Recognizing Loyal Sons and Daughters of Rutgers

The Rutgers Alumni Association (RAA) recently awarded its highest honor for service to five alumni and a faculty member. The April 22 induction ceremony for the 2023 Loyal Sons & Daughters recipients drew nearly 200 attendees for a celebratory evening that turned the Neilson Dining Hall into a...

Rutgers College Alum Sheryl Lee Ralph Delivers Commencement Address

Sheryl Lee Ralph, an Emmy Award-winning actress, Broadway star and alumna of Rutgers College, will be awarded an honorary doctor of fine arts degree when she addresses graduates at the 257th anniversary commencement of Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences on...

Rutgers Alumni Association Draws More than 100 Students for Speed Networking Event

More than 100 School of Arts and Sciences students joined with alumni from the RAA and other groups at the College Avenue Campus Student Center on March 7 for two hours of career-focused mentoring and networking. Additional sponsors included the Livingston Alumni Association and University College...

An Accomplished Geologist Remembers his Rutgers Roots

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The Sparks are longtime supporters of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

An Alumna’s Final Wish Spurs New Focus at Rutgers on a Religion that Influenced Gandhi

Alka Dalal RU'83 exemplified Jain principles throughout her life, a faith tradition that emphasizes nonviolence toward all living things, through philanthropy, artwork, and kindness.

First Muslim U.S. Attorney is a Rutgers Graduate

Saima Shafiq Mohsin RC’90 RLAW’94 is in the top tier of her profession as the new Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Outstanding Med Student. Accomplished Physician. And now: a Rutgers Graduate

Richard L. Kahler, 88, has much to look back on with pride. He attended Yale School of Medicine, graduated at the top of his class, and went on to a long and distinguished career as a cardiologist. But this spring he achieved an honor that had long eluded him: He received his bachelor’s degree...

Finding the Route to Medical School as an Undergraduate

Margarita Borghini got the idea to be a doctor from her uncle, a pediatrician in the Dominican Republic where she was born. She developed the drive to become a doctor from watching her mother, who moved the family to Passaic, New Jersey, and worked in a garment factory to support her children.

Looking Back at a Student Movement that Changed Rutgers

She had never left home before and now she was becoming the first in her family to go to college. She had barely stepped foot on campus and already missed her five brothers and sisters. She had no idea what to expect. “I led a very sheltered life,” the Perth Amboy native says. “It was about...

A Rutgers Alumnus Steps up to Support Students as Economy Worsens

With the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the economy, Rutgers University alumnus Larry Agron has stepped up to support School of Arts and Sciences students who face financial challenges. “We must stand firm in the face of adversity,” Agron said about the importance of alumni support at this...

Surgeon who Separated Conjoined Twins Mentors Rutgers Undergraduates

Steven Stylianos is a busy man. He is a world-renowned pediatric surgeon and serves as Surgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. A Rutgers graduate, Stylianos led the teams that separated conjoined twins in 1993, 1995, and 2000. Yet he still manages to find time...

His Mission: Helping Ph.D.s get the Jobs they Love

Roman Holowinsky was at a crossroads. The Rutgers senior was graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science, but had no idea what to do next. He made a last-minute decision to attend graduate school. “Academia was the career path I was most aware of,” says Holowinsky,...

From Energetic Student to Deputy Secretary of Higher Ed

Diana Gonzalez, raised in the densely-populated town of Weehawken, arrived on Rutgers University Livingston campus for her first year and found the setting downright rural. “There were deer frolicking outside the dorms,” says Gonzalez LC’07. “It was beautiful.” The surroundings may have been...