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Registration for Spring 2018 Now Open

Registration for the Spring 2018 semester begins Monday, November 6th.  Undergraduate students should be sure to contact the Office of Academic Advising for assistance in planning their schedule; graduate students should reach out to their graduate director.  Visit the Schedule of Classes to see what courses will be available.    Registration dates are as follows: November … Continue reading Registration for Spring 2018 Now Open…

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Register Now for a Cooper Street Writing Workshop on 11/11

Dr. Shanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English, will lead a Cooper Street Writing Workshop, “Using Typewriters to Bust Through Writers’ Block,” on Saturday, November 11th.  This workshop will teach participants about the “slow writing” movement; explore how typewriters can enhance the creative process; and learn strategies for overcoming writers’ block.   The event is from 10 … Continue reading Register Now for a Cooper Street Writing Workshop on 11/11…

Arts & Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grants Due 10/4

Rutgers University–Camden is a proud research institution, and we encourage undergraduate students to become involved with research.  To that end, we offer the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund, which supports the costs of research.  Visit https://research.camden.rutgers.edu/grants/undergraduate/ and click on the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund link for the application.  The application is … Continue reading Arts & Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grants Due 10/4…

“Picturing Camden” Exhibition Now Open

The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts will open its newest exhibition, “Picturing Camden,” on Monday, September 11, in the Stedman Gallery.  This exhibition is the third in a series on Camden, and will explore the neighborhoods throughout the city through new work by contemporary artists.   “Picturing Camden” will close on December 8, 2017.  Admission … Continue reading “Picturing Camden” Exhibition Now Open…

“By Ourselves” Literary Exhibit Now Open

The Writers House and the Paul Robeson Library have joined together to put on the exhibition, “By Ourselves: Rutgers Student Literary Magazines, 1923-2017.”  The exhibit, which opens on September 1st, will include work ranging from the 1920s, with the Chanticleer, a student humor magazine, to more recent publications, such as Matter, a visual art magazine, and Undiscovered, a … Continue reading “By Ourselves” Literary Exhibit Now Open…

Patrick Rosal Receives the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize

Patrick Rosal, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English, has received the Academy of American Poets‘ Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for his book, Brooklyn Antediluvian (Persea Books, 2016).  Established in 1994, this award “recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year.”

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Cooper Street Writing Workshops Begin 9/16

This September, the Writers House will sponsor two Cooper Street Writing Workshops: Rutgers–Camden alumna and associate editor of New Jersey Monthly, Shelby Vittek will be the instructor for “Writing New Jersey,” a workshop that will take place over the course of three Saturday afternoons.  In this non-fiction writing workshop, participants will read and write about the … Continue reading Cooper Street Writing Workshops Begin 9/16…

Digging through History: The Arch Street Project

An accidental project that began last November has morphed into an adventure of a lifetime for forensic archaeologist Kimberlee Moran, Director of Forensic Science.  Moran, along with area archaeologists such as Dr. George Leader from The College of New Jersey and Anna Dhody, curator of the Mütter Museum, and a group of dedicated students, first … Continue reading Digging through History: The Arch Street Project…