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Rutgers Scholar: Presidential Politics Remain Influenced by Gender, Race

How did we go from the most diverse field of presidential candidates in U.S. history to two elderly white men to Joe Biden – a quintessentially traditional politician – winning the election? Kelly Dittmar, director of research at the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics, pondered this question as she watched the election unfold last fall. Key gender-specific events brought us to that critical point, she says.

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Distinguished RBHS Dean Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Robert Johnson, dean of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark and interim dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, recently received the NJBIZ Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes work demonstrating the highest level of dedication to improving the lives of New Jerseyans. More.
RU-Camden Study Finds Higher Eviction Rates Linked to Increased Crime

In the study, researchers examine the relationship between eviction rates and crime, homicide, and burglary rates in all Philadelphia neighborhoods from 2006 to 2016 in their new paper, titled “Eviction and Crime: A Neighborhood Analysis in Philadelphia,” published in the journal Crime & Delinquency. More.
Obituary: Frank Askin, Longtime Rutgers Law Professor, ACLU General Counsel 

After dropping out of college in Baltimore to become a community organizer and journalist, Mr. Askin was admitted to Rutgers Law School in Newark. He joined the faculty immediately after graduating in 1966 and taught there for 53 years. He was the founder of the Rutgers Law Constitutional Litigation Clinic (now the Constitutional Rights Clinic). More.