‘When I See These Paintings, I See Myself’: Artist Jordan Casteel on How She Puts Herself Into Her Celebrated Portraits of Everyday People
The painter says the real joy of her work is showing her portraits to her subjects. Jordan Casteel has followed a…
‘Minor Feelings’ Rescues Personal Experience From the Expectations of Others
The poet Cathy Park Hong begins her new book of essays with a bang that’s disguised as a tic. In “Minor Feelings,” she…
Jordan Casteel Won’t Let You Look Away
Her colossal paintings depict people of color at a scale that makes them impossible to ignore. Now nearly 40 canvases…
Video Production alumna shoots film in Danville, VA to shed light on mental illness among youth
This story originally appeared in GoDanRiver.com DANVILLE -- Danville native and New York resident Jasmine Freeman…
Iraqis have been holding peaceful mass protests. The U.S. strike and its aftermath are undermining that.
Here’s what Iraqi protesters want. Behind the headlines about the Middle East crisis, there’s a casualty you may have…
N.J.’s Ramy Youssef wins first Golden Globe for ‘Ramy’
For Ramy Youssef, 2019 was a year of major success. Now, he’s entering 2020 with a Golden Globe in hand.
How a Fossilized Snake With Legs Fits Into the Lineage of Lizards
“Snakes are just fancy lizards,” says one evolutionary biologist. LAST MONTH, FOLLOWERS OF SCIENTIFIC news were agog …
Painter Vaughn Spann Makes the Forbes 30 Under 30
Featured today in Forbes' 2020 30 Under 30 - Art & Style is SASN '14 alumnus, Vaughn Spann. From Forbes: Spann's…
Researchers trying to locate Chinese immigrant remains in NJ church basement
This piece originally appeared on ABC7 Eyewitness News
Paul Robeson's Journey to Activism
This story originally appeared in Rutgers Today In late 1946, after launching an antilynching crusade in Washington, D…