Student leaders who help build community and launched new groups to celebrate and embrace their culture were honored last week during the Asian American Cultural Center’s 2024 APIDA Leadership Gala. Read more in this story from Rutgers Today!
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Katie Lynch, a biomedical engineering student, spent much of her time at college in leadership roles and representing Native Americans. Read more about her in this article from Rutgers Today!
For many students at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, the spring semester of the academic year is filled with classwork, applications for summer opportunities, and much more. However, many leaders in the 700+ student clubs and organizations at Rutgers are consumed with a different type of work: planning blockbuster end-of-spring events.
Students at Rutgers–New Brunswick, in partnership with Dining, turn eating areas on campus into living laboratories as part of an international collaborative program. Read more in this article from Rutgers Today!
Aryan Gurusamy and Atharva Kulkarni, two first-year students at Rutgers, have come up with a startup which aims to remove carbon dioxide from central ventilation systems at schools: CarbonX. Read more about their work and Shark Tank competition in this article from Rutgers Today!
Rutgers University is providing free Narcan kits supplied by the New Jersey Department of Human Services on its New Brunswick, Camden and Newark campuses as a preventive measure to enhance the safety and well-being of community members. Naloxone kits are available on campuses in New Brunswick, Camden and Newark. Read more of this article from Rutgers Today here!
Douglass campus is known for its grassy lawns and towering trees, Douglass Residential College, and Rutgers’ Department of Animal Science, among much else. However, a lesser-known building stands a few blocks down Nichol Ave: the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS), which provides support programs for autistic adults who want to live independent and fulfilling lives. Read more about the center and its partnership with Dining!
When incoming graduate students begin their first semesters at Rutgers University—New Brunswick, many encounter the Graduate Student Association (GSA), which is featured in multiple opening events, including the Involvement Fair and the Graduate Student Welcome.
Although New Brunswick, in central New Jersey, is surrounded by opportunities for excursions into the natural world, the longest trip that many students at Rutgers—New Brunswick regularly take is from one campus to another.
GO Outdoors, a Recreation program designed to get students into the outdoors, aims to change that with accessible trips and courses available to students and other Rutgers community members within and outside of the Division of Student Affairs.