PBS audiences will get a rare glimpse into the ordinary lives of extraordinary abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass in a pair of new documentaries featuring two Rutgers-New Brunswick historians.
Avery Kiihne was days into their first year as an undergraduate student at Rutgers-New Brunswick in 2018 when they joined the Gift of Life Marrow Registry at a recruitment drive at the Hillel Center on College Avenue.
Last July Kontorovich brought the acclaimed Math Corps program to Rutgers University–New Brunswick, turning Scott Hall into a summer camp for some 40 seventh and eighth graders and another 20 high school students who signed up to help teach and mentor the middle schoolers.
The global health care company is providing financial help and training for doctoral students at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy as part of an initiative to rebuild trust in health care in underrepresented communities.
This summer, 150 students worked alongside state and national policymakers, tackled issues of food insecurity, provided guidance for at-risk youth as part of Rutgers' unique internship program. Here are their stories.