Another Excellent Year at Rutgers
A look back at some of Rutgers' most noteworthy stories of 2024
As we celebrate and look forward to 2025, take a look at some of the most noteworthy accomplishments and impactful work of the past year. Each one highlights Rutgers' innovation, academic excellence, and impact on the world around us.
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Rutgers Holds Firm to Record-Breaking Gains in U.S. News Rankings
See where Rutgers-Camden, Rutgers-Newark, and Rutgers-New Brunswick landed in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. Read more.
Rutgers Receives Record—Nearly $1 Billion—in Sponsored Research Awards
The Rutgers Research and Innovation Annual Impact Report recaps the record year and highlights notable faculty accomplishments across many fields of study. Read more.
Rutgers Professor Wins Pulitzer Prize for Her Book, Night Watch
Jayne Anne Phillips’ Night Watch is a novel set in West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in the aftermath of the Civil War. It tells the story of a wounded Union veteran, a 12-year-old girl and her abused mother. Read more.
Rutgers-New Brunswick Is a Top Producer of Fulbright Recipients Again
A total of 12 from Rutgers-New Brunswick were offered awards from the prestigious educational exchange program. Learn more about them. Read more.
Rutgers Alumni Shine at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Check out our recap of the winning weekend for the Scarlet Knights who represented their countries well on the world stage and the dramatic action that led to three podium finishes. Read more.
University Hospital’s Liver Transplant Program Again Ranks Top in U.S.
University Hospital’s Center for Liver Transplantation, led by nationally recognized physicians at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS), has once again been recognized as the nation’s top leader in three-year liver transplantation survival. Read more.
Rutgers to Launch Democracy Lab to Strengthen Civic Engagement and Promote Constructive Discourse
University leaders announced a long-term initiative to support civic education and create broad civic engagement opportunities with a strong emphasis on student involvement. Read more.
Rutgers Health Officials Celebrate $47.5 Million Grant to Improve Health Care in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Rutgers and community leaders on Oct. 30 at the Child Health Institute in New Brunswick to celebrate a $47.5 million and growing federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science that will improve health and well-being for New Jersey residents over the next seven years. Read more.
Rutgers Health Researchers Develop Software to Predict Diseases
The first-of-its-kind software created at Rutgers Health combines conventional statistical methods with cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to help predict diseases in individuals. Read more.
Formerly Incarcerated Student Earns Prestigious Truman Scholarship
The Rutgers-Camden junior served as a teacher's aide while in prison – helping fellow inmates obtain their high school diplomas and GEDs – which inspired him to pursue his own college degree. Read more.
Rutgers Partners with Department of Education to Improve K-12 Learning Outcomes
The New Jersey State Policy Lab and Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers University launched the New Jersey Promising Practices Project in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Education to bolster K-12 student learning outcomes. Read more.
Rutgers–Camden Breaks Ground on Transformative $60 Million Project
This $60 million investment will transform 14 vacant historic properties and several empty lots along the 400 Block of Cooper and Lawrence Streets into a dynamic new facility for the university and the community. Read more.
