Rutgers–Camden Newsroom

BFA Graphic Design Student Finds Purpose, Mentorship, and Recognition through Art

Rutgers–Camden senior Melissa Vilain has built both a portfolio and a path forward through her vulnerable, visual storytelling. The BFA in graphic design student’s visually arresting work, infused with lived experience, was recently recognized by the area’s design community.

 

 

Business Student Builds a Future Far from Home

Zauresh Kapisheva, a finance and marketing double major from Kazakhstan, has found community and opportunity at Rutgers University–Camden. Active in honors programs and student organizations, the first-year student is laying the groundwork for a future business career while embracing life in America.

Five men serving decades-long prison sentences received clemency in recent weeks with help from a clinic at Rutgers Law in Camden.

Five men serving decades-long prison sentences received clemency in recent weeks with help from a clinic at Rutgers Law in Camden. Their work on complex petitions, completed through the Expungement Law Project and with the ACLU of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), contributed to successful commutations in these high-profile cases involving extreme sentencing and disputed evidence.

How Global Disruption Is Forcing Businesses to Rewrite the Rules of Marketing

Global disruption is no longer a distant risk but a defining condition of modern business and according to Yuliya Strizhakova, associate professor of marketing at Rutgers University–Camden, simply recognizing disruption is no longer enough. Organizations must learn to respond strategically to persistent global uncertainty, replacing assumptions of stability with agility grounded in core values.

How GLP-1s Are Shifting the Story of Weight, Wellness and Self-Acceptance

The rise of the body positivity movement in the 2010s created greater acceptance of the idea that a healthy body can come in a variety of weights, shapes, and sizes. Now, in the era of GLP-1s, the conversation may be changing yet again.

New Course Gives Rutgers–Camden Undergraduates Hands-On Experience at Scientific Conferences

A groundbreaking new course at Rutgers University–Camden is providing undergraduate students firsthand experience presenting research to peers and colleagues at no additional cost beyond their tuition dollars.

Rutgers–Camden Awarded $700,000 from the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM

The university has been selected for a five-year, $700,000 award to support professorships and initiatives that will strengthen women’s participation in STEM disciplines.

Weathering Holiday Stress in a Season of Economic Uncertainty

The holiday season has arrived, and many Americans are finding that the usual mix of celebration and stress feels heavier this year. Gift lists, travel plans, and family expectations now collide with headlines about layoffs, slowed hiring, and an economy that seems to shift week by week. For many, the season’s joy is tempered by a quiet undercurrent of anxiety.