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Rutgers Evans Scholars and officials in the courtyard behind the Liberty National NJSGA Evans Scholars Scholarship House (previously known as Jameson Residence Hall D on the Rutgers Douglass campus) include, at left, John Kaczkowski, president and CEO of the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation; fourth from left, Kenneth Maher, a senior and president of the Rutgers Chapters of the Evans Scholars; and sixth from left, Rutgers Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jason Geary. Photo by John O’Bo

Renovation of a residence hall at Rutgers–New Brunswick is underway to house former and current golf caddies awarded full tuition and housing scholarships. The program and the new scholarship house are made possible by generous gifts from the Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholars Foundation and the Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, which will host the PGA Tour’s 2027 BMW Championship, a primary supporter of the Evans Scholars.

Left to right, research associate Xiaosheng Tan and resident scientist Qi Yang, associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, RWJMS, share their work with Arnold Rabson, director of the Rutgers Child Health Institute of New Jersey, at the Borrus Lab at the institute. Photo by Allison Freeman.

A father who hated to see his daughter and granddaughter suffer from asthma established a research fund to benefit asthma sufferers in future generations. The fund supports the work of a new research lab and its recent breakthrough of a new blood test to diagnose asthma at the Rutgers Child Health Institute of New Jersey.