Rutgers University

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.

County officials have identified two men who died after a group of unidentified suspects jumped out of a vehicle and fired their guns at a house party near Rutgers University early Sunday morning. Lionel Macauley, 28, of Somerset, and Anthony Robinson, 23, of New Brunswick, were identified as the victims killed in the New Brunswick shooting in a statement by…

Two men killed in a shooting at a New Brunswick house party have been identified by officials. Of the six people who were shot and survived, four remain hospitalized Monday. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

At least two people are dead and several more injured after shots were fired at a house party near the Rutgers University campus early Sunday morning. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

At least two people are dead and several more injured after shots were fired at a house party near the Rutgers University campus early Sunday morning. Adam Harding reports.

The prosecutor’s office said a preliminary investigation indicates no affiliation between the shooting at Rutgers University. Myles Miller reports.

At least two people are dead and several more injured after shots were fired at a house party near the Rutgers University campus early Sunday morning. New Brunswick Police responded to the house on Delafield Street around 1:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting. Responding officers found eight people with varying gunshot wounds, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed....

New Brunswick Police responded to a shooting at a house near Rutgers University early Sunday morning. It’s not yet clear how many people were injured, but several people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Myles Miller reports.

Rutgers will hold most of its fall classes online, the university said Monday. “I am writing today to inform you that after careful consideration of all possible models for safely and effectively delivering instruction during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Rutgers is planning for a Fall 2020 semester that will combine a majority of remotely delivered courses with a limited number…

Jonathan Holloway, the new president of New Jersey’s Rutgers University, has cut his salary by 10%, citing the school’s ongoing financial issues related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Rutgers University researchers have received U.S. clearance for the first saliva-based test to help diagnose COVID-19.

The chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden has announced plans to step down after the current academic year. The university said Monday that Chancellor Phoebe Haddon will return to the faculty as a law professor as of July 1. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Haddon, named the school’s first female African-American leader in 2014, cited accomplishments such as increasing enrollment and improving…

The new president of New Jersey’s flagship university will make nearly $1.2 million in the next school year as part of a compensation package that includes a house, a car and other perks, according to a published report. Jonathan Holloway, 52, is due to assume his post at Rutgers University on July 1. He has served as the provost at…