New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University has introduced new guidelines for student protests on campus, significantly altering how and where demonstrations can occur. Under the new rules, encampments are now banned, and protesting is limited to specific hours and locations.
New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University has suspended the New Brunswick chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for one year after the group led spring protests against the war in Gaza, including a four-day encampment on campus. The suspension was announced after the university determined that SJP had violated the terms of an earlier probation, according to an official statement from Rutgers.
NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, GDP growth in New Jersey is projected to slow to 1.4% in 2024 on the heels of stronger-than-expected GDP growth in 2023, according to a new economic report from the New Jersey State Policy Lab. High interest rates have yet to temper climbing prices for new and existing homes, with sales of existing homes down on a year-over-year basis as of Q4 2023.
New Brunswick NJ, NJ Senator Declan O’Scanlon commended the decision by Rutgers University to no longer require students, faculty, and staff to be immunized against COVID-19, but criticized the delayed decision.
Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT is continuing its efforts to make public transit more accessible and responsive with the launch of a pilot program of NaviLens technology in New Brunswick. The NaviLens technology uses special QR-style codes to enable customers to use their smart devices at NJ TRANSIT bus stops to get a host of service information and assistance in the palm of their hands. NaviLens integrates NJ TRANSIT data in real-time so customers can determine when the next bus will arrive at their location. The technology also provides visually impaired customers with directional wayfinding and audio information. The color coded QR-style codes can be read by devices 12 times farther away than traditional QR codes so visually impaired customers don’t need to know the exact placement of the signage at the bus stop.
New Brunswick NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon sharply criticized Rutgers ongoing COVID vaccine mandate as being out of step with science and logic following news that Rutgers University is continuing to require students to provide proof of immunization from COVID-19 or face possible dis-enrollment from the school.
New Brunswick NJ, classes at the three campuses of Rutgers University may come to a halt for its 67,620 students as faculty members gave their union leaders the authority to call for a strike a week from now.
New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University athletics is now outspending many of its Big Ten counterparts, and for the sixth consecutive year athletics department posted a deficit of more than $50 million , this despite getting its largest amount yet of Big Ten conference revenue.
New Brunswick NJ, the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit coordinated a two-day cooperative mobile deployment that led to the arrest of 11 fugitives in Middlesex County. This deployment is part of a comprehensive initiative to reduce violent crime statewide.
New Brunswick NJ, The Rutgers University Board of Governors today approved a $5.1 billion budget for the 2022-2023 academic year that includes a 2.9 percent increase in tuition and fees, nearly two-thirds below the current rate of inflation.
New Brunswick NJ, Senator Michael Testa blasted Rutgers University for forcing overburdened students and New Jersey taxpayers to pick up the tab for a $73 million deficit after spending on athletics reached a record high of $118 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Brunswick NJ, New Jersey based Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that it is planning to break up into two separate companies, splitting off its consumer health division that sells Band-Aids and Baby Powder from its large pharmaceuticals unit.
New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rutgers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won that first game, 6-4.
NEW BRUNSWICK NJ, Johnson & Johnson and its U.S.-based Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies today announced the finalization of a nationwide settlement agreement to resolve opioid-related claims and litigation by states, cities, counties, and other subdivisions in the United States. As previously announced, the Company will contribute up to $5 billion to the settlement, depending on the number of state and local governments that elect to opt into the agreement over the next several months.
Ridgewood NJ, Peppr, the interactive online culinary experience created by New Jersey natives Chopped Champion Chef Andrew Riccatelli (Executive Chef of Buddha-Bar), Daniel Fiorica and Alexia Merlo, connects people nationally with Food Network Chopped Champions who provide step-by-step instructions on how to create signature dishes in your own kitchen.