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Archived from November 5, 2008

Educational Opportunity Fund gala comes to Rutgers' New Brunswick Campus to celebrate 40th anniversary

The Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) in New Jersey was established in 1968 – one year after summer disturbances in Newark, triggered by racial inequalities, forced the state to examine inequalities in higher education for minorities and other disadvantaged groups.

Forty years later, the program is as strong as it ever was, with 12,000 students enrolled at more than 50 colleges and universities across the state. EOF has ensured that thousands of students enrolled and stayed in college when the alternative was very real.

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Inside Focus

Honors

Rutgers' Fulbright Scholars

 

Meet six faculty members who received Fulbright awards this year from the New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses

Books

Rutgers historian's new book offers window into the world of slavery

 

Annette Gordon-Reed brings a fresh perspective to blood ties between an American slave family and Thomas Jefferson.

Students

Student legislative interns work on the state’s important issues

 

New Jersey Presidential Leaders of Tomorrow program fosters connection between Rutgers University and the state government.

On Campus

The corporate dean

 

Michael Cooper is building on his private sector experience to lead Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick through a major expansion of its facilities and academic programs.

Teaching

With help from Rutgers, women in prison get online for success

 

The Prison to Community project offers incarcerated women their first exposure to the world of computer-based learning.

Students

Mason Gross students design pocket folders with sustainability theme

 

Thanks to the Bobst Group North America, graphic design students competed in a contest, and Rutgers ended up with 50,000 free folders.

Events

Event highlights

 

The Scarlet Knights' Fall Hoop Festival; talks on tracking fraud in Iraq, and pharmaceuticals past and present; the annual Big Chill 5K race; and more events taking place across Rutgers' campuses.

Oliver Sacks muses on creativity to a rapt Rutgers audience
Credit: Nick Romanenko
AN INSPIRING WRITER– PHYSICIAN A talk by neurologist and celebrated author Oliver Sacks on creativity on the brain drew more than 2,000 attendees to the New Brunswick Campus. Sacks, invited to deliver the Mason Welch Gross Memorial Lecture, spent the evening conversing on topics ranging from how ideas are born to autistic savants to the genius of creative thinkers like Darwin, Crick, Melville, and Pinter. At an earlier reception he chatted with staff, faculty, and students, such as Norain Siddiqui, third from left: “I don’t want to compromise one for the other,” Siddiqui said, “and the career of Dr. Sacks shows that you don’t have to.”   Full Story

Martha Guarnieri helped student organizations get on the same political page

Student Spotlight

Martha Guarnieri helped get several student organizations on the same political page. Her efforts led to more than 6,000 new student voter registrations on Rutgers' campuses.

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FEATURES

  • The tiniest drive-through

    The tiniest drive-through

     

    A Rutgers–Camden artist's installation imagines how 500 harvester ants might take to the colony’s first chain restaurant. They like sesame seeds, Sprite, and apple dippers.

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  • Rutgers opens new food innovation facility

    Rutgers opens new food innovation facility

     

    The new venue will incubate businesses, process food, and boost New Jersey's $82 million farming economy.

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