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History Professor Annette Gordon-Reed receives Pulitzer Prize

 By Carla Capizzi

Rutgers University History Professor Annette Gordon- Reed has been awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history for her landmark work, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W. W. Norton 2008).

The award was announced April 20 by the Pu...   Read More >>

Brownsville slam poet gets college free

by NYDaily News' Clem Richardson...

Now here's a trick: Britney Wilson turned hurt feelings into a four-year free ride to college.

The Brownsville, Brooklyn, 18-year-old senior at Cathedral High School in Manhattan beat out 2,000 applicants and nine finalists from around the country to...   Read More >>

NJ Mayor Meryl Frank is New President of AJCongress Women’s Division

Announcement was made in March '08

American Jewish Congress has announced the appointment of Meryl Frank, mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey, as the new President of its Women’s Division.

“Meryl Frank has proven her ability to lead and inspire others,” said Harriet Kurlander, AJCongr...   Read More >>

A vision for public affairs: building connections to strengthen Rutgers

By Ashanti M. Alvarez

In December, 2007, the Board of Governors appointed Jeannine F. LaRue as vice president for public affairs. The Department of Public Affairs acts as a liaison and ambassador between Rutgers’ campuses and the government, corporate, and nonprofit communities. Read More >>

People on the Move: Weaver heads up academic affairs and diversity

Princeton University

Karen J. Weaver, a 1994 Princeton alumna, will return to the University as associate dean for academic affairs and diversity in the Graduate School, effective Aug. 1.

Since 2005, she has been the executive director of the Amistad Commission within th...   Read More >>

People on the Move: Randal Pinkett Secrets to Becoming a Successful Campus CEO

As appeared in Black Collegiate

by Randal Pinkett on Black Collegian.com

Google. YouTube. Yahoo! Facebook.The list of blockbuster businesses started by college students continues to grow. Wouldn't it be great if you could have your fantasy job now, today and not years from now? As...   Read More >>

People on the Move...Ruthi Zinn Byrne

Zinn, Graves & Field

Ruthi Byrne: some folks know her as former Governor Brendan Byrne's wife...others know her as the woman with the fabulous St. John's suit. But...Ruthi Zinn Byrne is a force has other attributes that add to the list of reasons people look twice when she walks...   Read More >>

Ripken set for Baseball Hall of Fame

NJ Cal Pipken along with Tony Gwynn

COOPERSTOWN, NY - Two-time Most Valuable Player Cal Ripken Jr. and eight-time batting champion Tony Gwynn were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Ripken received 98.5 percent of the vote, third-highest in the history of the Baseball...   Read More >>

Renewing minds while renewing the earth

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By Diccon Hyatt

Trenton Downtowner

The walls of the MentorPower office in Lawrenceville are lined with photos of the hundreds of Trenton-area students who have gone through its mentoring program in the last 13 years. All of them graduated fro...   Read More >>

Future bishop well-suited for outreach in 'none zone'

Austin priest will be open to learning as bishop

By Eileen E. Flynn

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Saturday, July 21, 2007

When the Rev. Gregory Rickel arrived to be the rector at St. James' Episcopal Church, a historically black congregation in East Austin, he decided he had to come clea...   Read More >>

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