Rutgers Media Relations

Rutgers Has Record-Breaking Year With More Than $121 Million in Donations

Rutgers has set a new record in private donations to the university, raising more than $121 million in new gifts and pledges during the 2007-08 fiscal year – an increase of nearly 9 percent over last year’s total of $111.5 million. Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick noted that the great majority of the total amount is committed to supporting students, faculty and academic programs.

‘The Anxious American Worker’: Jobs, the Economy and a Call for Help

As Americans approach Labor Day, a comprehensive national survey by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development finds them in a state of anxiety - very concerned about jobs and feeling bleak about their economic future. Researchers say, "Workers are in a flux," and are less stable and confident than they would like, concerns that are sure to be part of the 2008 presidential election and high on the agenda of the next administration in Washington.

Revised statement on the Internal Audit of Intercollegiate Athletics by Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick and Director of Athletics Robert E. Mulcahy III

Rutgers is fully committed to excellence in both academics and athletics. As the athletics program grows, the university will continue to make every effort to ensure that its business practices and policies are consistent with the institution’s high standards of integrity and accountability.

$3.2 Million for Rutgers to Apply New Mix of Biology, Engineering, Physical Sciences toward Stem Cell Breakthroughs

Rutgers has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to apply engineering, physical science and mathematical disciplines to stem cell research. In funding 70 doctoral fellowships, the program can equip experts in fields such as cell and molecular biology, computational modeling and biomaterials to move stem-cell breakthroughs from the biology lab into practical and commercially viable therapies. NSF awarded the five-year grant as part of its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, which supports scientists and engineers pursuing doctorates in fields that cross academic disciplines and have broad societal impact.

Rutgers Expo to be Held in Bordentown on Sept. 18

Theater at Rutgers, NJIT: Live Music, Drama, Comedy That’s Close to Home, For Less Than a Movie Ticket

Rutgers Enrolls Largest Number of First-Year Students in 30 Years

All figures mentioned are preliminary. Final data are compiled in the fall.

Rutgers–Camden Art Professor Helps Students "Get Real" With Their Art

Learn to Upgrade Career Skills During Free Rutgers–Camden Cappuccino Academy Lecture Sept. 4

Rutgers–Camden Students Veterans Group to Host Adler/Myers Congressional Debate Sept. 10

Rutgers College Nursing Faculty Member Authors a Book Aimed at Helping Nursing Students Make the Most Out of Their Learning Opportunities in Nursing School

Discovery Opens Door for Drugs to Fight Bird Flu, Other Influenza Epidemics

Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza. The researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of a site on an influenza A virus protein that binds to one of its human protein targets, thereby suppressing a person’s natural defenses to the infection and paving the way for the virus to replicate efficiently. This so-called NS1 virus protein is shared by all influenza A viruses isolated from humans – including avian influenza, or bird flu, and the 1918 pandemic influenza virus.

Rutgers Back to School Media Guide 2008

Patent and Pharmaceutical Law Experts to Speak at September 23 Symposium at Rutgers-Newark Law School

Rutgers Among Four Institutions Sharing $10 Million Grant for Advanced Computer Science Research

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $10 million grant for innovative computer science and engineering research to a group of institutions that includes Rutgers University. The grant funds studies into the complexity of certain mathematical and computer science problems, an issue that underpins the security of communications and financial transactions over the Internet. The five-year grant, led by Princeton University, includes investigators at Rutgers, New York University and the Princeton-based Institute for Advanced Study.

First U.S. Program to Study Links Between Environment and Endocrine Diseases Established by Rutgers, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Certain types of diabetes, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis and other diseases of the endocrine system are more prevalent in the New York-New Jersey area than in other parts of the country, and scientists at the new Center for Endocrine Research want to know why.