Rutgers Climate Symposium 2024: Signals – Climate Change Communication for Understanding and Action

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Rutgers Climate Symposium fosters collaboration among researchers and students across all disciplines from institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region who are interested in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, or other approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. FEATURING Katherine Blunt, Author and Journalist William Hallman, Distinguished Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Benjamin Santer, Atmospheric […]

Bildner Center: One Year after October 7: A Conversation with Miriam Herschlag

Virtual

The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Lecture Join a discussion between Miriam Herschlag, opinion and blogs editor for The Times of Israel, and Nancy Sinkoff, the Bildner Center’s academic director, one year after the October 7 attack on Israel. Raised in New Jersey, Herschlag has been based in Tel Aviv for decades, working as a […]

Event Series Walk with GirlTrek

Walk with GirlTrek

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

We have been waiting for you! Yes - you! GirlTREK is the largest health movement for Black women and girls and we seek to inspire women across college campuses to walk as an act of Joy & Justice. We are excited to have you join us as we walk in sisterhood for better health. With each […]

Event Series Walk with GirlTrek

Walk with GirlTrek

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

We have been waiting for you! Yes - you! GirlTREK is the largest health movement for Black women and girls and we seek to inspire women across college campuses to walk as an act of Joy & Justice. We are excited to have you join us as we walk in sisterhood for better health. With each […]

Bildner Center: Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Raoul Wallenberg Annual Program, funded by Leon and Toby Cooperman Jonathan Marc Gribetz, Professor of Near Eastern studies and Judaic studies at Princeton University, will speak about his new book on the history of the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, from its establishment in 1965 until its expulsion from Lebanon in 1983. Gribetz examines […]

Polling 2024: Expert Analysis on Election Polling & the State of the Race

Virtual

The Eagleton Institute of Politics is pleased to invite you to their inaugural event in the series "Navigating the 2024 Election and Beyond." Join a panel of expert pollsters for a comprehensive analysis of national polling trends in the lead up to the November 2024 election. This webinar will provide invaluable insights into the way […]

Constitution Day 2024: Aspirational Activism & Public Service For a ‘More Perfect Union’

Livingston Student Center 84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ

The Eagleton Institute’s Center for Youth Political Participation will host a panel of young adult activists and public servants as they share their stories of civic engagement with the hopes of inspiring others to create a ‘more perfect union’. Panelists include: Mayor Jason Cilento, Dunellen, New Jersey Solcrye Burga Granda, Reporter, Time Magazine Chloe Desir, […]

Bildner Center: Homes of the Past: A Lost Jewish Museum

Virtual

Jeffrey Shandler, Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will discuss his new book, Homes of the Past: A Lost Jewish Museum (Indiana University Press, 2024). Shandler tells the powerful story of how immigrant Jewish scholars in 1940s New York sought to build a museum to commemorate the Jewish cultures of Eastern Europe destroyed […]

Polling 2024: Expert Analysis on Election Polling & the State of the Race

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Join Eagleton’s Center for Youth Political Participation for a debate watch party of the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Light refreshments and voter registration will be offered. Doors open at 8:30PM; Debate begins at 9:00PM. Open to current Rutgers University undergraduate and graduate students only. Seating is […]

Rutgers Day

Rutgers University

Rutgers Day is set for Saturday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the Busch Campus in Piscataway and the College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in New Brunswick. Get ready for the ultimate celebration of everything Rutgers! Keep checking the Rutgers Day website for updates and details on participation and programming. Go to Rutgers […]

Placemaking in Context: Honoring the Culture and History of Communities

Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Placemaking strengthens the connection between people and places. Join us as we examine placemaking through a lens of arts and humanities with transportation, highlighting the culture and histories of local communities and encouraging safe, active transportation through the built environment. This workshop, Honoring the Culture and History of Communities, is open to municipalities, planners, and anyone […]

Event Series DEIB

Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Hate – Undone : Conversations that Ignite Change

Rutgers-Newark 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, United States

Dr. Daryl Davis is an international recording artist who has performed and toured all 50 States and around the world. He has performed extensively with Chuck Berry, The Legendary Blues Band (formerly The Muddy Waters Blues Band), Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, and many others. As an actor Daryl received rave reviews for his stage role in The Time Of […]

Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life–Jews by Nature: Summer Camp, Youth, and American Jewish Culture

Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Presented by Sandra Fox, Goldstein-Goren Visiting Assistant Professor of American Jewish History, NYU Fearful that growing affluence and suburbanization threatened the future of Jewish life in the decades after the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders hoped to preserve authentic Jewish culture through residential summer camps for Jewish youth. Prof. Sandra Fox (New York University) will examine how […]