Rutgers University News

Former Eagle Scout James Dale says sharing our stories can make a difference in changing the Boy Scouts of America's policy banning gays.

GREENSBORO, N.C. Miami University senior Jarrod Eick highlighted a quintet of RedHawks on the men's track and field team who competed on the opening day of the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds Thursday, as he qualified for the 1500m quarterfinals at North Carolina A&T State University's Irwin Belk Track at Aggie Stadium.

The "suburban poor" is not only a result of lower-income families moving in, but existing residents falling victim to less-than-stellar economic conditions.

"Honestly, I'm just worried about falling on stage," said Andrea Williams, dressed in her cap and gown outside the Susquehanna Bank Center an hour before the College of Arts and Sciences commencement.

Joseph R. Dawson, of Haddon Heights, shows off his superpowers during Rutgers-Camden's commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences, University College, and the Graduate School at Susquehanna Bank Center, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

The insects have started to emerge from the soil in droves for the first time in 17 years and that could make for a noisy and buggy Memorial Day holiday weekend cookout.

The Newark campus of Rutgers University graduated its largest class ever Wednesday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

Marjorie Hill, second on the left, CEO of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, addresses the Women for Paid Sick Days rally on the steps of New York's City Hall, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

Former Saint Peter's assistant coach Dalip Bhatia will join the staff at his alma mater, becoming the Director of Basketball Operations under new head coach Eddie Jordan.

The Proprietary House, former residence of New Jersey's Royal Governor William Franklin, has a new onsite coordinator and is open for tours.

The New Jersey Collegiate Career Day is May 30 at Rutgers University. From 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., over 150 public and private sector employers will be at the New Brunswick Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave.

When most people think of paid sick leave these days, they think of public employee contracts that allow workers to cash in unused sick days, sometimes totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The insects have started to emerge from the soil in droves for the first time in 17 years and that could make for a noisy and buggy Memorial Day holiday weekend cookout.

Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No.

Enjoy nature walks and the trees in your backyard even more after exploring what's common in your neighborhood at the "Identifying Trees" program to be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Bernards Township Library.

He was a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., and Penn State University.

Predicting NJ sea level rise: The NJFloodmapper online project lets people see how sea level rise will affect their communities.

Could a massive, deadly twister touch down in New Jersey someday? Not likely, but it's not out of the question.

Hundreds gathered at The Unitarian Church in Summit on Tuesday to pay their respects to the late Paige Aiello, a 21-year-old aspiring law student whose body was recovered from the Hudson River on May 9. Though the two-hour service was billed as a celebration, boxes of tissues were passed as the tears began to overcome the smiles of remembrance.

Patent-pending technology developed by Rutgers University Chemistry Professor Kathryn Uhrich, pictured here in this 2012 photo, and her colleagues has the potential to greatly diminish morphine abuse NEW BRUNSWICK - A Rutgers chemistry professor, who founded her own drug company more than a decade ago, believes she is on the verge of a breakthrough ... (more)