April 24, 2019
Spotlight
Celebrate Rutgers Day!
Join the Rutgers community in welcoming thousands of visitors on Rutgers Day on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy a remarkable array of more than 600 free programs, including performances, hands-on activities, games, and interactive demonstrations. Since the day coincides with Alumni Weekend, it’s also the perfect time to celebrate your scarlet pride.
Highlights include:
- Rutgers Day and Alumni Parade: At 10:30 a.m., alumni join the Rutgers Marching Scarlet Knights, cheerleaders and dance team, and the Scarlet Knight mascot in a parade down College Avenue
- Science and Technology: See drone demonstrations, chemical experiments, and 3D printing in action, as well as learn about surgery and get a mini health checkup.
- Arts and Humanities: Join a marathon reading of The Princess Bride, learn about Paul Robeson’s life and legacy, and visit the Global Pavilion.
- Performances: Performance stages on each campus include music, dance, and martial arts demonstrations.
- Ag Field Day: Buy plants, see animal shows and insect races, and take greenhouse tours.
- New Jersey Folk Festival: The festival celebrates 45 years with music, food, and crafts.
View more events and plan your day on the Rutgers Day website.
Announcements
Updates to University Policy Library
The Office of the Secretary of the University announces recent updates to Policy 60.3.5: Sick Time and Sick Leave (PDF).
Recent policy updates, including previous versions of policies, are available at Recent Policy Updates. For specific questions about policy interpretations, contact the responsible office listed on each policy. For general questions, please email the Office of the Secretary of the University.
Registration Open for i3D Symposium
Registration is open through April 30 for the 2019 i3D Symposium, Immune Cells at the Forefront of Health and Disease, featuring the latest cutting-edge research on immune cell biology on May 21 to 22 at the Paul Robeson Campus Center. Register online.
Apply for an Open and Affordable Textbooks Award
The Open and Affordable Textbooks Program awards research funds to Rutgers faculty, instructors, and curriculum developers who make their courses more affordable by using low-cost materials, library content, or open educational resources. Apply by April 28.
I-Corps@Rutgers
I-Corps@Rutgers is a National Science Foundation-funded program open to faculty, staff, students, and recent alumni who have innovations they want to commercialize. Learn more on May 7 in the Fiber Optics Lobby on Busch Campus.
Study All Night at the Zimmerli
The Zimmerli Art Museum is open from 10 a.m. on May 7 to 4:30 p.m. on May 8 to serve as a unique study location for Rutgers students during Reading Days. The museum provides free admission, refreshments, and study break activities. Learn more about Study All Night.
What's Happening
Writers’ Conference
The third annual Rutgers–New Brunswick Writers’ Conference on June 1 and 2 is designed to help aspiring and established writers hone their skills and get published. Hear from bestselling novelists, such as Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, and Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. Register online.
Mates David and Hinna Stahl Memorial Lecture in Bioethics
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School presents Nir Eyal, associate professor of global health and population at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, who speaks on the emergence of population-level bioethics on May 6 at the Clinical Academic Building in New Brunswick. Eyal will be joining Rutgers in July as the inaugural Henry Rutgers Professor of Bioethics at the School of Public Health and director of the new Rutgers Center for Population-Level Bioethics.
Rutgers Living History Society Annual Meeting
The Rutgers Living History Society celebrates its annual meeting on April 26 by honoring Deborah Gray White, Rutgers Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, and oral historian Donald A. Ritchie. The event starts at 9 a.m. in the College Avenue Student Center multipurpose room. Contact kathryn.rizzi@rutgers.edu for more information.
Cancer Care at Botswana’s Princess Marina Hospital
Rutgers Global Health Institute in partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Center of New Jersey, and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy present Cancer Care at Botswana’s Princess Marina Hospital on April 24 at the Clinical Academic Building in New Brunswick.
Integrating Entrepreneurship for 21st Century Solutions
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station EcoComplex and EcoIgnite host Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste, at Integrating Entrepreneurship for 21st Century Solutions and Circular Economy on April 30 at the Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Learning Center on Cook Campus. RSVP to serpil.guran@rutgers.edu.
Awards & Honors
Alfred Tallia
Alfred Tallia, professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was elected chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners.
Get Involved
Support the Rutgers Student Food Pantry
The Rutgers Student Food Pantry accepts food and personal care donations Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 39 Union Street, New Brunswick.
Gifts
The Val Skinner Foundation
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey received a gift of $225,000 from the Val Skinner Foundation. The gift will benefit the LIFE Center Support Fund.