diversity

Why the Olympics ban on Black hair swim caps is disturbing | Opinion

July 8, 2021

Diversity in swimming has always been an issue. In the United States, the overwhelming majority of swimmers are white. According to a 2019 Swimming Membership Demographics report, only 0.8% of their 327,337 swimmers were Black men, and 0.6% Black women. Although...

Rutgers Fulbright Student Advocates for Educational Equity

May 18, 2021

Adriana Scanteianu, who is pursuing a MPP degree a has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to teach English and coordinate social justice activities with a nonprofit group in Spain.

Diversity, equity and inclusion in the academy and in the country

May 5, 2021

Higher education, like all society, is at a crossroads with the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion but is philosophically is ahead of its time.

Advocate and mentor: Patti O’Brien-Richardson helps Black and Brown students succeed

February 24, 2021

The Cooperman College Scholars initiative identifies talented students in Essex County, N and provides last-dollar scholarships, mentoring, and support systems to promote college completion.

Advocate and Educator: From the CROWN Act to the Classroom

September 22, 2020

A discussion of the connection between hair discrimination and racial discrimination with Associate Teaching Professor Patti O’Brien-Richardson

Bike-Share Still Has a Race Problem

June 15, 2018

Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...

Roshard Williams MPP ’18

September 28, 2017

Roshard Williams, a second year MPP student at the Bloustein School, has been selected as a 2017 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship Recipient. Roshard is an alumnus of the University of South Florida, where he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's...