Rutgers University today becomes the first major U.S. university to no longer use plates in its dining halls. Rutgers has long been leading the sustainability movement by encouraging new and better dining practices.  Dining hall services Executive Director Joe Charette is confident that students will embrace the new plate-less protocols.   Watch the video at left.

Before an audience of about 100, including students, faculty, and visitors, four Rutgers University-Camden colleagues talked about ways women can empower themselves.  The panel was moderated by Gail Caputo, director of Rutgers-Camden's women's and gender studies program, and included campus chancellor Phoebe Haddon (pictured at left), Kris Lindenmeyer, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, director of the Community Leadership Center at Rutgers-Camden. Read more here.