Rutgers-Newark researchers have discovered that a genetic variant unique to people of African descent heightens the link between so-called “hardening of the arteries” and Alzheimer's disease.
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When Rutgers University–Newark Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson was a struggling college student, wondering where she would find her next meal, the opportunity to network changed her life, she said at a Braven summit held in Newark. Braven is a nonprofit organization that partners with Rutgers-Newark to help students find career pathways.
Rutgers–Newark Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson described the critical need for the newly launched STAR Fund at a gala in honor of the scholarship effort, which will help students overcome unforeseen obstacles.
Alumni from all over New Jersey and the U.S. returned to Rutgers University–Newark for a homecoming weekend that marked the school’s 80th anniversary and connected the past to the present.
Higher education is not filled with leaders who can DJ. Chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson is an exception. She surprised the audience at a homecoming week event by DJing during a break after taking lessons from an alum.
As homecoming day approaches and alumni return to Rutgers University–Newark, it’s a good time to take a look at some famous and notable Raiders.Together, they show how Rutgers–Newark has contributed to the cultural, civic, and economic life of New Jersey and beyond.
When alum Shane Fuller returns to Rutgers University–Newark’s homecoming celebration on Saturday, October 24, he’ll be performing onstage as ByHaze, a multidisciplinary artist whose soulful songs of wellness and tranquility have taken him everywhere from Coachella to New York Fashion Week.
The range and quality of Rutgers University–Newark research was showcased at a “lightning talks” event, where four-minute presentations ranged from research on early detection of Alzheimer's disease to the use of soil additives to mitigate pollution in Newark.
Benny Carter’s saxophone, Miles Davis’s green trumpet, and quotes from jazz legends are all part of an exhibition at Express Newark featuring material from the Institute of Jazz Studies.
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A Rutgers-Newark program that helps parents provide literacy support in Newark schools has done more than improve children’s reading skills. The parents also serve as “cultural brokers,” bridging gaps between a teaching staff of mostly white suburban women and the district’s families, who are predominately Black.
Within three years, nearly half of Newark’s residential property was sold to corporate buyers, a model designed to enrich investors through returns from rent collection, and a nationwide trend that can displace residents and impede home ownership, according to a Rutgers University—Newark report titled Who Owns Newark?
For an organization that leans on collective work with many stakeholders, a global pandemic poses almost insurmountable difficulties. Yet the Newark Public Safety Collaborative’s (NPSC) work has not only continued to provide important resources for the greater Newark community but has added new areas of focus to its already expansive reservoir of information.
A collaboration between Rutgers-Newark neuroscience researcher Mark Gluck and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) researcher Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, who studies immune systems and is RBHS provost, was featured in the Daily Beast as a potentially breakthrough study.
Thirty years ago, when Rutgers-Newark alumna Nancy La Vigne entered the field of criminal justice, policy makers paid little attention to data.
Rutgers Business School professor Jeffrey Robinson, an internationally known author and co-founder of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, has been named Rutgers University—Newark’s new provost and executive vice chancellor.
The challenges of navigating college and law school as an Afro-Latina woman have been a north star for Ednin Martinez, Rutgers-Newark’s new Assistant Dean and Director of Student Compliance.
Rutgers University has selected Dr. Consuella Askew as its new Vice President for University Libraries and University Librarian. On July 18, 2022, she became Rutgers’ 15th University Librarian and the first person of color in the institution’s 256-year history to hold the position.
Rutgers University–Newark Professor Salamishah Tillet was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in criticism for her New York Times essays on race in arts and culture, the Pulitzer Prize board announced.
April is Jazz Appreciation month, but Wayne Winborne can list the many reasons jazz should be appreciated every day. Winborne is executive director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark, the world’s largest jazz archive and library, where thousands of LPs are housed along with artifacts such as Miles Davis’ green trumpet and Billie Holiday’s rhinestone jewelry.
Rutgers University–Newark’s BOLD Women’s Leadership Network and Project for Empty Space will unveil a mural created by acclaimed artist Adama Delphine Fawundu and BOLD scholarship students on June 6 at 800 Broad Street in Newark from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The seventy-foot, four-story mural, titled Courage, celebrates the power of womanhood, female identity and ancestral power.
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