Research Spotlight: Robinson McClellan
Earlier this year, faculty Robinson McClellan made a rare discovery: a previously unknown waltz by none other than Frédéric Chopin.
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Jazz student to be inducted into national first-generation honor society
Brandon Mejia, who is on track to graduate in May 2025 with majors in jazz performance and information technology, will serve as one of the speakers at an induction ceremony for Tri-Alpha, the national first-generation honor society.
Student documentary on Mexican American health care educators to premiere Nov. 7
“Promotora” will be screened along with two other short films during “Mexican/American: The Search for Health and Happiness,” followed by a conversation about health and well-being in New Jersey’s Mexican American communities. This event is sold out.
Scary Movie: Filmmaking course focuses on horror
“Engaging with horror films is like a rite of passage, between being young and being an adult,” says Caroline Key, who’s been teaching “Horror Film Production” for six years.
Dance chair performs with “Godmother of Punk” Patti Smith
The New York Times singled out Dance chair Gerald Casel in their review of Oliver Tompkins Ray’s spoken-word opera Woolgathering, based on singer-songwriter and author Patti Smith’s memoir about growing up in South...
Arts Online director’s theater and social justice project wins award
Kevin Bott’s Ritual4Return is a 12-week program that establishes a public storytelling ritual for formerly incarcerated individuals returning to their lives outside the prison system. R4R has won the NJ Council for the Humanities’ Katz Prize.
Alum Sebastian Stan plays a young Donald Trump
Theater alum Sebastian Stan (BFA’05) is garnering rave reviews for his star turns in “The Apprentice,” in which he stars as former President Donald J. Trump, and for “A Different Man,” as an actor whose face changes after an experimental treatment.
Student with disabilities works to expand access in arts spaces
Art & Design student Gabrielle Carmella says seeing the work of “artists who are like me” on view at the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum has been a revelation.
Alum’s Paul Robeson mural to be unveiled at SHI Stadium
Art & Design alum Alonzo Adams (BFA’84) is set to unveil a massive mural depicting 1919 Rutgers alum Paul Robeson October 19 at the Rutgers’ homecoming football game against UCLA.
Box office gold: Meet MGPAC’s operations manager
“When Federal Work Study students are assigned to us as first-year students, they arrive with a wide variety of life and work experiences,” says Cogan, a 24-year RU employee. “My favorite type of moment is watching the students grow, mature, and learn new skills during their journey as employees at the MGPAC.”