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Cassandra Izquierdo, a Louis Eckstein Fellow, celebrates in May after earning her master’s degree at Rutgers-Newark.
Donor Profiles

Eliminating Barriers for Graduate Students

The Louis Eckstein Fellowship, created by a faculty member in honor of his late father, supports graduate students in the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers-Newark.

Diop siblings from Senegal, left to right, Mohamed Diop RBS '23, Papa Macissé Diop RBS ’21, and Fatima Diop SAS ’28 enjoy the Senegal soccer team practice at the Miller Family Practice Field in Piscataway. (Photo by Rutgers Athletics.)
Alumni Profiles

World Cup Fever Strikes Rutgers

Rutgers Family from Senegal Supports Their Team at Pre-World Cup Practice

Jane Liang SAS’16 visited Fushimi Inari Taisha, Japan, in 2024.
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Rutgers Alumna Finds the Right Path

A decade after graduating from Rutgers with donor support, an alumna navigates her career, starting in medical research, then health care, and finally technology.

From left, Bob Fishman with Paula Pinto, a Rutgers–Camden student who benefitted from a scholarship he funded and named for his mother. Photos by Ron Downes Jr.
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An Inspired Professor Gives Back

Bob Fishman, a New Jersey native and celebrated scholar who taught at Rutgers–Camden for more than a quarter of a century after finishing his doctorate at Harvard University, has made a series of generous gifts to support students where he was once inspired as a young professor.

Rutgers alumna Samphoas Huy, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees at Rutgers–Newark, at the Louvre in Paris.
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‘Knowledge Stays with You Forever’

Despite growing up as a child of survivors of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, Samphoas Huy was raised by a family that valued education. Donor support helped Huy earn her graduate degrees at Rutgers–Newark.

James Bailey (left) and Hollis Copeland are standout members of the historic 1975-76 Rutgers men’s basketball team who went on to play for the Knicks in the NBA. NBA Images
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Rutgers Hall of Famers Who Played for the Knicks Celebrate NBA Finals

James Bailey and Hollis Copeland reflect on the Knicks’ historic season and their Rutgers team's storied run.

(l. to r.) Historian Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan and alumna Linda Caldwell Epps are co-chairing the state's commemoration for the nation's 250th anniversary. Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University
Rutgers Today

Rutgers Duo Shaping New Jersey’s Commemoration of America’s 250th

Trustee Linda Caldwell Epps, a Rutgers alumna, and Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, an assistant professor of history, are playing lead roles in the state's commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary.

Gichera Loman at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences–Camden commencement ceremony
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‘My Story Didn’t End Where It Could Have’

After believing a college degree was unattainable, new Rutgers–Camden graduate Gichera Loman plans to pursue a master’s degree. Her success is in large part thanks to a donor-supported Rutgers program for students who have experienced the child welfare system or are at risk for homelessness.

In recent photos and at Rutgers commencement ceremonies past, from left, Talib Morgan NCAS’96, RBS'98; Carla Davenport CCAS’87, GSBC’16; and Brittany S. Hale NCAS’09.
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Tips for the Newest Alumni

Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA) representatives offer tips to the more than 18,000 new alumni who graduated in the Class of 2026.

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