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Designed for a New Decade. Revamped Rutgers.edu Will Focus on User Experience, Accessibility and Storytelling

Rutgers University’s main website is about to undergo a transformation. The site is primarily aimed at our largest external audiences – prospective students and parents. After extensive research, planning, designing, developing, testing, and gathering feedback from Rutgers community members and external visitors through surveys, the digital front door of the university – rutgers.edu – will soon be relaunched to deliver a new experience that clearly presents a holistic overview of Rutgers. More.

Pediatric Cancer Patient Comfort Focus of RU-Camden, CHOP Study

With a grant from the NJ Commission on Cancer Research, an RU-Camden researcher is studying how to decrease stress, including through a better night’s sleep and improved comfort levels, in partnership with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. More.

Two Newark Leaders Discuss Where the City is Headed

RU-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor and NJPAC CEO John Schreiber were invited by NJBiz to sit down and talk about what it means to be an anchor institution in Newark, and what the future holds for the city as development really heats up. Listen to the podcast here.
RU Historian Examines 400 Years of Black Women’s History in U.S.

What we learn about African-American history is often told through the lens of a few black male activists, but Kali Nicole Gross, the Martin Luther King Jr. professor of History at RU–New Brunswick wants to expand that perspective to include black women who contributed to U.S. history and culture. More.