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Leadership Changes
at Rutgers-Newark
“I look forward to working
by Helen S. Paxton
with the faculty, staff
and students of Rutgers,”
commented Yeagle, “and
continuing to build on the
strong record of Chancellor
Steven Diner.”
Philip L. Yeagle, currently dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(FASN) at Rutgers-Newark, has been appointed interim chancellor,
effective Dec. 24, 2011, by Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick.
“Dr. Yeagle will serve as interim chancellor until the next Rutgers
president appoints the permanent chancellor,” said McCormick.
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Yeagle has served as dean of FASN for five
years, providing leadership for the College of
Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, and
University College, which together enroll 55
percent of Rutgers-Newark’s undergraduates.
Among his achievements at Rutgers are an
increase in external and private funding,
improved student advising, renewed strength
in scientific research and the development of a
new undergraduate curriculum.
Before coming to Rutgers in 2007, Yeagle
spent 10 years as professor and head of the
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the
University of Connecticut.
He began his academic career at the
University of Buffalo School of Medicine and
Biomedical Science after earning his doctoral
degree at Duke University in the area of
membrane structure and function, a field in
which he has authored more than 150 articles
and seven books.
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RESEARCH
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Joan Morrell Honored As 2011-2012 Chancellor’s Distinguished
Research Scholar by Carla Capizzi
Dr. Joan Morrell, a behavioral neuroscientist whose research seeks to unravel the motivational systems of the brain,
was honored Nov. 3 as the 2011-2012 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Scholar. Morrell was publicly recognized by
Newark Chancellor Steven J. Diner at a program in which she also gave a presentation about her research. “Common
Roots: Laboratory Rats Help Us Understand the Neurobiology of Human Motivation and Emotions“ explained her work,
which focuses on the brain basis of motivation with an emphasis on examining the systems that impact maternal motivation and motivation to seek drugs of abuse.
GRANT FUNDING
HIGHLIGHTS
Brenda Hopper, state director, and
Deborah Smarth, associate state director,
New Jersey Small Business Development
Centers, $4,763,964 (various NJSBDC projects;
entrepreneurial training for the unemployed)
Stephen Hansen, professor, psychology, Bart
Krekelberg, professor, Center for Molecular
and Behavioral Neuroscience, and Mauricio
Delgado, assistant professor, psychology,
$1,820,000 (acquisition of MRI for use by
researchers on all Rutgers campuses)
Alexander Gates, vice chancellor for
research, Office of the Chancellor, $1,337,057
(LSAMP-Garden State Alliance for Minority
Participation)
Linda Flynn, professor, nursing, $1,107,827
(Rutgers College of Nursing Advanced
Nursing Education Expansion)
Wilma Friedman, professor, biological
sciences, $842,725 (Modulating ProNGF-
Induced Cell Death in Epilepsy: Strategies for
The Chancellor’s Distinguished Research
Award honors professors who have done
exceptional scholarly work on a subject of
fundamental intellectual importance.
“I am very pleased to accept this
honor in recognition of the community of
neuroscientists on the Newark Campus
of Rutgers and particularly my closest
colleagues in the Center for Molecular
and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN),”
stated Morrell, a researcher at CMBN
since 1986.
Why study the biological roots of
motivation? By unlocking the keys to
motivation, it might become possible
to mold it to produce more beneficial
behaviors. “Healthy working motivational
forces… are crucial as we advance our
society,” notes Morrell.
Much of her research focuses on
motivations for parental caregiving, an
area where she has learned that the
“biological roots of parental motivation
lead to work and sacrifice for sake of the
young, concepts familiar and beneficial to
us all.” Morrell was the first to uncover
that subregions of the brain’s prefrontal
cortex are involved in both the caregiving
of offspring and the motivation to
parent. Morrell compares this area of
the brain to the “Planning and Decision
Central” department in a corporation,
since it conducts the highest level
“thinking” in humans, making plans and
complex decisions and considering their
consequences. These same systems turn
to “the dark side of motivated choice”
when they function in the motivation to
seek drugs of abuse. Understanding the
choice in motivated behavior is a key
aspect of Morrell’s work.
Morrell has recently ventured into
a new area: examining the “hardwiring”
of the motivation to exercise. Given the
wide-ranging positive effects of exercise
on physical and mental health, and “the
almost universal human motivational
problem, our lack of motivation to
exercise,” Morrell believes this is a crucial
area to extend her exploration of the
brain regions mediating motivation.
“Our research suggests that there
may be things we can do to strengthen
parental behavior, and also perhaps the
desire to exercise, in a manner similar to
the way people can be trained if they have
gambling addictions to make prudent
choices,” says Morrell.
For a layman’s guide to Morrell’s
research, read her commencement speech
at http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/
commencement/index.php?sId=morrellspeech.
Neuroprotection)
Denis Paré, associate professor, Center for
College Of Nursing Receives Nearly $1.8 Million Grant
To Prepare Future Nursing Professors by Ferlanda Fox Nixon
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience,
$763,538 (role of intercalated amygdala
neurons in the extinction of conditioned
network)
Tracy Tran, assistant professor, biological
sciences, $599,880 (molecular mechanisms
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fear; associative properties of the perirhinal
that control spinal commissural axons longrange pathfinding in the developing central
nervous system)
Rachel Jones, professor, nursing, $506,485
(reducing young urban women’s HIV risk
through soap opera videos on cell phones)
Diane Hill, assistant vice chancellor
of community partnerships, Office of
University-Community Partnerships,
$489,326 (RU Ready for Work)
Nihal Altan-Bonnet, assistant professor,
biological sciences, $484,473 (assembly
dynamics and role of PI4P enriched
replication organelles for enteroviral RNA
replication in vivo)
For more information:
http://researchoffice.newark.rutgers.edu
Ph.D candidates at Rutgers College of Nursing
Few people are aware of New Jersey’s
growing shortage of nursing faculty. With
many nursing professors approaching
retirement and few nurses with doctoral
degrees in the faculty pipeline to replace
them, the crisis will likely worsen in
coming years especially as an aging
population with chronic ailments
continually increases. To help fill the gap,
under its “New Jersey Nursing Initiative”
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) has awarded the Rutgers College
of Nursing a four-year grant for nearly
$1.8 million to prepare future nurses
for teaching careers. Each RWJF New
Jersey Nursing Scholar will receive a
$50,000 annual stipend as well as funds
for tuition, fees, a laptop, books and other
direct costs of the doctoral program.
“Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s
generosity helps to support five Ph.D.
scholars who will be committed to
securing nursing faculty positions at New
Jersey institutions of higher education
upon obtaining their doctoral degrees,”
notes William L. Holzemer, dean of
Rutgers College of Nursing.
Newark’s nursing program was
established in 1952 as the School of
Nursing and became the College of
Nursing in 1955. In 1989, Rutgers College
of Nursing created New Jersey’s first
doctoral program in nursing, followed by
the doctor of nursing practice in 2007.
Rutgers College of Nursing programs are
fully accredited by the Commission on
Collegiate Nursing Education.
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FA C E S O F R U TG E R S - N E W A R K
Deborah Walker-McCall: A Woman With
A Mission by Ferlanda Fox Nixon
Photo: Ed Berger
Photo: Ed Berger
“I love what I do because the programs I oversee often are the catalysts that
change the trajectory of a young person’s life, from a future of potential
stagnation to one of infinite possibilities,” exclaims Deborah Walker-McCall
when asked what she likes most about her job. Walker-McCall is the associate
dean for Academic Affairs for the Academic Foundations Center of the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences-Newark and the director of the Educational Opportunity
Fund (EOF) Program for all of Rutgers-Newark’s schools excluding Rutgers College of Nursing. Prior to her current position, she served as the assistant dean
for the EOF Program for Rutgers College of Nursing from 2000 to 2007.
It’s easy to see why Walker-McCall
finds her job so rewarding. EOF is a statefunded program that provides financial
assistance and academic support services
to low-income, first-generation college
students. With the goal of helping
EOF students stay in and ultimately
graduate from school, all EOF students
attend pre-college summer programs to
ensure they possess basic college-level
competencies, and while enrolled in the
program, continually receive counseling
on how to adjust and manage collegiate
life. The efforts of Walker-McCall and her
nearly 20-member staff are garnering
impressive results. Walker-McCall
proudly reports that EOF students
graduate from Rutgers-Newark at the
same rate as non-EOF students.
The Rutgers Future Scholars Program
at Rutgers-Newark, an initiative of
President McCormick, also falls under
Walker-McCall’s purview. Now in its
fourth year, the privately funded program
creates a pipeline of academically
ambitious Newark middle and high
school students from low-income
households who aspire to be among the
first in their families to earn a four-year
For Dan Morgenstern, The Beat Will Slow A
Bit, But The Bands Will Play On by Carla Capizzi
Dan Morgenstern has held many titles over his lifetime: Author. Historian. Editor. Archivist. National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Grammy Award
winner (eight times) for album notes. Director of the Institute of Jazz Studies
(IJS) since 1976.
But the title held longest, and the one
from which all the others flow, is “lifelong
lover of the music called jazz,” which
he will hold long after his January 2012
retirement from IJS.
Morgenstern was born in Vienna, home
of the waltz, but the city where his passion
for jazz was born was Copenhagen.
When he came to New York in 1947,
one of the young immigrant’s first stops
was 52nd Street (“Swing Street”), then a
“legendary block of jazz clubs.” That visit,
and many subsequent ones, truly sealed
Morgenstern’s life in jazz.
Before Morgenstern came to Rutgers in
1976 to direct IJS, that life included seven
years as editor of Down Beat magazine,
last editor of Metronome and first editor of
Jazz Magazine, and stints as jazz reviewer
for the New York Post and record-reviewer
for the Chicago Sun Times. ”I never
anticipated winding up in the academic
world, after my prior incarnation as a
journalist, but it turned out to be an ideal
job for this lifelong lover of the music
called jazz,” he reflects. “The opportunity
to collect, preserve and make accessible
some of the rich heritage of jazz has been
an immensely satisfying experience.”
AS IJS director, he and his colleagues
transformed the collection created by
jazz historian Marshall Stearns into the
most extensive, and most respected, jazz
archive in the world. Its reputation is
such that when Ken Burns was creating
his award-winning PBS documentary on
jazz, he knew exactly where to turn for the
most authoritative jazz knowledge: Dan
Morgenstern and the IJS. IJS has become a
central resource for the Rutgers MA in Jazz
History program, and a vital programming
partner to WBGO-FM, the only full-time
jazz radio station in the greater New YorkNew Jersey region. The prolific author
of hundreds of articles, and co-author
or contributor to numerous jazz books,
Morgenstern plans to write a memoir
during his new free time.
Over the years Morgenstern has
received many accolades, in addition
to those eight Grammies. The National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded
him the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters
Award for Jazz Advocacy; Down Beat
magazine gave Morgenstern a Lifetime
Achievement Award; The Recording
Academy bestowed its Legacy Award;
and he has received three Deems Taylor
Awards, including one for each of his
two books, from the American Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers
(ASCAP).
Morgenstern expects one of the things
he will miss most in retirement is “a daily
environment dominated by young people-something I’m pretty sure has helped to
keep me from becoming an old fogey!”
college degree. A Rutgers Future Scholar
who gets admitted to and chooses to
attend Rutgers University receives full
tuition funding. At Rutgers-Newark there
are 200 Rutgers Future Scholars in grades
8-11, with the first class graduating from
high school in 2013.
Always endeavoring to increase
the pool of college-ready youth from
at-risk communities, Walker-McCall’s
team recently won two $230,000 grants
from the U.S. Department of Education
that will be used to help students from
Irvington, Orange and East Orange
improve their reading, writing, math and
other analytical skills. A total of 1,000
students ranging from grades 6-12 will
benefit from the “Talent Search” grant.
A native of Newark, Walker-McCall
earned her bachelor’s degree from
Rutgers College of Nursing and her
master of business administration in
marketing and marketing research from
Rutgers Business School. Married and
the mother of three daughters, WalkerMcCall’s oldest daughter, a junior at
Rutgers-New Brunswick, continues the
scarlet and black tradition.
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Jerome D. Williams Assumes
First Prudential Chair in
Business
Jerome D. Williams is now the first
professor to hold the Prudential Chair in
Business at the Rutgers Business SchoolNewark and New Brunswick. Williams is a
professor of management & global business
as well as research director of The Center
for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic
Development.
New Leadership for Rutgers
Business School and The
Division Of Global Affairs
Photo: Shelley Kusnetz
A Rutgers Board of Governors Professor and
the longstanding director of the business
doctoral program at Rutgers Business
School (RBS), Glenn Shafer now serves
as dean of RBS after serving as its interim
dean for seven months.
Shafer joined
the Rutgers
faculty in
1992. During
his tenure, he
has taught
a variety
of courses
related to
his research
interests in
accounting,
finance,
probability,
Glenn Shafer
and
information systems. He currently teaches
stochastic processes and game theory in
RBS’s doctoral program. A prolific writer,
Shafer’s publications include numerous
articles and six books.
Prior to his post at Rutgers, Shafer
held professorships at the University
of Kansas (1976-1992) and his alma
mater, Princeton University (1973-1976),
where he received his bachelor’s degree
in mathematics in 1968 and his doctoral
degree in statistics in 1973.
Photo: Nick Romanenko
Hundreds of women judges from around the world and around the country convened
in Newark in October to attend the National Association of Women Judges annual
convention. Chair of the event was the Honorable Sue Pai Yang (Rutgers School of
Law-Newark ’84)(left) and Associate Dean Fran Bouchoux (Rutgers School of LawNewark ’87) (right) was co-chair. Among the keynote speakers was Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose pioneering work in women’s rights began when she was a
faculty member at Rutgers law school in the 1960s.
The Division
of Global
Affairs has
welcomed
Jean-Marc
Coicaud
as its new
director.
A noted
scholar and
educator of
international
affairs,
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Coicaud joins
Rutgers from the United Nations, where
he served as director of the UN University
Office in New York since 2003.
A native of France, Coicaud’s academic
experience includes teaching and fellowship
positions at Harvard University, New School
University, New York University School of
Law, Tsinghua University (Beijing), the École
Supérieure-Ulm and the University of Paris
1-Sorbonne. Among his many publications
are books in the fields of comparative
politics, political and legal theory,
international relations and international law.
Coicaud earned a Doctorat d’État in political
philosophy from the Institut d’Études
Politiques and a doctoral degree in political
science and law from the University of Paris
1-Sorbonne. He also holds bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in linguistics, literature,
and philosophy.
“The Prudential Chair will help further
my research in such areas as urban
entrepreneurship, small business
development, marketing to multi-cultural
customers, and discriminatory practices in
the banking industry,” said Williams, who
joined the RBS faculty in 2010.
Lessons From Tanzania,
and From Life
The undergraduate Urban College and
Cultural Leadership course offered
through the School of Public Affairs and
Administration aims to develop student
leaders who can effect social change and
transform city environments. But along the
road to becoming agents of change, the
students themselves are transformed, and
this year was no exception, notes instructor
Clayton Walton, associate dean of student
life and director of the Paul Robeson
Campus Center.
(from left) Glenn Shaffer, dean of RBS; Professor
Jerome Williams; Chancellor Steven Diner.
The Prudential Chair in Business, which
has a $3 million endowment, was part of a
$5 million pledge that Prudential made in
2007. The remaining $2 million was used to
create the Rutgers Business School Institute
for Ethical Leadership. Prudential endowed
the Chair to support the strengthening
of curriculum and research in business
ethics and entrepreneurship, twin goals
that dovetail with Prudential’s commitment
to urban renewal and its belief in the vital
importance of thriving urban communities.
Those urban goals, in turn, are a perfect fit
for R-N’s and Rutgers’ efforts to revitalize
downtown Newark’s retail areas.
Student Jennifer Perez noted, “I used
to think I wasn’t capable of making a
difference in the world…but then I took
this class,” which permanently altered
that perception. Cynthia Jones and
Susanna DeJesus were impressed that
the Tanzanians they met treated them like
family, welcoming the Rutgers group with
open arms – and treated other Tanzanians
the same way. Bertha Osafo anticipated
making a “scholarly journey to make a
difference..to impact lives and assist in
generating change…” and that became a
reality, for her and for those she visited.
The three-credit seminar incorporates
coursework, readings, films, guest lectures,
discussion and hands-on experiences,
culminating in a field trip overseas, this year
to Tanzania. The R-N students visited sites
not usually found on tourists’ itineraries,
such as a studio and store run by artisans
with polio, and a shelter for vulnerable
children. They met with students at the
University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and
local families, participated in moderated
discussions, and kept journals. “At its most
basic level, the trips offer our students a
different world view, and an opportunity to
wrestle with western views of community,
poverty and other concepts that vary
around the world,” explains Walton.
Beyond that, students gain new
perspectives on community leadership
outside the U.S. For instance, the UDSM
students explained their own efforts to
improve their communities, while the
artisans’ studio and children’s shelter
offered living examples of community
engagement, Tanzania-style.
R-N students Susanna DeJesus and Cynthia
Jones with young students in Tanzania.
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A Childcare Center For Rutgers-Newark
by Carla Capizzi
They were too young to know it, but members of the “chorus” at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony were making campus
history on Sept. 21. On a sunny afternoon, as the tiny singers serenaded guests in an outdoor tent, Rutgers University in
Newark celebrated the opening of its first-ever on-site child care center. The singers, oblivious of their momentous role,
were part of the first group of children of students, faculty and staff to attend the Child Care Center at 75 Halsey St. The
center opened on Sept. 1, for fall classes, but the official celebration brought together the campus community and special
guests. The children’s repertoire included a specially written, rousing cheer by the “little Rutgers Scarlet Raiders.” After participating in the ribbon-cutting, the little Raiders headed inside for their naps.
“Our new child
care center is going
to significantly
enhance the quality
of life for everyone,
and it will be a place
where the children
in our community
can thrive,” stated
Marcia W. Brown, vice
chancellor for student
and community
affairs. “The Center
is the byproduct of
the careful and wellthought out planning
of the campus
committee, the
generosity of
Chancellor Steven
Diner, who gave us
an ideal location and
committed financial
resources, and a faculty
and students who continuously
indicated their belief in the need
for a center and thus kept the
dream alive.”
Initially the center will accept
a maximum of 30 children, ages
2½ through 5, with priority given
to families in need of fulltime
childcare. Long-term plans call
to expand the center to accept 60
children, including infants. The
center, which is fully licensed by
the state, will be open year-round,
Monday through Friday, to serve
both day and evening students.
(top) The September 21st grand
opening for Rutgers-Newark’s
new childcare center
(right) Professor Gretchen Van de
Walle and Vice Chancellor Marcia
Brown with the children.
photos: Shelley Kusnetz
The Campus Child Care Committee, led
by Lenore Pearson, Chancellor’s Office, and
Miriam Montalvo, Academic Foundations
Center, worked for seven years to create
the center, tackling tasks ranging from
surveying the campus community on the
need for a center, to winning a federal
grant to help student-parents pay for care,
to selecting playground equipment.
Before the center, Rutgers parents
had to rely on nearby off-campus centers,
which offered special Rutgers discounts.
Those centers will continue to serve
Rutgers parents if their children cannot be
accommodated.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
of Newark, a nonsectarian nonprofit,
experienced in providing child care in the
state, was selected through competitive
bidding to operate the center. The
center will incorporate a research-based
curriculum that will be coordinated
with the Rutgers-Newark Department of
Psychology and the College of Nursing.
The center’s location is in the heart
of the Rutgers Business School’s Halsey
Street community revitalization efforts,
which have brought new restaurants,
businesses and social life into the area
over the last few years. The campus has
been steadily expanding its footprint in
downtown Newark, most noticeably with
the move of the Rutgers Business School
into One Washington Park. That move
freed up space in several other buildings,
allowing the facility that now houses the
center to be renovated and furnished,
complete with playground.
“I look
forward to
working with
the faculty, staff
and students
of Rutgers,”
commented
Yeagle, “and
continuing to
Philip Yeagle
build on the
strong record
of Chancellor Steven Diner.”
Diner will be returning to the
faculty in the Department of History as
University Professor following a nearly
10- year term leading Rutgers-Newark.
“I take great pride in the progress
we have made at Rutgers-Newark,”
commented Diner. “Rutgers-Newark is
now recognized nationally as a leading
urban research university. Our student
enrollments have grown by nearly 2,000.
We have recruited superb new faculty
and greatly enhanced and expanded
research and external funding. Our
doctoral programs in the sciences,
American studies, global affairs, urban
systems and the professions have
expanded and grown in stature, and our
recently established MFA in Creative
Writing program has quickly gained
national visibility.” During Diner’s
tenure, the School of Public Affairs
and Administration was founded,
and has achieved national and
international recognition.
Under Diner’s leadership, faculty
expanded their engagement with the
city of Newark, taking advantage of
the opportunities for experiential
learning and research in the city and
its institutions. Additionally, communitybased learning was expanded, and
a growing percentage of R-N’s students
Photo:Nick Romanenko
Photo:Nick Romanenko
Leadership Changes… from cover page
have undertaken
volunteer
community
service.
The physical
campus of
Rutgers
University in
Newark saw
Steven J. Diner
a number of
changes and
improvements during Diner’s tenure.
The opening of University Square
in 2007 doubled the residential
student population at R-N and added
much-needed retail to the campus
neighborhood. Rutgers Business School
moved to new state-of-the-art facilities
at One Washington Park, contributing
significantly to the revitalization of
downtown Newark. The campus also
opened its first child care center to serve
children of university employees
and students.
During Diner’s tenure R-N continued
its long tradition of promoting diversity
among its students and faculty. RutgersNewark continues to be ranked number
one in the country among doctoralgranting institutions for undergraduate
student diversity. R-N has also won
national recognition, from the
American Council on Education and
The Washington Monthly, among
others, as a model engaged public
urban research university.
For a slideshow highlighting Chancellor
Steven Diner’s tenure as chancellor at
Rutgers-Newark, please visit www.newark.
rutgers.edu/dinertenure
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FACULTY
Susan Caruthers, Media at War: To
what extent can news media be viewed
as disinterested reporters of truth?
MacMillan
Alexander Gates, The Encyclopedia
of Pollution, a single source on
pollution and the global impact on the
environment. Facts on File
Rigoberto Gonzalez, Black Blossoms,
an exploration into the private lives of
working class women of color. Four Way
Rachel Hadas, Strange Relation: A
Memoir of Marriage, Dementia and
Poetry, a personal account of life with
a beloved spouse who is sinking into
dementia. Paul Dry Books
Lucille A. Joel, Kelly’s Dimensions of
Professional Nursing, 10th edition, a
complete compendium of the nonclinical aspects of nursing –- from history
to career management. McGraw-Hill
FROM THE BOOKSHELF
Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, a novel
about one man’s two families—the
public one and the secret one. Algonquin
Books
Rutgers-Newark faculty, staff and alumni are a talented group
of scholars and experts from a broad range of disciplines,
and they’ve written books that prove it. Here is a sampling of
some of the books published this year.
Whitney Strubb, Perversion for Profit:
The Politics of Pornography and the Rise
of the New Right, a vivid, detailed study
of the politics of pornography in postwar
America. Columbia University Press
Browse through the Reading Room for more R-N authors: http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/readingroom/
Judith Weis Do Fish Sleep? 55
photographs and over 100
fascinating facts about fish biology.
Rutgers University Press
STAFF
Tad Hershorn, Norman Granz: The Man
Who Used Jazz for Justice, a biography of
one of the most complicated, and often
controversial figures in jazz. University of
California Press
ALUMNI
Saeed Jones, When the Only Light is Fire,
a first book of poetry by the Pushcart
Prize nominee and recent MFA grad.
Sibling Rivalry Press
Ricky Riccardi, What a Wonderful World:
The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later
Years, a look at the often overlooked,
under-rated final decades of the jazz
legend. Pantheon
Nick Ripatrizone, Oblations, evocative
prose poems/short fiction by the awardwinning recent MFA grad. Gold Wake
Press
Judith Viorst, Unexpectedly Eighty:
And Other Adaptations, the effervescent
and playful Viorst pens new poems on
marriage, friendship, grand parenthood,
and other “marvels” of her eighth decade.
Free Press
Photos: Shelley Kusnetz
Then and Now
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Barely crawling five years ago when
Connect newsletter photographed
a group of babies born to R-N staff
members in 2006, this fall these
Rutgers-Newark children walked
into kindergarten classes throughout
New Jersey.
Left to right: Tyrone Boyd, son of LaWanda Thomas, School of Criminal Justice;
Rutgers clothing and gear courtesy
of Barnes & Noble
Arts and Sciences; Dionna Benjamin, daughter of Monnique DeSilva, Rutgers
Madeleine Wilson, daughter of Theresa Tantay-Wilson, Health Services; Abigail
Lydon, daughter of Sharon Lydon, Rutgers Business School; Alexandra Hand,
daughter of Jason Hand, Admissions; Molly Rowe-Smith, daughter of Elizabeth
Rowe, Office of Summer and Winter Sessions; Nina Villanueva, daughter of Daniel
Villanueva, Registrar’s Office; Alexander Luu, son of Annabelle Luu, Faculty of
Business School.