Taking Graduate Student Advocacy to Washington, D.C.

Policy conversations in Washington, D.C. included Rutgers Graduate School–Camden last week, as graduate students stepped into meetings with congressional staff to speak directly about the conditions shaping their education and research. Graduate Student Organization (GSo) President Alwin Phillip, a Computer Science student, and Secretary Zion Harris, a Computational and Integrative Biology student, joined Kristina Cagle,… continue reading

New York Times Examines Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Laws

Debates over voting access are often framed in theory – what might happen, what could go wrong. A recent The New York Times article instead asks a different question: what actually happened when a state tried it. In “Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas,” by Chris Hippensteel, the focus turns to… continue reading

NPR Story Traces History of Red Protest Hat

A recent NPR story, “A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota,” reported by Ava Berger, examines how a handmade red “Melt the ICE” knit hat has emerged as a contemporary symbol of solidarity and community response. The piece connects the hat’s design to the Norwegian nisselue,… continue reading

EMPA Alumni Named to Insider NJ’s 2025 Powerful Women List

Insider NJ has named two Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) alumni from Rutgers–Camden – Dena Mottola Jaborska and Jigna Rao – to its 2025 Powerful Women of NJ list. In a featured story introducing this year’s honorees, New Jersey Assemblywoman Shavonda E. Sumter describes the list as a “carefully curated group of remarkable women”… continue reading

First-Generation Excellence Recognized Across Rutgers–Camden

There are moments on campus when individual achievement becomes collective momentum. The recent induction ceremony for the Beta Mu chapter of the Alpha Alpha Alpha Honor Society – Tri-Alpha – was one of them, as graduate students from Rutgers Graduate School–Camden stood alongside undergraduate peers from across Rutgers–Camden to be recognized for academic excellence as… continue reading