New Rutgers center honors Tyler Clementi
Sunday, February 3, 2013
BY PATRICIA ALEX
STAFF WRITER
The Record
The parents of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University freshman from Ridgewood whose suicide brought national attention to the issues of cyberbullying and gay youth, will dedicate an academic center in honor of their son at the school on Monday.
The center will draw from experts and scholars across the nation to create new programs and approaches to address issues involving young people, such as the often difficult transition to college, Rutgers officials said. The center will offer lectures, symposia and training on such topics as the use and misuse of new technologies and social media; suicide — particularly among lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual youth; and creating safe social environments, the school said.
The center will be housed in Rutgers’ School of Social Work on George Street in New Brunswick and will be a collaborative effort between the university and the Tyler Clementi Foundation, founded by his parents, Jane and Joseph Clementi. The center will be directed by members of the Rutgers faculty. “We’re taking advantage of a lot of existing resources,” said E.J. Miranda, a university spokesman.
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