Nominations for the next class of inductees into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni will be accepted through August 15.

Yanela Frias, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Rutgers University–Newark and an MBA from the Rutgers Business School, was the first woman to be named CFO of Prudential Financial, which has deep ties to the university. In May, she delivered the business school’s MBA and Graduate Program Convocation address in Newark.

A legacy professorship named for Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Distinguished Professor Joanna Burger has been approved by the Rutgers Board of Governors. 

Thanks to a generous gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation-DAF, students will benefit from scholarships and funding for unexpected financial emergencies.

The Rutgers Oral History Archives keeps alive stories of Rutgers alumni and other World War II veterans, including those who stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944 on D-Day, a key date on the road to Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), which celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 8.

Rutgers–Newark Alumna Victoria Ramirez’s cancer survival story is a remarkable journey. A supporter of the Rutgers Cancer Institute, she advocates for the American Cancer Society and has started a company that makes comfortable gowns for cancer patients.

New Rutgers alumni are made up of an estimated 17,917 graduates: 13,133 from Rutgers–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health; 3,123 from Rutgers–Newark; and 1,660 from Rutgers–Camden.

A renowned social scientist and president of the Louisiana State University (LSU) system since May 2021, Tate will start at Rutgers on July 1.

Brisa De Angulo, whose life story is featured in an award-winning documentary, won a decades-long battle for legal reform in Bolivia that has had far-reaching influence on bringing sexual predators to justice worldwide. She will give the Rutgers Law School in Camden Commencement keynote address on May 22.