her Neptune home . 9/21/21 Photo by John O’Boyle

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.

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rodkin athletics new facility building

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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William Levine Hall - Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy under a blue sky  2020

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.

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Carole Sampson-Landers

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.

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Giving Tuesday 2021

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.

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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.

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Michael Cole

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.

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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.

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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.

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Sidharta Dalal

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.

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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.

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Rutgers student David Zhu. 6/8/21 Photo by John O'Boyle

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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mother talking to her autistic son while sitting on a couch

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.

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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.

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Marlene Brandt

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Howard Marchitello

Donor Profiles

The Power to Change Lives

Rutgers University–Camden dean Howard Marchitello and a panel of advisers help strengthen Scarlet Promise Grants.

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Jordan Casteel

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.

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Melissa and Charles Daniel outside their North Brunswick home. 8/5/21

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.

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Ida Flooding

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.

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Parkinson disease and parkinson's disorder symptoms as a human head made of crumpled paper with a missing jigsaw puzzle representing elderly degenerative neurology illness in a 3D illustration.

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.

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Luke Visconti

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.

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Kimberly Hopely

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.

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Rutgers student Susan Badia . 9/11/20 Photo by John O'Boyle

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.

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dementia patient

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.

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a person testing mobile technology

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.

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opioids

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.

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American flag, New Jersey flag, Rutgers flag

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.

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Scienc beaker and test tubes

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.

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Congressman Frank Pallone with Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway

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.

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Jie Gong and a robotic dog

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.

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a newborn baby receiving antibiotics

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.

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Deja Little (NCAS’21) adds groceries to shelves in the Newark Food Pantry, pantryRUN housed in Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark 2020.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Jonathan Holloway

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.

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flooded homes

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.

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fulbright scholars

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.

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photo of Jeffrey Carson by John Emerson; photo of Shobha Swaminathan by Nick Romanenko

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.

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Barr von Oehsen, associate vice president of Rutgers’ Office of Advanced Research Computing in front of the Amarel supercomputer which contributed to a historic crowdsourced computing effort to search for COVID-19 treatments

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.

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Rutgers School of Dental Medicine researcher Scott Kachlany received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin a phase I clinical trial to treat cancer patients with a therapy based on Kachlany’s discovery that a protein produced by an oral bacterium can kill leukemia and lymphoma cells.

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.

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Portrait of Lionel Goodman at his Princeton home

Donor Profiles

Encouraging Inquiring Minds

Rutgers professor emeritus Lionel Goodman wants to spark creativity among undergraduates and doctoral students seeking answers to intriguing questions.

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Young girl using mobile phone in bed at midnight, can't sleep

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.

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prmo plant roots

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.

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Stylophora pistillata, a common stony coral in the Indo-Pacific. Photo by Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University

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.

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african-american senior couple

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.

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rutgers shp students looking at a virtual cadaver

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.”  

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adult autism community center building

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.

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The coronavirus is spread by droplet infection. 3d render close-up.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Edwin Field site

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.

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rutgers student inside a laboratory with a microscope

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.

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tests being done in a lab

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.

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microplastics on a beach

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.

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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.

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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.

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Rutgers Dental School building

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.

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Medical science laboratory.

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.

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Crismeldy Jimenez

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.

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Park McArthur

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.

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homeless shelter

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.

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Camden law school campus student lounge

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.

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Debbie Walsh (left) and Kelly Dittmar

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.

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Miller Center opening

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.

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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.

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rutgers students wearing masks

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.

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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.

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John Cooper

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.

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hand showing vitamin D capsule in the sky

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.

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COVID-19 test tube

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.

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scarlet promise grants

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.

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a patient talking to a doctor

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.

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Raptors vs. Raiders Food Drive Challenge

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.

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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.

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Rutgers lacross student-athlete

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.

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George Tsacnaris

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.

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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.

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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.

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Susan Badia on Trading Room Floor Wall Street

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.

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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.

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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.

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Raptors vs. Raiders Food Drive Challenge

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 […]

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Shridar Ganesan

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.

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Engineering Professor Elsayed A. Elsayed

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.  

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Rutgers Professor Daniel Van Abs

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.

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Jonathan Holloway is the 21st president of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

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.

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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.

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a hand hoding a covd-19 test tube in a lab

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.

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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.

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a rutgers student working in the robotics lab

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.

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detail of an electron microscope image of the nanowire/nanoparticle blend

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.

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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.

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a hand dropping voter ballot in the mail

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.

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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.

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Photo of clouds showing the top of a mountain with network towers.

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.

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Photo of a care giver putting a mask on a child

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.

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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.

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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 […]

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Rutgers students chat before Intro to Marketing class begins in the lecture hall.

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.

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Rutgers football team in the middle of a play.

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.

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Photo of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.

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Photo of Teresa Wood

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.

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Director of Rutgers Global Health Institute Richard Marlink

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.

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Photo of a variety of prescription pills

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.

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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.

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a variety of cleaning and sanitizing gels, wipes and masks

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.

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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.

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Herbert C. Klein

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.

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Photo of Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway

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.

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Thomas Turner Barr Football Scholarships bring exceptional student-athletes to Rutgers, empoweringthem to build successful, consequential lives.

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.

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photo of stacked n95 masks

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.

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photo of a globe

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.

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photo of newspapers

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.

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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.

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Photo of blue and red face masks

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.

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x-ray photo of a person's lungs

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. 

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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.

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Christiana Foglio

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.

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Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut

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.

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Photo of mom giving her little child medicine through a syringe

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.

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Photo of Obienu Grace

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Endowed Chairs

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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Impact Stories

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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Impact Stories

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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Impact Stories

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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Impact Stories

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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Donor Profiles

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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Impact Stories

$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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Impact Stories

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.”

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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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Impact Stories

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.

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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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Impact Stories

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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Foundation News

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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Foundation News

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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Impact Stories

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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Foundation News, Impact Stories

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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Impact Stories, Foundation News, Rutgers Magazine

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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Impact Stories, Donor Profiles, Foundation News

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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Impact Stories, Foundation News

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.

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Impact Stories, Foundation News

For the Public Good

By Carrie Stetler   An endowed scholarship honoring the work of New Jersey State Senator Ronald L. Rice, a Rutgers-Newark alumnus and powerful champion of fairness and opportunity, will support undergraduate students in the Rutgers-Newark School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Criminal Justice. The scholarship fund, endowed by the New Jersey Legislative […]

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Foundation News, Press Release

Rutgers Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies Premiers Film on LGBTQ+ Health Equity

The Rutgers School of Public Health’s Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) premiered the short film “Queer Health: Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Equity.” “Queer Health,” which aired at the annual American Public Health Association Meeting and Expo, focuses on how we can move toward and achieve health equity for LGBTQ+ people and populations […]

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