Past Events

2021 School of Arts and Sciences and the Rutgers Alumni Association (RAA) tailgate - Rutgers vs. Michigan State

The School of Arts and Sciences and the Rutgers Alimni Association (RAA) invite alumni, family and friends to our annual pre-game tailgate. Before you to cheer on the Scarlet Knights as they take on Michigan State University enjoy food, drinks, and cathcing up with felow alumni at the School of Arts and Sciences and Rutgers Alumni Association tailgate on Saturday, October 9 from 8:00-11:00 AM.

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: The Jersey Devil with Angus Gillespie

Please join us virtually on October 5, 2021 for: The Jersey Devil with Angus Gillespie

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick:  The Future of Commerce: Exploring Ecommerce and Looking Ahead with Richard Rauscher RC'91

Please join us virtually on September 30, 2021 for: The Future of Commerce: Exploring Ecommerce and Looking Ahead with Richard Rauscher RC'91

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: The End of Pax Americana: The United States in a Multilateral and Multipolar World with Michael Rossi GSNB'09

Please join us virtually on September 23, 2021 for: The End of Pax Americana: The United States in a Multilateral and Multipolar World with Michael Rossi GSNB'09

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: So, what's a private religious school doing in the center of New Jersey's Land-grant University? with David Alexander GSED'81

Please join us virtually on Septeber 16, 2021 for: "So, what's a private religious school doing in the center of New Jersey's Land-grant University?" with David Alexander GSED'81. 

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Entrepreneurship and artistic expression in Cuba 2000 to 2021 with Joseph Scarpaci LC'76

Please join us virtually on September 14, 2021 for: Entrepreneurship and artistic expression in Cuba 2000 to 2021 with Joseph Scarpaci LC'76

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Reflections on 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with John Farmer

Please join the School of Arts and Sciences for a very special virtual lecture on September 9, 2021, featuring John Farmer and moderated by Ava Majlesi

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Covid-19 is This Generation's 9/11 with Angus Gillespie

Please join the School of Arts and Sciences for a very special virtual lecture on August 31, 2021, featuring Angus Gillespie.

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: The Black Amputation Epidemic with Dr. Foluso Fakorede RC'01 MD'06

Please join us virtually on April 27, 2021 for: The Black Amputation Epidemic with Dr. Foluso Fakorede, RC'01 RWJMS'06, Physician, Advocate for health care justice

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Nelson Mandela: The Making of a Global Icon with Edward Ramsamy

Please join us virtually on April 20, 2021 for: Nelson Mandela: The Making of a Global Icon with Edward Ramsamy, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Protecting Human Rights: Lessons Learned From Defending an Accused an Alleged Terrorist Detained in Guantanamo with Howard Cabot RC’69 CLAW’72

Please join us virtually on April 15, 2021 for: Protecting Human Rights: Lessons Learned From Defending an Alleged Terrorist Detained in Guantanamo with Howard Cabot RC’69 CLAW’72

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Galaxies as Star Forming Engines: Simulating the Turbulent Birth of Stars with Professor Blakesley Burkhart

Please join us virtually on April 6, 2021 for: Galaxies as Star Forming Engines: Simulating the Turbulent Birth of Stars with Blakesley Burkhart, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Side-Directed Behavior: When Audiences are Crucial to Social Interaction with Paul McLean, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers

Please join us virtually on March 30, 2021 for: Side-Directed Behavior: When Audiences are Crucial to Social Interaction with Paul McLean, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Simultaneously with Michael Rockland

Please join us virtually on March 11, 2021 for: Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Simultaneously with Michael Rockland, Professor of American Studies Emeritus, Rutgers, award-winning author

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Embracing Difficult Conversations: How to transform your relationships and the culture in your organizations, one conversation at a time with Angela Scalpello RC'76

Please join us virtually on March 2, 2021 for: Embracing Difficult Conversations: How to transform your relationships and the culture in your organizations, one conversation at a time with Angela Scalpello RC'76, Owner and Principal, The Scalpello Group LLC, Conversational IQ® consultant

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: How Did We Get Here? Rioters Praying in the Senate Chamber, January 6, 2021 with Tia Kolbaba, Professor of Religion

Please join us virtually on February 23, 2021 for: How Did We Get Here? Rioters Praying in the Senate Chamber, January 6, 2021 with Tia Kolbaba, Professor of Religion

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: The Business of Sports and Entertainment in Florida with Michael Chavies RC'71 NLAW'74, Cassie McBride SAS'09, Myles Pistorius RC'93

Please join us virtually on February 10, 2021 for: The Business of Sports and Entertainment in Florida with Michael Chavies RC'71 NLAW'74, Cassie McBride SAS'09, and Myles Pistorius RC'93

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: "Sonny...Just like Money" and the Making of "Broadway Joe" with Rudy Carmenaty RC'87

Please join us virtually on February 4, 2021 for: "Sonny...Just like Money" and the Making of "Broadway Joe" with Rudy Carmenaty RC'87, Director of Legal Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, New York State

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: Tales from the Epicenter of the Epicenter: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Please join us virtually for: Tales from the Epicenter of the Epicenter: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York with Michael Brodman ENG'75, Daphne Semet RC'84, and Mikit Patel SAS'13

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: An Unresolved Model of Responsibility: Intoxication as a Defense in the 19th and 21st Centuries with Michele Rotunda RC'89, GSN'98, GSNB'14 and Keith Delaney RC'89

Please join us virtually for: An Unresolved Model of Responsibility: Intoxication as a Defense in the 19th and 21st Centuries with Michele Rotunda RC'89 GSN'98 GSNB'14 and Keith Delaney RC'89

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Scarlet Speakers with Lou Masur

Please join us virtually for: Hamilton vs. Jefferson with Lou Masur

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: COVID Impacts on Migrant Detention and Deportation in New Jersey with Kenneth Sebastian León

Please join us virtually for: COVID Impacts on Migrant Detention and Deportation in New Jersey with Kenneth Sebastian León

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick: The Constitution and the Presidency: Broken Norms and the Rule of Law with Elie Honig RC'97

Please join us virtually for: The Constitution and the Presidency: Broken Norms and the Rule of Law  with Elie Honig RC '97, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities 

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick with Ken Walsh RC'68

Please join us virtually for: Crucible: Presidential Leadership in Crisis with Ken Walsh RC'68, Journalist, Historian, Author, White House and political analyst, U.S. News & World Report

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick with Kelley Di Dio GSNB'97,'00

Please join us virtually for: Monuments that Erase History: Public Sculptures and the Calls to Remove Them with Kelley Di Dio GSNB'97,'00, Associate Dean and Professor of Art History, University of Vermont.

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick with Alec Walen

Please join us virtually for: Can an Unjust Society Justly Punish Criminals? with Alec Walen, Director, Program of Criminal Justice

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Scarlet Speakers from the Heart of New Brunswick with Brittney Cooper

Please join us virtually for: Ida B. Wells, Stacey Abrams, and the Continuing Struggle to Protect the Vote with Brittney Cooper, Associate Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Art and Activism in the Age of Mass Incarceration with Nicole Fleetwood

Please join us virtually for: Art and Activism in the Age of Mass Incarceration with Nicole Fleetwood, Critic, Curator, and Professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Serving the Public Interest through Science: The case of Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic with Aníbal J. Valentín-Acevedo GSNB'11

Please join us virtually for: Serving the Public Interest through Science: The case of Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic with Aníbal J. Valentín-Acevedo GSNB'11 Professor, Universidad Central del Caribe Medical School

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Race, Violence, and the Failed American State with Lisa Miller

Please join us virtually for: Race, Violence, and the Failed American State with Lisa Miller, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: New Brunswick and Rutgers in the Era of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918

Please join us virtually for: New Brunswick and Rutgers in the Era of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 with Paul Clemens, Erika Gorder, and Alexandra DeAngelis

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Lessons Unlearned from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Janet Golden

Please join us virtually for: Lessons Unlearned from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with Janet Golden, Professor Emerita of History, Rutgers University-Camden

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: More Than Just Notorious: The Remarkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Rudy Carmenaty RC'87

Please join us virtually for: More Than Just Notorious: The Remarkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Rudy Carmenaty RC'87, Director of Legal Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, New York State

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Mind with Susan Schneider GSNB'03

Please join us virtually for: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Mind with Susan Schneider GSNB'03, NASA's Baruch Blumberg Chair; Director, AI, Mind, and Society (AIMS) group, University of Connecticut

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: A Conversation with Joyce Carol Oates Hosted by Barry Qualls

Please join us virtually for: A Conversation with Joyce Carol Oates Hosted by Barry Qualls. 

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Constitutional Powers of the President in Times of Emergency with Elie Honig RC '97, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities

Please join us virtually for: Constitutional Powers of the President in Times of Emergency with Elie Honig RC '97, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Secure Communities 

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: 30 Days from Genetics to Coronavirus: A Strange Journey with Jay Tischfield Ph.D., FFACMG

Please join us virtually for: 30 Days from Genetics to Coronavirus: A Strange Journey with Jay Tischfield, Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Rutgers; Executive Director, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: Fake News: What information can you really trust today? with Owen Ullmann RC '69

Please join us virtually for: "Fake News: What information can you really trust today?" presented virtually by our next Scarlet Speaker, Owen Ullmann RC '69, Journalist, Former Senior Editor USA TODAY

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Scarlet Speakers In the Heart of Your Home: "Lunar science at Rutgers University and NASA Johnson Space Center: connecting the past, present, and future through Apollo samples" with Juliane Gross, PhD, NASA

Please join us virtually for: "Lunar science at Rutgers University and NASA Johnson Space Center: connecting the past, present, and future through Apollo samples" presented virtually by our next Scarlet Speaker, Juliane Gross, PhD, NASA Early Career Fellow, Associate Professor -Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University.

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Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home: "The Long and Short of It: The Economic Impact of the Coronavirus” with Thomas Prusa, Professor and former Chair, Department of Economics

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Long and Short of It: The Economic Impact of the Coronavirus” with Thomas Prusa, Professor and former Chair, Department of Economics, Rutgers University

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Brunch and Conversation with Executive Dean Peter March

Please join Executive Dean Peter March and other Rutgers alumni in the Tampa Bay/Sarasota area for brunch, networking, and discussion. The event will include an update from campus and Q&A led by Executive Dean March. 

Scarlet Speakers: "The Mess In Washington" with Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 in Northern New Jersey

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Mess In Washington" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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2019 Annual Arts and Sciences Alumni Tailgate - Rutgers vs. Ohio State

Before you cheer on the Scarlet Knights as they take on Ohio State University, bring your families and friends to the 6th annual School of Arts and Sciences Alumni and Friends pre-game tailgate. 

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Scarlet Speakers: "Springsteen and the American Dream"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for "Springsteen and the American Dream" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Lou Masur, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University. Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 5:30 PM. 

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Scarlet Speakers in Philadelphia: "The Mess In Washington"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Mess In Washington" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 in Washington DC.

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R Game Day: University of Iowa

Before you cheer on the Scarlet Knights at Kinnick Stadium, join Executive Dean Peter March at R Game Day, an exclusive Rutgers pre-game tailgate hosted by the Rutgers University Alumni Association.

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Target Zero Film Screening

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for a film screening and panel discussion with the film creators of Target Zero. The screening be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, physicians and scientists, from Rutgers, New Jersey and Los Angeles communities, that came together to make Target Zero.

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Scarlet Speakers in Washington DC: "The Unrest in Washington"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Unrest in Washington" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 in Washington DC.

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A Lively Celebration of Global Africa Spans Film, Music, Food, and Scholarship

Join us March 28-29 for Global Africa, Migration, Literature, and the Arts to explore how people of African descent globally are at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange, traversing geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries.

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Scarlet Speakers in Miami, Florida: "The Mess in Washington"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Mess in Washington" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 in Miami, Florida.

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Scarlet Speakers in Naples, Florida: "The Mess in Washington"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "The Mess in Washington" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Colonel Jack Jacobs RC'66, GSNB '72 Naples, Florida 

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Scarlet Speakers: "Redefining Liquid Sunshine"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for the student panel discussion: "Redefining Liquid Sunshine" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Team Sulis.

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Friday Evening Welcome Gathering with the School of Arts and Sciences in Madison, WI

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences for an Evening Welcome Gathering on Friday, November 2 in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Scarlet Speakers: "On Air: Adventures in Front of the Camera"

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, for: "On Air: Adventures in front of the Camera" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Becky Quick.

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Lecture Examines Oral History, Rural Motherhood and Civil Rights

Pamela Walker will present the first John W. Chambers Oral History Graduate Student Fellowship Lecture on December 1, 2018

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1 Spring Street Grand Opening

Executive Dean Peter March invites you to an open house on August 29 of the new innovation center for arts and sciences in downtown New Brunswick.  Come see demonstrations of some of the research that will be in the building.

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2018 Annual Arts and Sciences Alumni Tailgate - Rutgers vs. Indiana

Before you cheer on the Scarlet Knights as they take on Indiana University, bring your families and friends to the School of Arts and Sciences Alumni and Friends pre-game tailgate.

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Scarlet Speakers: We Must Not Abandon Science

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences for: "We Must Not Abandon Science" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Wise Young.

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Scarlet Speakers: The Ballast of Freedom: A Historian’s Approach to the Public Square

Please join Peter March, Executive Dean, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences for: "The Ballast of Freedom: A Historian’s Approach to the Public Square" presented by our next Scarlet Speaker, Jelani Cobb.

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Scarlet Speakers: The Mess in Washington

Join Executive Dean Peter March in New York City as Jack Jacobs presents "The Mess in Washington" as part of the "Scarlet Speakers In the Heart of Manhattan" series.

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Scarlet Speakers: Fifty Years of Rock and Roll and Rutgers

Join Executive Dean Peter March in New York City as Lenny Kaye presents "Fifty Years of Rock and Roll and Rutgers" as part of the Scarlet "Speakers In the Heart of Manhattan" series.

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Scarlet Speakers: In the Heart of Manhattan

The Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences is launching a new speaker series for alumni that brings Rutgers leaders to them. Join Executive Dean Peter March in New York City for the inaugural event when former Rutgers-Law School Dean and current Rutgers Special Counsel John Farmer, presents "The Past and Future of the American Intelligence Community."

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Annual Arts and Sciences Alumni Tailgate

Before you cheer on the Scarlet Knights as they take on the Nittany Lions, bring your families and friends to the School of Arts and Sciences Alumni and Friends pre-game tailgate.

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Rutgers: The New State of the State University of New Jersey

Join us for conversation and cocktails with Peter March, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Rutgers University–New Brunswick.

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Justice in Action Public Lectures featuring Angela Davis

These lectures are the culmination of a day on Law, Justice, and Activism in honor of Professor Lennox Hinds.

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R Game Day

Before you cheer on the Scarlet Knights at Husky Stadium, get pumped at R Game Day, an exclusive Rutgers pre-game tailgate hosted by the Rutgers University Alumni Association.

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From Edison Lightbulb to Blue LED Lighting 2014 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics to Present Public Lecture at Rutgers

Join us for a free public lecture with Shuji Nakamura, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics. A series of breakthroughs over decades has paved the way for the emergence of LED light bulbs, and their ability to reduce the world's electricity consumption.

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