Learn without limits.
Sure, there are plenty of lessons in books, but why stop there? Great minds and big ideas shouldn’t be confined to the classroom. Seems that every day, in every way, you’re learning at Rutgers. Mingle with the artists at an opening reception for a big group exhibit. Attend a standing-room-only lecture by a world-renowned human rights activist. Question a director about the inspiration for her controversial new film. Get an insider’s perspective at a panel discussion among scholars in your field. Now you’re learning!
Rutgers—a school with an international reputation and a convenient metropolitan location—attracts the world’s leading lights. Thinkers. Doers. Movers. Shakers. Get out and find out! There’s so much to learn:
Distinguished Guest Speakers
Public lectures featuring world leaders such as:
Jody Williams Nobel Peace Prize laureate •
The 14th Dalai Lama spiritual leader and peace advocate •
Ishmael Beah former child soldier and human rights activist •
Jane Goodall primatologist and humanitarian •
Frank McCourt Pulitzer Prize–winning author •
Sir Richard Roberts Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate •
Ra’id Juhi chief investigative judge at Saddam Hussein’s trial •
Michael Moore Academy Award–winning documentary filmmaker •
Ernest Bai Koroma first democratically elected president of Sierra Leone •
Saffron Revolution Monks leaders of the 2007 pro-democracy uprising in Myanmar Scholarly Events and Conferences
Scholars and activists from around the world gather to discuss:
• the media and the vote • educational access and social inequality • black women in the Ivory Tower • empowering peace through law in Iraq • social movements through social networking • the cultural legacy of in vitro fertilization • feminist transformations of academic scholarship • the seed-to-table food movement • software and the re-making of the American city • will the Large Hadron Collider transform perceptions of space and time? • regenerative medicine from bench to bedside • psychological effects of terrorism Visiting Scholars and Artists
Sharing their insights for a year, a semester, or a day are great minds like:
Renée Cox photographer and Estelle Lebowitz Visiting Artist in Residence • June Wayne lithographer and Distinguished Visiting Research Professor • Paula Giddings journalist and Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women’s Studies • Nima Arkani-Hamed a Popular Science “Brilliant 10” and Irons Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy
Arts and Culture
Among thousands of events, exhibits, and performances annually are these long-established venues:
Writers at Rutgers readings by Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, E.L. Doctorow, Jamaica Kincaid, and more • Zimmerli Art Museum one of the country’s largest university art collections • Rutgers Film Co-op/NJ Film Festival 100+ independent and experimental films shown each year • Mason Gross Presents free, year-round programs in theater, music, dance, and visual arts • Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival weeklong festival attracting 5,000 attendees annually • Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series the country’s longest-running series of exhibitions by women artists