Commencement Students   

Rutgers University has chosen mult-italented educators and entertainers as commencement speakers for its May ceremonies in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden. They include: Bill Nye, TV's 'The Science Guy'; Earl Lewis, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and musician and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi. More here...

Rutgers Board Votes to Merge Camden, Newark Law Schools

The New Rutgers Law School 


The Board of Governors voted last week to approve a proposal to merge the Rutgers-Newark and Rutgers-Camden law schools, creating a singular Rutgers Law School. With more than 1,000 students drawn from across the country, it will be among the nation's largest law schools, yet it will boast a student-faculty ratio on par with other leading public law schools.  More here... 
 Rutgers Names Dean for Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Experience as Dean, Professor and Researcher

Dr. Sherine E. Gabriel has been appointed dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, effective August 2015. Dr. Gabriel currently serves as dean of Mayo Medical School at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is also a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Mayo Medical School, where she has held an endowed professorship since 2005.  More here...
 
RU-Newark Alumnus Ray Chambers Sparks Major Mentorship Program

Rutgers Students to Mentor West Side H.S. Teens

 

With funding from alumnus Ray Chambers and the charitable organization he founded, MCJ Amelior Foundation, the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration launched a major mentorship program with students of Newark's West Side High School. More here... 

Delivering Health Care Services to Camden 

 

The Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden and the LEAP Academy University Charter School opened a new school-based health center that will serve as a primary care facility for nearly 1,000 LEAP students and their families. More here...