Rutgers alumnus Peter Seligmann—a leader in environmental conservation—credits the university with giving him his start.

Lawrence “Lonnie” Wright played professional basketball and football before embarking on his career of cheering on generations of students, inspiring them to dream bigger and go to medical school. Today, a Rutgers scholarship bears his name.

The newly opened Rutgers Basic Needs Center on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick—built with generous donor support—is an expansion of the campus food pantry, which now offers additional resources for students.

Alumni are invited to attend Rutgers Takes the Garden State, an ongoing series of events to be held throughout New Jersey.

The $8.8 million gift will support the school’s ongoing Arts in Health initiatives—which seek to improve individual and community well-being and health outcomes—and fund a new faculty chair.

Sean Barnawell went back to school at Rutgers School of Nursing as a nontraditional student to become a nurse anesthesiologist. Now, he is creating a nursing scholarship.

Renowned scholar establishes endowed scholarship fund for first-generation students at the Rutgers Honors College.

The new class consists of five leaders who have made a difference in myriad ways through the practice of law, pediatric heart surgery, fighting domestic violence and human trafficking, and producing works for the stage and screen.

Richard Roper, a prominent public policy leader and 2022 inductee into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni, reflects on his experience serving in President Jimmy Carter’s administration.