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Drive to Advance Equity Guides Rutgers Senior VP in Her New Role at Rutgers

The totality of Anna Branch’s lived experiences – as a student who escaped bias, as a faculty member whose students did not and as a mother to children who will one day feel the weight of this global movement’s origins – all shape her strategies for addressing inequities and changing perceptions at Rutgers. She has an opportunity to do that and more as Rutgers' Senior Vice President for Equity, the first person to hold the role at the State University of New Jersey. More.
COVID Risk Double For Black, Latinx Hospital Staff: RU Study

Support staff and Black and Latinx hospital employees with and without patient care responsibilities are at highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health care settings, Rutgers researchers have found. The study was published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. More.
NJ State Senator Among Those Named to Roles at RU Think Tank

Senator Troy Singleton and three other leaders have been named to new advisory board roles within the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at RU-Camden. The Institute confronts public policy issues impacting southern New Jersey through applied research, community engagement and organizational development. More.

RU-Newark Building Design Honored by Architect's Group

The Life Science Center 2 building, which forms a new front door to the sciences on RU-Newark’s campus, has won an AIA Honor Award. This building, among those constructed at Rutgers statewide with proceeds from State bonds, is a sophisticated piece of urban infill. It is, essentially, an addition to three campus buildings at once: the LSC1 building, Aidekman Hall and Boyden Hall. More.