Rutgers is now one of only 16 universities worldwide to obtain a special status that provides increased access to United Nations activities.  “It opens up a long list of opportunities to the Rutgers community," said Joanna Regulska, the dean of international programs in the School of Arts and Sciences.

The Transforming Lives Women's Leadership Interview Project is a collaborative initiative between the Institute for Women's Leadership and Writers House in the Department of English. The IWL is dedicated to examining leadership issues and advancing women's leadership in all arenas of public life – locally, nationally and globally.  For the past 10 years, IWL student scholars have had the privilege of learning from women leaders through the interview process. Now, with the help of the Documentary Filmmaking class taught at Writers House, selected IWL student scholars are turning their interview projects with women leaders into powerful short films.  Writers House is an undergraduate learning community that provides a gateway to the experience of creativity and serves as a laboratory for developing expression in all the media of the twenty-first century.