News From the Board of Governors: October 2022
Rutgers Board of Governors Inducts New Member
Tilak Lal will serve as trustee governor through June 2028
The Rutgers Board of Governors officially welcomed Tilak Lal as a trustee governor during a meeting on October 6, 2022, at Rutgers University-Camden.
Lal’s six-year term as trustee governor began on July 1, 2022, and will end on June 30, 2028.
The head of investment risk management at Lighthouse Partners, Lal is the immediate past chair of the Rutgers Board of Trustees. For 10 years, the Half Moon Bay, Calif. resident served on the governing boards’ Joint Committee on Investments, serving eight of those as committee chair.
Danielle Dick Appointed the Inaugural Gregory Q. Brown Chair in Cell Biology and Neuroscience by Rutgers Board of Governors
The Rutgers University Board of Governors has appointed Robert Wood Johnson Medical School psychiatry professor Danielle Dick as the inaugural holder of the Gregory Q. Brown Chair in Cell Biology and Neuroscience.
Dick is an internationally-recognized academic leader in substance use, addiction and mental health research. In January 2022, she became the inaugural director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC), the only comprehensive addiction center in the state that integrates precision medicine research, training, treatment and care of individuals and families coping with addiction with public policy innovation and reform to prevent drug use and improve access to treatment.
Former Rutgers Law Co-Dean David Lopez Appointed University Professor
The Rutgers University Board of Governors has appointed professor of law and Professor Alfred Slocum Scholar David Lopez as University Professor effective July 1, 2022. He served as co-dean of the Rutgers Law School at Rutgers University-Newark from August 2018 until June 2021.
Lopez has worked with the Rutgers Law School at Rutgers University-Camden do-dean Kimberly Mutcherson and the law faculty to deliver a unified, comprehensive curriculum that utilizes distance-learning technology to bring together faculty and students at both campuses and has promoted the school’s publicly engaged scholarship since his arrival. He directed operational matters for the Newark campus, navigating difficult circumstances such as the global pandemic, and steadily increased applications and admissions while recruiting key management positions and cultivating one of the largest gifts in recent Rutgers-Newark history.
Kevin Monahan Appointed MacMillan Faculty Development Chair in Life Sciences
The Rutgers University Board of Governors has appointed Kevin Monahan to the Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Faculty Development Chair in the Life Sciences effective January 1, 2023.
A transformative scientist in the field of developmental neuroscience, Monahan has served as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, earning selection as a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar, with special distinction as the Milton E. Cassel Scholar.
Chancellor Antonio Tillis Shares Rutgers-Camden Successes
The Rutgers University Board of Governors convened on the Rutgers University-Camden campus earlier today as Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis presented a report on the recent successes of the university. Prior to Chancellor Tillis’ address, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway commended Rutgers-Camden for jumping 21 spots in U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 rankings of national universities.
Chancellor Tillis greeted faculty and staff, thanking the Board of Governors for the opportunity to share updates. “Rutgers-Camden is the face of Rutgers in South Jersey,” Chancellor Tillis said. “It Is abundantly clear that this campus is a powerhouse that elevates the Rutgers brand throughout the Delaware Valley and on a global scale.”
