Rutgers University–Newark has been designated an Opportunity College and University, a category created for the first time by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to recognize schools that excel at helping economically disadvantaged students find careers that pay competitive wages.
For the fourth year in a row, Rutgers-Newark has won its division of the New Jersey Ballot Bowl, a statewide non-partisan voter registration and engagement competition led by and for students.
Rutgers University–Newark is experiencing record-breaking growth this academic year, bolstered by its expanding research enterprise, its culture of belonging, and its nationally recognized student support programs.
For the second year in a row, Rutgers-Newark is #5 among universities nationwide for social mobility and #1 in New Jersey and the Northeast, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings. It also made the list of the Top #100 universities in America.
Physicist Lucien Dupuy–whose work has captured international recognition--was one of six finalists to receive a Blavatnik Regional Award for Young Scientists, which honors outstanding postdoctoral scientists from research institutions across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The Rutgers Board of Governors named John Keene, an award-winning prolific writer, translator, and artist in a variety of genres and formats – including nonfiction, poetry, fiction, essays, and critical work – a Board of Governors Professor of English.