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Bee-ginner's Beekeeping: The Basics of Apiculture Online Class is open April 1-30.
Participants can complete the course content (approximately 14 hours) at their own pace anytime during the period the course is open. There is an optional live Q&A session with the instructors, during which you can ask questions about the course content.
Writers at Rutgers welcomes poet Shane McCrae on April 2 as the final presentation for Spring 2025. McCrae is the author of several poetry collections, including Mule (2011); Blood (2013); In the Language of My Captor (Wesleyan University Press, 2017), which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and The Gilded Auction Block (2019). Free.
On April 9, attend the Poverty | Equity and Their Influencing Factors: A Reach Symposium, bringing together the Rutgers community, academic institutions, community partners, policymakers, and funders to discuss poverty and its interconnected social determinants. Keynote speaker Dr. Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, By America and founder of Princeton’s Eviction Lab, is a leading voice on housing insecurity and poverty. Free.
Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers, welcomes Denne Michele Norris for a reading and conversation about Norris’ new novel, on April 14 at Rutgers. When the Harvest Comes is a heart-wrenching novel in which a young Black gay man, estranged from his father, must confront his painful past. Free.
Join the Zimmeri Art Museum for a virtual artist talk on April 14 with Tyrell Tapaha, who will discuss his work Adá Nítsíjíkees: Think for Yourself, as featured in Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always and his textile art-making practices. Free via Zoom.
Rutgers' Eagleton Institute's Center for American Women and Politics welcomes United States Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester as the Honorary Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women’s Political Leadership with a presentation on April 22, “Citizen to Changemaker: Making Your Voice Matter.” Free.
Claudia Setzer (Manhattan University), in conversation with Gary A. Rendsburg (Rutgers University), will share findings from her new book, "The Progressives' Bible," on April 29 at the Douglass Student Center. They will examine how abolitionists, women's rights supporters, climate activists, and other political progressives interpreted the Bible's narratives to advance their major social reform movements. Sponsored by Bildner Center for Jewish Life. Registration is required. Free.
On May 3, the Romancing the Craft conference comes to the East Coast for the first time. Hosted at Rutgers, Romancing the Craft offers programming to marginalized unpublished and published romance authors. Participants will learn how to develop their skills, hear from masters of the genre, and have valuable career networking opportunities with peers and industry professionals.
Considering summer courses? Registration for Rutgers Summer Session is now open. Explore the schedule of classes with 1,300+ offered course sections and register before classes begin in late May.
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