Rutgers University

A new Rutgers study suggests that sleep aids may do more than mitigate insomnia: They might also help reduce cravings for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. Why? It comes down to a hormone called orexin that stimulates drug and alcohol cravings, more than 10 years of research at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and peer institutions suggest. Addicts…

Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has announced her retirement following a 50-year career in which she totaled 1,055 wins.

Paul Atkinson Jr.’s putback layup with 1.4 seconds left in the second overtime gave Notre Dame an 89-87 win over Rutgers in a wild First Four game

Rutgers will begin offering free and reduced tuition to families earning less than $100,000. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, athlete, and activist who became well known both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.

Dylan Sadiq had plans to go into engineering until the pandemic forced him to recalibrate. He’s now an artist, selling mosaics to pro sports teams.

Ron Harper Jr. hit a buzzer-beater from just inside half court, and Rutgers shocked Purdue in its first-ever game as the nation’s No. 1 team, winning 70-68 on Thursday night.

Rutgers University will dedicate a residence hall in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg next week, according to the institution of higher education. The university will rename 15 Washington Street, a 17-story neoclassical building that is a state-of-the-art residence hall and former law school, at 5 p.m. on Dec. 2. The building, which formerly housed…

Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer is going to miss the upcoming season because of COVID-19 concerns.

Rutgers University has announced that employees who are still unvaccinated against COVID-19 have until Dec. 8 to get vaccinated to comply with a federal mandate

Unvaccinated New York City employees have until Friday to get their first COVID vaccine shot and with the deadline looming, thousands hit the streets in protest. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

A Rutgers University football player announced that he is leaving the school citing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In a tweet, defensive back Peyton Powell wrote the school has “made the COVID vaccine mandatory to attend school and play football, therefore I have no other choice but to enter my name into the transfer portal.” The Texas native transferred to Rutgers…

A Rutgers football player announced he is transferring schools due to the university’s COVID-19 vaccine policy.

A gambling technology company and a virtual mental health clinic are joining with New Jersey’s Rutgers University to study the effectiveness of treatment for compulsive gambling and video game playing delivered in a virtual setting. Playtech, based in Isle of Man, and Kindbridge, the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based telehealth clinic said Wednesday they are teaming up with the Center for Gambling...

A company hoping to build a wind power farm off the New Jersey coast is partnering with Rutgers University and the state’s clam industry to study the potential impacts of wind farms on clams.

The number of colleges and universities requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for their students is growing, especially in the tri-state area. Rutgers University became one of the first major schools to announce such requirements for in-person learning for the fall, but many have followed the New Jersey school’s lead. The subject of vaccinations — specifically, whether students should be required to be…

Hall of Fame women’s college basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep her at Rutgers through the 2025-26 season. Stringer, who is 73, has coached her teams to more than 1,000 wins.

NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos and Myles Miller provide team coverage on Rutgers University requiring students be vaccinated in order to return to campus this fall, and NYC’s plan to reopen Broadway.

Joe Boylan, a popular radio voice for Rutgers basketball and a former coach when the team made its only Final Four appearance nearly a half-century ago, has died.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life is being celebrated in her native New York City with plans for a statue, landmarks lit in blue and impromptu memorials at her childhood home in Brooklyn and the high school she attended. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.