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NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez spoke with folklorist and Rutgers University professor about the legend that has taken a hold — and become a source of pride — for New Jersey.

A 24-year-old man from New Jersey has admitted to vandalizing the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers earlier this year, during a Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

The embattled president of New Jersey’s flagship university says he will step down next year. Jonathan Holloway became the first Black president of Rutgers University when he took office in the summer of 2020. He said Tuesday that he will leave office when the academic year ends June 30. 

Jonathan Holloway, the embattled president of Rutgers University, announced Sept. 17, 2024, that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university’s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate.

Students at Rutgers University will have to pay higher tuition and fees starting in the fall after the school’s board approved a 4% tuition hike. For New Jersey residents, tuition will increase on average $274 per semester. That will be more than doubled for out-of-state students.

The presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers universities have come to Capitol Hill to defend their decisions to end pro-Palestinian encampments through negotiations rather than police force. The school leaders told members of a House committee on Thursday that they were able to defuse the danger without ceding ground to protesters. The university presidents were testifying as part of a series...

The American Athletic Conference is hiring former Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti as its next commissioner, two people with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was still being finalized and no official announcement by the conference was scheduled yet. Pernetti, a New Jersey native and former Rutgers football...

Police were called to a Rutgers University dorm Monday after getting a call about a python in a room at Voorhees Residence Hall.

In a post to X, the platform previously known as Twitter, the Rutgers Men’s Basketball program called Sellers “the G.O.A.T. of Rutgers men’s basketball.”

Everything you need to know about the Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars launched the initiative with funding from the Knight Foundation in response to what organizers see as threats to U.S. democracy.