Simmons celebrated the release of her debut book, First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game, which explores the contribution of women to the music she listened to growing up.
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For the first time in its 178-year history, the New York Police Department welcomed its first Black female colorectal surgeon to the medical division: Rutgers alumna Lynn M. O’Connor.
Adjusting to college life can be a difficult transition for any first-year student, especially for individuals on the spectrum. To ease the adjustment and forge meaningful human connections, Rutgers University–New Brunswick provides specialized peer mentoring through the College Support Program (CSP).
Gurwinder Singh faced hurdles along the way joining law enforcement until he applied to the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD), becoming one of the state’s first Sikh officers to wear his articles of faith, including a turban and a beard, on duty.
Promotora, a 14-minute film focused on Mexican American women who travel around New Brunswick and serve as educators about health care resources available to their communities, is one of three short films that will be screened during “Mexican/American: The Search for Health and Happiness.”
In the last four years, she has covered topics that have included Black women’s health, rest as resistance, legacy and Black love and has interviewed people including radio personality Angela Yee, former New Jersey Secretary of State DeForest Soaries and film and TV show producer Kenya Barris.