Chuck O'Donnell

2 weeks ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK – William Tate IV rolled into New Iberia, La., population 28,555 by last count, in a giant purple bus last year to check out the country’s oldest rice mill that’s so revered it stands out even in sugarcane country.

2 weeks ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Tom Maniscalco, an 85-year-old engineering student, who on Sunday became the oldest graduate in Rutgers’ 258-year history, had just given the traditional Red Lion Bell a mighty ring when he paused to offer some advice to his younger classmates. You – yes, each one of you! - can change the world. “Oh, I think each one of them can in some way, yes,” he said.

2 weeks ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK - William Tait IV has been tapped as the 22nd president of Rutgers University,  concluding an exhaustive search that began in January, it was announced Monday morning. Tate has been the president of the Louisiana State University system since 2021, when he became the first Black to hold the position. He will succeed Jonathan Holloway, who declined to pursue another five-year term. His contract runs through June 30. Tate will start with Rutgers on July 1.

2 weeks ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Police are investigating after money was taken from a donation box at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum by unidentified perpetrators who entered through an unsecured door. The burglary was reported to have occurred on Tuesday between 8:24 and 8:42 p.m., according to a safety alert from the Rutgers University Police Department. The Zimmerli at 71 Hamilton St. is closed each Monday and Tuesday, according to its website.

3 weeks ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |Darlene Cullen

NEW BRUNSWICK – The $1 billion Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center – where patients will receive cutting-edge care and researchers will toil to unlock the mysteries of the disease – officially opened Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Board of Directors Chairman Jack Morris, Mayor Jim Cahill, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, Director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute Dr. Steven Libutti and other officials were on hand to cut the ceremonial ribbon on the hospital.