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.
In Case You Missed It:
April 21, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cultivating Justice in the Garden State: My Life in the Colorful World of New Jersey Politics
Senator Raymond Lesniak, President, The Lesniak Institute for American Leadership
Watch the recording here.
April 14, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Real Story of the Donner Party
Marian Calabro RC'76, Author
Watch the recording here.
April 7, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Alex Kontorovich, Professor, Mathematics
Watch the recording here.
March 31, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Social Entrepreneurship:
Strategic and Humanistic Economics in a Difficult Era
Mark Pomerantz GSNB'76
Watch the recording here.
March 15, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
"Finding the Story"
Heather Cabot, Journalist and Author
March 3, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
"Hear My Cry": Black Mother-Loss and the Roots of Modern Gospel
Maurice Wallace, Professor of English, Rutgers
February 24, 2022
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
"A Girl Stands at the Door"
Rachel Devlin, Professor of History, Rutgers
February 10, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Europe's Autocracy Trap
R. Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science and Law, and Chair of the Department of Political Science
January 20, 2022 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Inside the “world’s most expensive home”: A Decade of Rutgers Research at the Villa Aurora in Rome
T. Corey Brennan, Professor of Classics
December 14, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Deconstructing Schizophrenia: From Cells to Man
Professor Bonnie L. Firestein, Rutgers University, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
December 9, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
How the Pandemic is Affecting Air Travelers Around the World
David Rockland RC'79
December 2, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Take a Glimpse into a World of AI Enhanced Humanity and Learn What Makes You, You.
Emil Jimenez LC'01
December 11, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tax the Rich!
Rosanne Altshuler, Professor of Economics
October 5, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Jersey Devil
Angus Kress Gillespie, Professor, American Studies
September 30, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Future of Commerce: Exploring Ecommerce and Looking Ahead
Richard Rauscher RC'91
September 23, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The End of Pax Americana: The United States in a Multilateral and Multipolar World
Michael Rossi GSNB'09
September 16, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
So, what's a private religious school doing in the center of New Jersey's Land-grant University?
David Alexander GSED'81
September 14, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Entrepreneurship and Artistic Expression in Cuba 2000 to 2021
Joseph Scarpaci LC'76
September 9, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Reflections on 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Featuring John Farmer and moderated by Ava Majlesi
August 31, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Covid19 is this Generation's 9/11
Angus Kress Gillespie, Professor, American Studies
April 27, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Black Amputation Epidemic
Dr. Foluso Fakorede, RC'01 RWJMS'06, Physician, Advocate for health care justice
April 20, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Nelson Mandela: The Making of a Global Icon
Edward Ramsamy, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies
April 15, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Protecting Human Rights: Lessons Learned From Defending an Alleged Terrorist Detained in Guantanamo
Howard Cabot RC’69 CLAW’72
April 6, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Galaxies as Star Forming Engines: Simulating the Turbulent Birth of Stars
Blakesley Burkhart, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers
March 30, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Side-Directed Behavior: When Audiences are Crucial to Social Interaction
Paul McLean, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers
March 11, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Simultaneously
Michael Rockland, Professor of American Studies Emeritus, Rutgers, award-winning author
March 2, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Embracing Difficult Conversations: How to transform your relationships and the culture in your organizations, one conversation at a time
Angela Scalpello RC'76, Owner and Principal, The Scalpello Group LLC, Conversational IQ® consultant
February 23, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
How Did We Get Here? Rioters Praying in the Senate Chamber, January 6, 2021
Tia Kolbaba, Professor of Religion
Watch the video here.
February 10, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Business of Sports and Entertainment in Florida
Michael Chavies RC'71 NLAW'74, Cassie McBride SAS'09, Myles Pistorius RC'93
Watch the video here.
February 4, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
"Sonny...Just like Money" and the Making of "Broadway Joe"
Rudy Carmenaty RC'87, Director of Legal Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, New York State
Watch the video here.
December 8, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tales from the Epicenter of the Epicenter: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
Michael Brodman ENG'75, Daphne Semet RC'84, and Mikit Patel SAS'13
Watch the video here.
December 1, 2020 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
An Unresolved Model of Responsibility: Intoxication as a Defense in the 19th and 21st Centuries
Michele Rotunda RC'89, GSN'98, GSNB'14 and Keith Delaney RC'89
Watch the video here.
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
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.
