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Naomi Kutin poses for a photo next to a weight rack.

World Champion Powerlifter Balances Orthodox Jewish Faith, Competition and Rutgers Course Load

At just nine years old, Naomi Kutin shattered a world record for her weight class in 2011. Today, in her fourth year at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the young athlete maintains her powerlifting skills, but now she’s weighing options in the field of social work as well. While continuing to train one to two hours a day, five days a week, and competing as a member of the Rutgers Powerlifting Club, Kutin is completing her undergraduate degree and studying for her master's degree at Rutgers’ School of Social Work. Read more in this article from Rutgers Today!

Students & Community

Talk the Talk: A Conversation on Language

In celebration and recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month this year, Rutgers Today presented Talk the Talk: A Conversation on Language, where staff members and students were invited to share about their relationship with language, community and identity. Here are their stories—including that of Saskia Cipriani from the Center for Latino Arts and Culture!

The Clothesline Project 2023 in Douglass Library

Impact

Crisis Intervention Hotline Provides Crucial Support during—and after—Domestic Violence Awareness Month

At Rutgers—New Brunswick, the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA), with campus partners, has taken a lead on providing support and programming during Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (DVAM) through their Turn the Campus Purple campaign. One crucial resource that will remain available throughout the rest of the month—and the entire calendar year—is VPVA’s crisis intervention hotline, which aims to help survivors cope with the effects of interpersonal violence.

Entrepreneurship & Innovation LLC students pose for a photo at Startup Grind Global Conference 2020

Learning

How the Entrepreneurship and Innovation LLC Grows and Fosters Young Entrepreneurs

When incoming Rutgers University—New Brunswick undergraduates are reviewing their on-campus housing options, one option among Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) often sticks out for business-minded and entrepreneurial students: the Entrepreneurship and Innovation LLC.

Students & Community

Meet the Class of 2027: An Award-Winning and Caring Group of High Achievers

Members of Rutgers’ Class of 2027 have excelled not only in the classroom but also on the tennis court, behind the camera as an award-winning filmmaker and as a nationally ranked chess player. Read more about our incoming class of first-year students!

Students & Community

CAPS Next Step Program Fills Gap for Students at Rutgers University

Rutgers students sometimes experience mental health issues that require a higher level of care than regular therapy appointments. While these students would be forced to choose between hospitalization or intensive outpatient care to meet their needs at most universities, Student Health's CAPS Next Step program steps in to provide a higher level of care that allows them to keep taking classes.

Students & Community

Rutgers Big Chill 5K draws 2,000 runners

On an unseasonably warm December morning, more than 2,000 runners participated in the Rutgers Big Chill 5K to benefit Winter Wishes, an annual holiday-themed event that provides clothing and toys to children ages 3-5 in New Brunswick preschool programs, and the Rutgers Student Food Pantry, which provides food to Rutgers students experiencing food insecurities.

Learning

Knights Go Sky High

As part of the Rutgers Alternative Break Program, a group of students traveled to Pipestem, West Virginia to provide housing repair services to the community. Learn more about Alternative Breaks

Students & Community

Spotlight: Social Justice Education (SJE) Clothing Swap 2019

Each year, the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities (SJE) hosts a free clothing swap. Open to everyone, the clothing swap is a place for those who have outgrown or outgendered their clothes and who may not have the means to purchase new items to pick up new threads. All clothes that are not taken at the end of the event are donated to the Trenton Rescue Mission, which gives them directly to families in need. For more information, visit socialjustice.rutgers.edu.

Students & Community

Rutgers Ag Field Day 2019

April is a busy month for Kyra Boss. When she isn’t serving the community with Omega Phi Alpha or serving as a Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) captain, she is working with the animals at the Rutgers Farm. We caught up with her this week about what it was like to supervise the Animal Fitting, Handling, and Exhibition class.

Joey and his mom Gina Price at Rutgers Dance Marathon

Students & Community

Rutgers Dance Marathon 2019: Meet Joey

View Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) through a new perspective. A four-year old with neutropenia, Joey and his family were paired with Rutgers UNICEF through RU4Kids. A joint program between the Embrace Kids Foundation and RUDM, RU4Kids connects student organizations with patient families in hopes that college students can help provide comfort, friendly faces, and fun during trying times. Cameras were rolling as Joey and Rutgers UNICEF took in the sights and sounds of the 2019 edition of RUDM. For more information about RUDM and Embrace Kids, visit marathon.rutgers.edu.

Learning

Roommate Game: Oyinade and Sandra

Juniors living in the Livingston Apartments, Oyinade and Sandra talk about how they met, adjusting to living together, and answer questions about one another in the first episode of the Roommate Game. Learn more about living on campus and the housing selection process.

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