Photo Gallery

Processing to the stage for the May 2019 Commencement ceremony at HighPoint.com Stadium are, from left, Board of Governors chair Sandy Stewart; honorary degree recipient Governor Phil Murphy; Secretary of the University Kimberlee Pastva, carrying the university mace; President Barchi; and honorary degree recipient Devin McCourty (just in front of fellow recipient Jason McCourty).

School of Arts and Sciences–New Brunswick graduating student Sridhar Sriram stands with Francis and Robert Barchi at a May 2019 a reception for new inductees to the Matthew Leydt Society, which honors exceptional academic achievement. Sriram is also a recipient of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

President Barchi, at the February 2019 joint signing of a “knowledge collaborative” between the Republic of Botswana and Rutgers, gestures to Botswana officials connected by video conference call. Nearest to him is Collen Kelapile, permanent representative of Botswana to the United Nations.

Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver, Governor Phil Murphy, Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance president Kendall Hall, and President Barchi at a reception at Drumthwacket in February 2019 where Gov. Murphy issued a proclamation honoring the centennial of Paul Robeson’s graduation from Rutgers.

On Veterans Day 2018, President Barchi welcomes U.S. Senator Cory Booker to Veterans House in New Brunswick, where Sen. Booker proposed legislation expanding post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits.

President Barchi and his wife, Francis Barchi, welcome the President of the Republic of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and his wife, Neo Masisi, to HighPoint.com Stadium  during the Masisis' visit to Rutgers in September 2018.

Representatives of Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health after signing an affiliation agreement in July 2018. Seated are RWJBarnabas Health Board of Trustees chair Jack Morris, RWJBarnabas Health president and CEO Barry Ostrowsky, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) chancellor Brian Strom, and President Barchi. Standing are RBHS senior vice chancellor for clinical affairs Vicente Gracias, RBHS senior vice chancellor for finance and administration Kathleen Bramwell, and RWJBarnabas Health Board of Trustees vice chair Marc Berson.  

Dan Schulman, honorary degree recipient and keynote speaker at the 2018 University Commencement in Piscataway, with President Barchi.

President Barchi and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in spring 2018.  Gov. Murphy has visited Rutgers several times in his first few months in office.

In Fall 2017, President Barchi talks with students outside the new Academic Building on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.

President Barchi and the Scarlet Knight at the 2017 R Family Fall Festival.

Cutting the ribbon in September 2017 for the Nursing and Science Building at Rutgers–Camden are science student Daniel Miranda, Camden City Council President Frank Moran, Camden Mayor Dana Redd, New Jersey Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross, Chancellor Phoebe Haddon, President Robert Barchi, Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden Senior Associate Dean Marie O’Toole, Rutgers–Camden Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Kriste Lindenmeyer, and nursing student Brooke Trigiani.

President Barchi, seated with (L-R) RBHS Chancellor Brian Strom, RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Barry Ostrowsky, and Rutgers Health Group President and CEO Vicente Gracias, signs a July 2017 Letter of Intent for Rutgers to join with RWJBarnabas Health in forming the state’s largest academic health care system.

At a public discussion of the book Scarlet and Black in November 2016, President Barchi praises the Rutgers scholars and students who contributed to this exploration of the experiences of two disenfranchised populations, African Americans and Native Americans, in the university’s early history.

President Barchi helps to ring the historic Old Queens bell for 250 seconds during 250th anniversary festivities on November 10, 2016.

President Barchi and then-New Brunswick Chancellor Richard L. Edwards take part in a flag-raising ceremony and tree planting to commemorate Rutgers’ 250th anniversary on November 10, 2016.

At the November 2016 groundbreaking for the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center are athletic director Pat Hobbs, Sen. Ray Lesniak, RWJBarnabas Health president/CEO Barry Ostrowsky, President Barchi, Sen. Tom Kean, RBHS chancellor Brian Strom, and RWJBarnabas Health board chair Jack Morris.

President Barchi drives a tractor pulling hayriders at the R Family Fall Fest in October 2016.

U.S. President Barack Obama accepts an honorary doctor of laws degree from Dr. Barchi at Rutgers’ 250th Anniversary University Commencement on May 15, 2016.

In April 2016, President Barchi introduces the first of three 250th Anniversary Presidential Symposia on the Future of Higher Education held during the anniversary year. 

President Barchi and Raymond Martinez, chief administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, with specialized license plates honoring Rutgers’ 250th anniversary.

In November 2015, President Barchi and Nancy Cantor, chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark, join in cutting the ribbon for the newly restored 15 Washington Street building in Newark, now used for student residences.

In a November 2015 ceremony, President Barchi holds the ribbon for Phoebe Haddon, chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, to cut at the new Writers House in Camden.

President Barchi and a Rutgers student take a selfie on the Old Queens lawn in New Brunswick at the November 10, 2015 kickoff of the university’s yearlong 250th anniversary celebration.

President Barchi aboard a tractor at a Homecoming event the Barchis hosted for young alumni and their children in September 2015.

President Barchi welcomed Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno (far left) as the keynote speaker at the grand opening ceremony for the New Brunswick Honors College in September 2015.

Julie Xia, member of the inaugural class of the Matthew Leydt Society, which honors exceptional academic achievement, stands with Robert and Francis Barchi in May 2015.

Francis and Robert Barchi with the Scarlet Knight at the R Family Fall Festival, an event on the lawn of the president’s residence with carnival games, pony rides, and other family-friendly activities prior to the Homecoming game on November 1, 2014.

President Robert Barchi, center, takes part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in September 2014, along with the four Rutgers chancellors.

President Barchi with Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany (left) and Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman (center) at the July 1, 2014 celebration marking Rutgers' first day in the Big Ten Conference.

President Barchi presents Eric LeGrand with his Rutgers diploma at the May 2014 Rutgers University Commencement.

President Barchi with Governor Chris Christie, left, and former governor Thomas H. Kean, center, at the ceremony commemorating the integration of most units of the former University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers University on July 1, 2013.

President Barchi and vice president of public affairs Pete McDonough pose with students at the Building Our Future Bond Act rally at Brower Commons in October 2012.

President Barchi talks with Rutgers students (left to right) Josephine Bathan, Zachary Morrison, Nyerere Hodge, Leury Pena, and Brooke Sassman.

President Barchi meets with student members of the Engineering Governing Council following his first University Senate meeting in September 2012.

President Barchi delivers the administration report at a University Senate meeting in September 2012.

President Barchi speaks with former governor James J. Florio at the Eagleton Institute of Politics in September 2012.

President Barchi participates at the New Student Convocation at High Point Solutions Stadium on his first day in office, September 1, 2012.

Dr. Barchi walks across the Old Queens Campus with his wife, Francis Harper Barchi (left), and Linda Stamato (right), vice chair of the presidential search committee, on April 11, 2012, the day he was announced as Rutgers' next President.

Dr. Barchi takes questions at a press conference following the announcement of his selection as the 20th president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, on April 11, 2012.

On April 11, 2012, Frank B. Hundley, a member of the university's Board of Trustees and the board of the Rutgers University Alumni Association, greets Dr. Barchi at a reception following the announcement of his appointment as Rutgers' 20th President.

President Barchi with his wife, Francis Harper Barchi, a faculty member in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. The Barchis have four adult children.