Pricilla Jimenez knows how devastating incarceration can be. She saw what it did to her mother, who never received proper treatment for substance abuse. As a recipient of an Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, she plans to travel abroad to study prison reform.
As roving reporter—and prankster—for Rutgers–Newark’s social media, graduate Agnes Boateng learned about editing, photography, audience engagement, and life as a Scarlet Raider mascot.
The Capitol Hill Policy Fellowship Program—a partnership between the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America and national nonprofit Braven—is placing six undergraduate students in congressional internships in Washington, D.C.
Chinonso Anyanwu came one step closer to his goal of connecting the world of “finance bros” and social entrepreneurs when he was awarded a prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Rutgers-Newark was among schools recognized nationally as the Most Engaged Campus for Student College Voting from ALL IN, an organization dedicated to promoting democracy and civic engagement.
For the third year in a row, Rutgers-Newark has won the New Jersey Ballot Bowl, a statewide non-partisan voter registration and engagement competition led by and for students.