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In the News This Week
Rutgers Board of Trustees Will Provide $2 Million In Access and Student Support 

The board will fund tuition assistance grants and emergency assistance, and provide financial support to student-based food pantries at university locations in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden through 2022. The board voted to use its spending allocation from eight separate endowed funds to help students struggling to pay tuition or those facing short-term financial emergencies, as well as provide additional funds to help address food insecurity, all of which can impede academic success. More.

RU-Newark Earns High Score for Equitable Access 

A new national report card from the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center gives RU–Newark high marks for providing black students equitable access to a college education. More.

RU-Camden Looks at Puerto Rico, One Year After Hurricane Maria

RU-Camden's Community Leadership Center's Hispanic Heritage Month Symposium marks one year since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and triggered a critical process to identify new methods to reconstruct communities. More.

Endowed Scholarship Created in Late Student Veteran’s Honor

For six years, the late Joshua Piccoli was a cornerstone in the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs at RU-Camden.
Rutgers Wins $220 Million NSF Award to Continue Ocean Initiative

The five-year award, to a coalition led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, includes Rutgers, the University of Washington and Oregon State University.