CAMDEN — This summer, 10 undergraduate students are gaining critical research and professional development skills through a new program at Rutgers–Camden. The Computational Biology Summer Program introduces students to an integrated approach to research that incorporates the biological sciences, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and physics. “This program allows students who would otherwise not have an [...]
Janet Golden, a professor of history at Rutgers-Camden who specializes in the history of medicine, is serving as one of the historical consultants to Pox and the City, a digital role-playing game. The game lets players learn about the conquest of smallpox, once known as the “speckled monster.” It was developed with funding from the [...]
It hasn’t been long since the ink dried on his spring semester final exams, but Matthew Ratti is wasting no time in diving back into academic work. “This is where I’d rather be,” says the Rutgers–Camden junior biology major, back on campus and excitedly poring over a packet of information outlining a summer research project. [...]
Sometimes you listen to the voice saying you can’t, and other times you listen to former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. A group of 25 undergraduate students from various backgrounds is hearing from dozens of accomplished professionals, including O’Connor and homeless-person-turned-tax attorney Nikki Johnson-Huston, about how their law degrees have harnessed them as [...]
As Robert Emmons puts it, he believes in the power of film as a tool of advocacy and change. In his documentary, Wolf at the Door, Emmons chronicles the fight of artist Jeff Filbert to save his Camden, N.J., home from eminent-domain demolition. In his film, On Mt. Peace, he aims to educate viewers about [...]
Rutgers Law–Camden has a long tradition of harvesting some hearty attorneys. A newer tradition, cultivated most recently by 3L Angela Juneau, is growing crops of fresh produce for and within its host city. Established two years ago by 2012 Rutgers Law–Camden alumnus Stefan Erwin from two vacant lots on Danehower Street, the community garden co-op [...]
Michelle Gaffney, a senior psychology major at Rutgers–Camden, has been awarded a 2013 CONTACT Scholarship Award in the amount of $500 from CONTACT Community Helplines. She was honored in part for her volunteer work at CONTACT, a 24/7 crisis hotline, which serves people in need in Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties. Gaffney will receive [...]
When you are the reigning NCAA champion in your track and field specialty, it isn’t easy to make a bigger impression. Unless you are Rutgers University-Camden senior Tim VanLiew of Deptford. VanLiew not only defended his national javelin title here Saturday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but he did so [...]
Rutgers–Camden will confer doctoral degrees to the first three graduates of its landmark Ph.D. in childhood studies program during the Faculty of Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 23. It is an unprecedented achievement on a national scale. The graduates – Lara Saguisag, Deborah Valentine, and Marla Wander – will become the first [...]
During the past academic year at Rutgers University—Camden, students at every level excelled in their disciplines, advanced new ways of thinking, and contributed to communities in need through on-campus endeavors with worldwide impact. Click here for just a few stand-out stories that reflect the diverse and inspiring members of the Class of 2013.
Philip Anagnostos, the president of the Student Veterans Association at Rutgers–Camden, takes a swing with a sledgehammer during the ever-popular car bash, held today outside the Campus Center. The annual event enables students to relieve some stress, while raising funds for the Jeremy Kane Scholarship Fund. Students could purchase three swings for $1 or two [...]
Rutgers–Camden business students no longer have to wait until they graduate to experience all the excitement of the trading floor. The brand new Finance Lab and Center for Investment Management is bringing an authentic trading environment to the Rutgers School of Business–Camden. The center features 16 Bloomberg-certified student workstations that will enable Rutgers–Camden undergraduate and [...]
Hundreds of people will take to the Cherry Hill streets on June 9 to run in honor of a fallen hero. The Fourth Annual Jeremy Kane 5K Benefit Run, beginning at Cherry Hill High School East at 8:30 a.m., will raise money for the Jeremy Kane Scholarship Fund, which supports student veterans at Rutgers University. [...]
For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Justice has entered an agreement with a juvenile court in Shelby County, Tennessee to better protect the constitutional rights of young people there. In an unprecedented effort to reform the juvenile court in the county where Memphis is located, Sandra Simkins, a clinical professor at the [...]
A Rutgers–Camden nursing scholar has been honored by the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education Alumni Association for her outstanding service to education. The GSEAA awarded Carol P. Germain, director of nursing program development at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, with a Distinguished Service Award in April. “It’s always good to receive recognition for one’s [...]
Although creating extraordinary constructions in three dimensions, Rutgers–Camden artist Margery Amdur views herself as a painter. The influence of 20 years as an installation artist is evident in the complex works she assembles, combining aspects of installation art, painting and sculpture. A practitioner of yoga and meditation, she works in an intuitive, meticulous, and methodical [...]
Camden residents are once again invited to join a book club numbering in the thousands, as the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts prepares to celebrate the works of Edgar Allen Poe through lively discussions and innovative activities this fall. Thanks to a $15,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant, the Rutgers–Camden Center for the [...]
Lisa Zeidner, a professor of English at Rutgers–Camden, is the author of five novels: Customs, Alexandra Freed, Limited Partnerships, Love Bomb, and Layover, which has been translated into six languages and is in production as a film. Published in September 2012, her latest novel, Love Bomb, will be released in paperback on May 28. A [...]
For many, summer is the hottest time for movies. While prestigious films appear during Oscar season around the winter holidays, the big-budget blockbusters arrive with the heat. The season is prime for studying film at Rutgers-Camden. Students in the Summer Session course “Film Genre,” taught by film studies lecturer and Rutgers–Camden alumnus Matthew Sorrento (CFAS [...]
An all-star lineup of acclaimed authors will read from their works during the 28th Annual Rutgers–Camden Summer Writers’ Conference, to be held from June 24 to July 3. As part of the intensive conference program, featuring nationally-renown writers, poets, and editors, a series of free, public readings will be held on select days at 1 [...]
Janet Golden, a professor in the Department of History at Rutgers-Camden and a medical historian, is contributing to Philly.com’s ongoing series on race and health. The series explores the interconnections between the two in the City of Philadelphia. In her article “Teaching About Race and Health,” Golden writes, “Economic disparities and racism are the foundation [...]
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