The Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability, Rutgers Climate Institute, and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York are collaborating to sponsor a two-day hybrid conference on October 14–15. "Climate Bridge Conference: Challenges of Climate Change for Spatial and Environmental Planning – An International Dialogue" From the conference website: The […]

The Rutgers Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2) is hosting a seminar at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021. "The Past 20 Months" Presented by Maria Laura Gennaro Gennaro is a principal investigator at New Jersey Medical School's Public Health Research Institute and a professor of medicine. She also holds appointments in […]

Rutgers University Academic Affairs is hosting the Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award and Lecture, a special event on Tuesday, October 19, that will recognize Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Mark Gregory Robson for his outstanding scholarly achievement and exceptional service to the university. "Rutgers – A Public University in the Land Grant Tradition that Provides […]

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences' Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution is holding a seminar series during the Fall 2021 semester, which includes the following presentation at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 21: “Hawaiian Bird Malaria: Dissecting Vector-Parasite Relationships” Presented by Francisco Ferreira, Rutgers Center for Vector Biology Ferreira is a research fellow […]

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting a seminar at 12 p.m. on Thursday, October 28, as part of its Brown Bag Seminar Series. “Evaluating the Impact of Medicaid Waiver Policies on Safety Net and Disabled Populations” Presented by Sujoy Chakravarty, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy Sujoy Chakravarty is an […]

In conjunction with the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, this two-day summit is presented by the neurosurgery departments at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School and RWJBarnabas Health on November 3–4, 2021. The summit curriculum is intended to educate, innovate, and update students, residents, and attendings regarding developments in neurosurgery. The […]

The Global Health Interest Group at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is hosting a virtual lecture at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021. "Rondon Project: Strengthening Leadership and Social Accountability in the Brazilian Amazon" Presented by Mara Rúbia A A de Lima - Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the medical school's Office of Global Health […]

Rutgers University Alumni Association is hosting a virtual discussion at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, titled "Advancing Racial Justice and Health Equity through Housing and Homeless Services." Today, more than half a million people are homeless in the United States. Blacks and Indigenous people experience homelessness at higher rates than whites. Why do these […]

The National Cancer Institute is hosting a seminar at 1 p.m. on November 9 that will feature Rutgers faculty member Yonaira M. Rivera, School of Communication and Information and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, as a guest speaker. The seminar is part of the institute's Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities series. "Using […]

The Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative is hosting a virtual event at 10 a.m. on November 10 to discuss the political background, risk communication, and government distrust around the COVID pandemic. "Pandemic Politics: Science, Distrust, and Division" Panelists: Judith Persichilli Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health Ava Majlesi Associate Director, Miller Center for Community Protection […]

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting the David Mechanic Keynote Lecture at 12 p.m. on Thursday, November 18. Oxiris Barbot will present "Operationalizing Health Equity Through Research." Barbot is a pediatrician and the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Currently, she is a […]

Rutgers Global, Rutgers Global Health Institute, and the School of Nursing are hosting a film screening and panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, to commemorate World AIDS Day. AIDS in Africa, WHY? film description from Kanopy.com: Seventy percent of the world's HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Swaziland, for example, has the […]