Through the work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Populations in Rutgers History, the university will host on April 6 a lecture by Craig Steven Wilder, Professor of American History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. Professor Wilder’s book lays bare uncomfortable truths about race, slavery and the American academy and examines the ties of many of America's revered colleges and universities–including Rutgers–to slavery. The lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker: Craig Steven Wilder is a historian of American institutions and ideas. Professor Wilder’s most recent book is Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities (New York: Bloomsbury, September 2013), which Kirkus Reviews named one of the best nonfiction books of the year and which won multiple book awards. He is also the author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn (Columbia University Press, January 2001) and In the Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City (New York University Press, February 2005). His recent essays include “War and Priests: Catholic Colleges and Slavery in the Age of Revolution,” in Slavery’s Capitalism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) and “‘Driven . . . from the School of the Prophets’: The Colonizationist Ascendance at General Theological Seminary,” the inaugural essay in the digital journal New York History.

Wilder has advised and appeared in numerous historical documentaries, including Ken Burns’ “Race Man” (2016), which explores the transformative career of Jackie Robinson, and “The Central Park Five”, which received the 2013 Peabody Award. Professor Wilder serves on the board of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center, New York Public Library, and has directed or advised exhibits at regional and national museums, including the New York Historical Society, and the Chicago History Museum. Professor Wilder began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx. He has taught at Dartmouth College, Williams College, and Long Island University, and has been a visiting professor at the New School University and University College London.

| Location: Livingston Hall, Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ.

On this 250th Anniversary year of Rutgers University, women executives, corporate sponsors, and undergraduate students are invited to join in the Annual Women Build Summit, an exciting day of discussion and networking around the theme of “Women Revolutionizing Business & Technology.” The day highlights the evolving role of technology in business across the decades and showcases women’s leadership at the intersection of business innovation and the tech industry. RSVP to Sangeeta Rao at mentoring@business.rutgers.edu or at 973-353-5709. | Location: Hyatt Regency, Two Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ.

Come watch the New Jersey Medical School go up against Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in this charity hockey game to benefit the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation. Since 1983, ECF has helped more than 1700 families in New Jersey manage their struggle with pediatric cancer.

Join the medical school's alumni association in honoring distinguished alumni, faculty, and supporters. In addition, several classes will celebrate their milestone anniversaries. | Location: The Heldrich, 10 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ.