Please join us for a series of virtual events with Rutgers faculty members and alumni, that you can participate in from the comfort of your own home.
Each week will we introduce a new speaker with a new topic, and invite you to register in advance to receive a link to participate.
Coming Up
October 29, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
COVID Impacts on Migrant Detention and Deportation in New Jersey
Kenneth Sebastian León, Assistant Professor of Latino and Caribbean Studies and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University
December 8, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tales from the Epicenter of the Epicenter - Mount Sinai
Michael Brodman ENG'75, Daphne Semet RC'84, and Mikit Patel SAS'13
More information coming soon.
In Case You Missed It:
October 21, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Constitution and the Presidency: Broken Norms and the Rule of Law
Elie Honig RC '97, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities
October 14, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hamilton v. Jefferson
Lou Masur, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University
Watch the video here.
October 6, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Crucible: Presidential Leadership in Crisis
Ken Walsh RC'68, Journalist, Historian, Author, White House and political analyst, U.S. News & World Report
Watch the video here.
September 29, 2020 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Monuments that Erase History: Public Sculptures and the Calls to Remove Them
Kelley Di Dio GSNB'97,'00, Associate Dean and Professor of Art History, University of Vermont
Watch the video here.
September 24, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Can an Unjust Society Justly Punish Criminals?
Alec Walen, Director, Program of Criminal Justice
Watch the video here.
September 10, 2020 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Ida B. Wells, Stacey Abrams, and the Continuing Struggle to Protect the Vote
Brittney Cooper, Associate Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies
Watch the recording here.
July 16, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Art and Activism in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Nicole Fleetwood, Critic, Curator, and Professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University
Watch the video here.
July 9, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Serving the Public Interest through Science: The case of Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic
Aníbal J. Valentín-Acevedo GSNB'11
Watch the video here.
June 30, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Race, Violence, and the Failed American State
Lisa Miller, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Watch the video here.
June 24, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1918 Influenza Pandemic: Two Part Series: Part 2 of 2
New Brunswick and Rutgers in the Era of the Great 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Paul Clemens, Erika Gorder, and Alexandra DeAngelis
Watch the video here.
June 23, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
1918 Influenza Pandemic: Two Part Series: Part 1 of 2
Lessons Unlearned from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Janet Golden, Professor Emerita of History, Rutgers University-Camden
Watch the video here.
June 18, 2020 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
More Than Just Notorious: The Remarkable Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Rudy Carmenaty RC'87, Director of Legal Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, New York State
Watch the video here.
June 4, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Mind
Susan Schneider GSNB'03, NASA Chair, Library of Congress and NASA; Director, AI, Mind, and Society (AIMS) Group, University of Connecticut
Watch the video here.
May 28, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A Conversation with Joyce Carol Oates Hosted by Barry Qualls
Joyce Carol Oates and Barry Qualls
Watch the video here.
May 21, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Constitutional Powers of the President in Times of Emergency
Elie Honig RC '97, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities
Watch the video here.
May 12, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
30 Days from Genetics to Coronavirus: A Strange Journey
Jay Tischfield, Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Rutgers; Executive Director, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey
Watch the video here.
May 7, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Fake News: What information can you really trust today?
Owen Ullmann RC '69, Journalist, Former Senior Editor USA TODAY
April 23, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunar science at Rutgers University and NASA Johnson Space Center: connecting the past, present, and future through Apollo samples
Juliane Gross, PhD, NASA Early Career Fellow, Associate Professor - Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
Watch the video here.
April 16, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Long and Short of It: The Economic Impacts of the Coronavirus
Thomas Prusa, Professor and former Chair, Economics, Rutgers University
Watch the video here.
