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Considering anew the notions of talent and excellence.
Cultivating Publicly Engaged Scholars: Rutgers University–Newark Is Revolutionalizing Honors and Leveraging Local Talent
In a recent piece on Association of American Colleges & Universities Liberal Education magazine, Deans Marta Esquilin and Timothy Eatman highlight the Honors Living-Learning Community: Gabrielle Vera is a member of the 2017 Honors Living-Learning Cohort and will...
Prudential, Rutgers-Newark Partner to Cultivate Newark Change Makers
Newark, NJ (May 7, 2019)—Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced today that Prudential Financial has committed $10 million to the Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) at Rutgers-Newark – the largest donation ever to Rutgers-Newark – to create...
Innovative Course Makes Data Science Accessible to All
Data is everywhere these days, routinely touching our lives as we surf the web, use our phone, drive our car or do any number of tasks. But data literacy and coding are usually relegated to the precincts of computer science departments. RU-N is seeking to change that...
Rutgers-Newark Honors Program Takes New Approach to Developing Citizen Leaders
In a recent piece on Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, LaMont Jones highlights the Honors Living-Learning Community: As a star sprinter on the track team at Christ the King Preparatory School in Newark, Christopher Latonnel was recruited by numerous colleges before...
Rally for the 94%
Rally for the 94% by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice On October 27th, I attended a Rally held at the same church that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at 50 years ago to the year. Why? For the 94%. First off, I want to speak as to how the rally was brought to...
Cultivating Diverse Humanities Leaders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards Rutgers-Newark $1.5 million to revolutionize humanities education The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Rutgers University – Newark Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC) a three-year, $1.5 million grant to help cultivate...
Confessions of A Leadership Coach
Confessions of A Leadership Coach Edited by HLLC scholar, Stephanie Avila, reveals the story of RU-N alumnae, Elizabeth Rodriguez, in her role as a leadership coach for Braven. She describes how people can benefit from gaining leadership skills in essentially any...
Art & Isms
Art & Isms The Art & Isms podcast series focuses on youth and young adults from the African diaspora as they express themselves through poetry, art, music, fashion, and activism. The podcast showcases the resiliency and activism of today’s generation....
PBS NewsHour
Watch as Rutgers University - Newark's Honors Living-Learning Community is featured on PBS NewsHour (broadcasted on October 17, 2018) in a featured piece on how we're redefining academic excellence, as our students study critical social issues and prove their...
New York Times: An Honors College That Honors Grit
David Kirp, in The New York Times, writes about the Honors Living Learning Community at Rutgers University-Newark, and how it serves as a nationwide model for universities.