Chuck O'Donnell

New Jersey

Reporter at TAPinto

Writer and editor who has won six New Jersey Press Association awards over his 28-year career.

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$1B Morris Cancer Center Opens in New Brunswick

1 day ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

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, 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.
Opening of $1B Cancer Center Next Week Represents Milestone Moment for New Brunswick

6 days ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |Nicole Zanchelli

NEW BRUNSWICK – The Jack and Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, which will be unveiled at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, represents the largest development project in the city’s history. It’s a milestone moment for the city, this official opening of the 12-story, 520,000-square-foot hospital and research facility with a final price tag of almost $1 billion when you factor in ancillary pieces such as the parking garage and cogeneration power system. Gov.
Rutgers Launches Search to Replace Hobbs as Athletic Director

1 week ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |David Brighouse

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rutgers has launched its search to replace athletic director Pat Hobbs, who resigned abruptly in August 2024, citing health issues.
Event to Honor Fallen Newark Cop Set for New Brunswick's Memorial Stadium

1 month ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |Nicole Zanchelli

NEW BRUNSWICK – The solemn strains of bagpipes and the sobs of sadness have long since dissipated into the Newark sky following the funeral of Sgt. Joseph Anthony Azcona. His family’s grief, however, has not. That’s why Michael Bobadilla, the deputy chief of the New Brunswick Police Department, has organized a soccer game Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium on Joyce Kilmer Avenue.
Rutgers Announces President Holloway will Leave School in October

1 month ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Jonathan Holloway will leave his dual position as professor and university president soon after his tenure at Rutgers concludes on June 30. Holloway, the university's 21st president, has been named the president and chief executive officer of the Henry Luce Foundation, a grant-making organization that dispenses millions each year in support of American art, women in STEM, indigenous knowledge and other causes. Holloway will assume his role Oct. 1, Rutgers has announced.
Nokia Bell Labs Shooting for the Moon, Coming to New Brunswick

1 month ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |David Brighouse

NEW PROVIDENCE/NEW BRUNSWICK – Astronauts flitting around on the moon will one day be able to hold conversations, send texts and probably watch cat videos if they so desire, thanks to the Nokia Bell Labs' latest technological innovation. Employees gathered at the company's Union County campus earlier this month for launch and landing viewing parties as the IM-2 mission carried the world’s first lunar 4G network – in advance of NASA’s Artemis III mission in 2027.
RWJBarnabas Health Cuts Ribbon on Ambulatory Medical Pavilion in New Brunswick

2 months ago | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |David Brighouse

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Lisa Allen ran her hands back and forth over the surface of the wall-mounted plaything, determined to get its circles to light up. With some swipes of her hands, they glowed green. After a few more, they turned red. The sensory wall designed to occupy little ones that the Senior Director of Academic Practices at RWJBarnabas Health was demonstrating might seem like a minor detail inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Ambulatory Medical Pavilion.
Rutgers' Holloway Urges Students, Faculty Members to Call RUPD If They See ICE Activity

Jan 30, 2025 | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell |David Brighouse

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway says he has no information that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are or will be on the school’s New Brunswick, Newark or Camden campuses. Holloway, however, is instructing students and faculty members to contact the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) if they become aware of ICE activities at the school.
Mexican Consulate in New Brunswick Stresses Calm After Newark ICE Raid

Jan 25, 2025 | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK – The consul of the Consulate of Mexico in New Brunswick is urging city residents to understand their rights and to have their documentation with them in the event they are questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Mariana Diaz, in a hastily called meeting with city leaders, also stressed that this is not a time to panic. “Be informed,” she told TAPinto New Brunswick on Friday.
Rutgers' Mason Gross Plans MLK Celebration Focusing on Coretta Scott King

Jan 22, 2025 | tapinto.net | Chuck O'Donnell

NEW BRUNSWICK – When Coretta Scott’s family home in Alabama was burned down in 1942 by a fire long believed to have been set by segregationists, her father, Obadiah, told his 14-year-old daughter that he would pray for the arsonists. Fast-forward a few years, and Scott found herself embroiled in a battle with Antioch College administrators in her push to fulfill her teaching requirement at a school with Black children - even if it meant having to take three buses to get there.