Shabbir Abbas is one of the student leaders who organized protests against Condoleezza Rice’s selection to be commencement speaker in 2014. He wrote an open letter in response to President Barack Obama commencement address this year, reminding the president that “ignorance is not a virtue.” via Shabbir Abbas Dear Mr…

Rutgers Day is the annual celebration of all things Rutgers but there were a few important facts missing from the “Did You Know?” signs all over campus, so we made our own. See them in the video below. by Simon Galperin

ProPublica and Rutgers University’s NJ Spark journalism lab present “ProPublica Live: In Conversation with Jason Leopold,” a discussion with the VICE News reporter on his groundbreaking use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Leopold is surprisingly effective at getting the government to spill its secrets. His aggressive use of…

A collaborative reporting project in New Jersey is hosting a student reporting contest on environmental contamination in the state. The top prize is $650. via NJ News Commons “A simple pecking order has always characterized mankind’s relationship to waste: The wealthy throw out what they do not want, the poor…

Is this map less confusing? Let us know. via Reddit

After spending $2 million in consulting fees, Rutgers University presented their new physical master plan to the school’s board of governors. It included new infrastructure like a dining hall, student center, boardwalk, and foot bridge over the Raritan River, reported NJ Advance’s Adam Clark. “This place has become so exciting,” Board of Governors Vice Chair Kenneth Schmidt said of the university.

Stan McNeil, a former Rutgers University bus driver known for offering words of inspiration to his passengers, is the subject of the pilot episode of WeirdU, a series Jon Zucker and Alex Bigelisen pitched as a part of their internships at Viacom. Watch McNeil transform a hot dog into a (rather sad looking) cheeseburger in “WeirdU: Rutgers University Inspirational Bus Driver” below. via YouTube

Julia Sass Rubin, a professor at the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, authored a report that showed that charter schools in seven of New Jersey’s urban areas serve a different demographic population than the public schools in those same cities. In response, the New…

Twice a week at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 10 medical students begin their psychiatric rotation reviewing last night’s episode of Seinfeld, reported Adam Clark of NJ Advance. Anthony Tobia, the students’ instructor, identified George Costanza’s egocentrism, Jerry Seinfeld’s obsessive compulsive quirks, Cosmo Kramer’s schizoid habits, and Elaine Benes’s problem maintaining relationship as teachable moments he Has derived from the 90’s sitcom.