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Rutgers Launches Genetic Testing Service for New Coronavirus:
Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched a test for the COVID-19 and is testing as many as tens of thousands of samples daily


Rutgers University Creates COVID-19 Center to Fight Pandemic: Learn about the new center, and David Alland, who will serve as the director of the center

Rutgers Among the First in the Country to Expedite Graduation of Medical Students: 192 final-year students will graduate early and be eligible to begin their residencies and provide critical health care

How to Succeed in the Rush Toward Online Learning: Will Pagan, director of instructional design for Rutgers Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) at DoCS, explains best practices of online learning

Book and Podcast Recommendations for a Mental Time-Out: Faculty and staff at Rutgers University–Camden offer book and podcast suggestions to bring a little ease to these difficult times

Is Your Virtual Team Performing at its Best? : A Rutgers expert shares how to communicate and work effectively within online teams

Rutgers Expert Discusses Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Study: A team of researchers led by a Rutgers bioethics expert are arguing for the use of a human challenge study that they say could expedite a coronavirus vaccine timeline

Rutgers Expert Explores Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Richard Marlink, director of Rutgers Global Health Institute discusses the impact of COVID-19 in the African region

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Dear Scarlet Knights,

In this time of uncertainty, we know that your lives have changed. Life at Rutgers has changed, too, but we continue to work together to meet these evolving challenges. In that spirit, we offer these words of encouragement.

From everyone at Rutgers Global, be safe and be well.
#RUGlobal

"It's #WanderlustWednesday! Check out this compilation from @guardian of 10 virtual tours of famous landmarks around the world. #RUGlobal #RUGlobalAtHome

http://bit.ly/virtual-landmark-tours

Looking for trusted resources regarding international travel and more? Check out our new webpage, Global Travel Resources, for more information: https://global.rutgers.edu/travel-resources

#RUGlobal


Here is a great article from 
@ROINJNews featuring our very own Ryan Jeter, the @RutgersU Peace Corps Recruiter, talking about his classroom lectures playing out in real time during the COVID-19 crisis.

Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3af4CeC
#RUGlobal

Virtual Events
Presenting #RUGlobalAtHome , Virtual Resources for Everyone

Learn a new language, visit a museum, tour the world... Rutgers Global is highlighting alternative ways to "go global" from the comfort of your own home. Check out our new webpage for a collection of ideas to go #RUGlobalAtHome.

April 15: Natural Resources, Climate, Local Control, and Democratization in the Caspian Sea Region , 12:45 - 6:15 p.m.

All are welcome to join in the following virtual event sponsored by the Center for European Studies. 


April 24: Science Collaboration as an Opportunity for the US and Cuba: A Case for Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

The Community Leadership Center welcomes Dr. Luis Alberto Montero Cabrera, to address the potential advantages of a collaboration between Cuba and the United States in the field of science to advance our understanding of various areas of study.

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Rutgers Global is the university-wide office for international affairs at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The office provides extensive study and service-learning abroad opportunities, academic support for international students, visa and immigration processing for international students and scholars, international partnership facilitation, and on-campus global programming that helps to educate students and professionals alike. Rutgers Global is committed to comprehensive internationalization for both students and faculty, creating resources and opportunities to enhance our global engagement at home and abroad.