With the arrival of the FIFA World Cup, Newark’s international identity will be front and center as thousands visit the Newark Fan Village, which Kreshnik Berisha, a Rutgers University–Newark alumnus, has created in the city’s Ironbound section.
Rutgers-Newark and partners launched a community effort to support the growing number of grandparents who are their grandchildrens' primary caregivers.The Rutgers Center for Health Excellence & Community Empowerment established the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Initiative, which partners with local organizations to help New Jersey grandparents.
For students with children and other family members who depend on them, the holidays can be an especially hard time to keep everyone fed. This year has been even harder with the interruption and restriction of SNAP benefits. To help fill the gaps, Rutgers-Newark leadership, issued the Compassion Challenge to collect 500 pounds of donations to fill campus food pantry shelves.
Rutgers University–Newark celebrates five-years of fighting food insecurity with JBJ Soul Kitchen restaurant, which has served more than 14,000 meals to students, faculty and community members since it opened on campus.
Rutger-Newark alumnus Sean McGovern is the face of the family-owned McGovern's Tavern, beloved hangout for students, faculty and staff since RU-N was established in 1946.
Tik Tok influencer Nicolas Nuvan, a Rutgers alum known for his on-the-street interviews with everyday Black and brown people–encounters that often revolve around food–revealed how and why he forms connections wherever he goes at an Express Newark event.