Jerry Izenberg to be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame
Alumnus Jerry Izenberg ('52), whose career with The The Star-Ledger began in 1951 while he was still a journalism…
The PEN Ten: An Interview with Poet Brenda Shaughnessy
The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series. This week PEN America’s Public Programs Manager Lily Philpott…
Salamishah Tillet for the NY Times: Black Women in Chicago, Getting Things Done
On Monday, Chicago will make history when Lori Lightfoot becomes the city’s first black female mayor. This victory sits…
Nermin Allam for The Washington Post: How Saudi Arabia uses women's rights reforms against women's rights and reform
On Thursday, three of the leading Saudi women’s rights advocates were temporarily released in a second round of trials…
Whit Strub for The Nation: New Jersey Is Addicted To ICE
North Jersey is a Democratic stronghold. Why is it complicit with Trump’s deportation machine? Few counties in the…
Why are humans so kind, yet so cruel?
Brian Ferguson, director of the peace and conflict studies graduate program, shares insight on human violence with the…
Salamishah Tillet: Working at the Intersection of Art and Social Change
Meet Rutgers' Newest Faculty, 2018-2019 Rutgers faculty are accomplished teachers, researchers and scholars who think…
Brenda Shaugnessy's forthcoming poetry collection reviewed at NJ.com
English Professor Brenda Shaughnessy gets a strong review of her forthcoming poetry collection, Octopus Museum, from NJ…
Rigoberto González Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
English Professor Rigoberto González's recent book, What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood, is…