"We can do better. We seem persistently to be the only nation with these kinds of tragedies occurring so frequently." In the wake of the recent shooting in Minnesota, experts Paul Boxer and Vanessa LoBue share science-backed ways to reduce gun violence: go.rutgers.edu/boxer-lobue

One of my graduate students holding the floor at our constitutional studies “summer camp” mock state ratification convention at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social with @quilldir.bsky.social and cohorts from four American universities @law.rutgers.edu @sasn.rutgers.edu @rutgersgsn.bsky.social

With half of Americans viewing those on the opposite side of the political spectrum as “downright evil,” it's hardly surprising that 80% of US adults worry about political violence, notes @alexhinton.bsky.social in his piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Just out – my @theconversation.com piece noting that #Trump 's remarks about #WhiteGenocide in #SouthAfrica are really about U.S. #immigration and the #GreatReplacement conspiracy theory – as well as distraction from his failures to deliver his promised #goldenage theconversation.com/trumps-white...

Tonya Smith-Jackson Appointed Chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark www.rutgers.edu/news/tonya-s...

2 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia from 1975-1979. How much can we learn from genocides like Cambodia to counter such actions today? 50 years later, genocide expert @alexhinton.bsky.social talks to The Scholar's Circle: scholarscircle.org/scholars-cir...

Two Rutgers University professors — frustrated by the Trump administration's cuts to research funding and efforts to dictate policy on some campuses — wrote a “mutual defense compact” that calls for Big Ten schools to support each other against pressure. Their effort is gaining steam.

Did you know that over 159 bird species have been spotted right here on our campus? You can spot some of them this May on one of our Bird Walks! Join @rubirding.bsky.social every Wednesday at 8am by the Nature Info sign on the plaza, near Boyden and the library. (see last photo)

Starting Soon: Our Sawyer Seminar on Reparative and Restorative Paradigms for Environmental Justice www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JR8...

Happening Now: The Department of Social Work presents Immigration and Mental Health, a workshop for students 🦋

Urban Education prof. Lynnette Mawhinney interviewed 30 public schools teachers to get a sense of why so many are leaving the profession, in the @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/we-interview...

Faculty are cooking this semester with new grants, awards and research institutes all coming to SASN! Hear from Dean Mattis in her State of SASN address! go.rutgers.edu/sasn2024

Kusum Mundra Strives to Make Economics Relatable to Students sasn.rutgers.edu/news/kusum-m...

AI Algorithms Used in Healthcare Can Perpetuate Bias sasn.rutgers.edu/news/ai-algo...

Michell Jimenez Discovers a Passion for Fine Arts at Rutgers-Newark sasn.rutgers.edu/news/michell...