February 2016
The following events took place during Rutgers' 250th Anniversary commemoration held November 10, 2015, through November 10, 2016. Watch the documentary that chronicles the yearlong celebration at 250.rutgers.edu/250documentary.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Black History Month Lecture Featuring Darnell Moore
Darnell Moore, a graduate of Camden High School, returns to his native city to reflect on inequality, intersectionality, and his journey thus far. He is a writer-in-residence at the Center on African American Religion, Sexuality, and Social Justice at Columbia University; senior editor at MicNews; contributor to The Huffington Post; and pioneer of the Black Lives Matter movement. He has led and participated in several critical dialogues including the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington National Panel on Race, Discrimination, and Poverty. | Location: Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, 326 Penn Street, Camden, NJ.
Learn morePerformance: The 4th Annual Tunnel of Oppression
Pulling from history, current national and local events, and the life stories of our community, the 4th Annual Tunnel of Oppression is an immersive, moving, educational, inspiring, eye opening experience that focuses on topics such as sexual orientation, racism, sexism, depression, alcoholism, and more. Sponsored by the Rutgers University–Camden Division of Student Affairs and funded partially by a grant from the Council to Advance Our Common Purpose, the experience is built around a series of skits performed by student-actors followed by group debriefing sessions.
Learn moreExecutive Dean’s 250th Anniversary Public Lecture: “Connecting the Dots in Toms River and Beyond”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and science journalism professor Dan Fagin, who writes frequently about environmental science, will present “Connecting the Dots in Toms River and Beyond.” This event is sponsored by the George H. Cook Campus Dean, Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, School of Communication and Information, and School of Public Health. | Location: Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, Room 101, 61 Dudley Road, G.H. Cook Campus, New Brunswick, NJ.
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Marketing Plan Competition: The RBS Apprentice Takes on the Business of Basketball
Who will win the Rutgers Business School (RBS) Apprentice? Five teams of RBS undergraduate students are competing with marketing plans to increase fan attendance at the Rutgers women’s basketball team's final home game against Michigan on Sunday. Student teams will be judged on the number of fans who attend the game, creativity, and their return on investment.
Print your favorite team's voucher or use a promo code to get tickets, then cheer on our Scarlet Knights at the Sunday game. | Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center (RAC), 83 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, NJ.
Simeon De Witt: Mapping the Revolution Exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum
See a map drawn in 1780 and other works of Simeon De Witt QC1776, George Washington's chief cartographer during the Revolutionary War, at the Zimmerli Art Museum. | Location: Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ. Admission is free. Hours: Zimmerli is open Tuesday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday, Noon–5 p.m.; and first Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays, major holidays, and for the month of August.
Learn moreZimmerli Exhibition HereNow: Rutgers 250 Accepting Photos
The Zimmerli Art Museum’s exhibition HereNow: Rutgers 250 celebrates the 250th anniversary of Rutgers—as well as the 50th birthday of the museum—by looking to the future. Rather than focus on Rutgers’ illustrious history, the initiative engages the entire university community with an opportunity to capture what education and campus life look like in the early 21st century at a major public university.
Beginning on November 10, 2015, as part of the Rutgers' community, you are invited to submit your images through the exhibit website. Images received by early January 2016 will be printed and hung as the premier images for this major exhibition at the Zimmerli. Thereafter, submitted images will be printed and installed in the museum at regular intervals, allowing the online and onsite exhibition to grow throughout the spring.
Following the close of the show, the 250 most interesting and compelling images will be compiled and published in a fine arts book with accompanying essays by distinguished authors and critics from Rutgers and beyond. The publication will document Rutgers, here and now, comprising a record of life at Rutgers at its 250th birthday through the eyes of its many communities. | Location: Submit your images online at herenow250.rutgers.edu.
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Exhibition: Rutgers through the Centuries: 250 Years of Treasures from the Archives at Alexander Library
Rutgers through the Centuries: 250 Years of Treasures from the Archives opens on November 12, 2015, and will run through November 30, 2016. The exhibit features important historical documents; vivid photographic illustrations; and interesting, compelling, and often whimsical artifacts from the collections of the Rutgers University Archives. Among the treasures on display are the original printed copy of the 1770 Queen’s College Charter, portraits of past presidents and faculty, documents relating to Rutgers College becoming a land-grant institution in 1864, photographs and artifacts depicting 19th- and 20th-century student life, and other items related to the historical development of Rutgers from a colonial college founded in the 18th century to a comprehensive public research university in the 21st century. | Location: Gallery '50 and the Special Collections and University Archives Gallery, Archibald S. Alexander Library, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday, 1–5 p.m. (during the academic year). To request assistance with parking, send email to events@rulmail.rutgers.edu or call 848-932-7505.
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