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Starting Point: Senior Fine Art Exhibition

13. May 2013

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Starting Point: Senior Fine Art Exhibition

On Thursday, May 2nd, was the opening reception and annual exhibition celebrating the final thesis work of graduating fine arts students. The theme “Starting Point”, “Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another”.This event is always exciting as it gives the public the chance to see the work of emerging artists. The artist [...]

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Rutgers President Barchi answers critics on campus funding, basketball scandal and more

7. May 2013

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Kelly Heyboer NEWARK — Facing a growing revolt on the Newark campus, Rutgers University President Robert Barchi released never-before-seen numbers today to dispute allegations the school is pouring money into its main New Brunswick campus while shortchanging students on the smaller Newark and Camden campuses. The new calculations by the university’s budgeting office show Rutgers [...]

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Rutgers seeks new leader for its Newark campus

6. May 2013

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As reported by Patricia Alex, The Record, NorthJersey.com Rutgers University is poised to make another high-profile personnel change — choosing a new leader for the Newark campus, where faculty and staff members have had long-standing gripes with the administration at the flagship in New Brunswick. Philip Yeagle, the interim chancellor in Newark, will be stepping [...]

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NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Program: Tartuffe

30. April 2013

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NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Program: Tartuffe

The NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Program presented Tartuffe from Wednesday, April 24 to Sunday, April 28 in Bradley Hall Theatre at Rutgers-Newark. The hilarious production featured NJIT and Rutgers-Newark students, many who are studying theater. The play, written in 1664, is one of the sexier ones of its time, and the 80s twist they put on it [...]

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An Insiders Look At Newark’s Public Real Estate Auction

26. April 2013

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An Insiders Look At Newark’s Public Real Estate Auction

The auctioneer interrupts the investment property bidding to announce a re-bid on a particular Homestead Program/Owner-Occupied home from earlier in the morning.  His grin is recognizable from the back of the Terrace Ballroom at Newark’s Symphony Hall, “It appears the original buyer to this condo thought he was purchasing the whole building.”  The dichotomy between [...]

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Newark City Auction Gives Clues to Recovery in Housing Sector

22. April 2013

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Newark City Auction Gives Clues to Recovery in Housing Sector

Newark’s city property auction can be an important indicator in determining whether or not there is a recovery in the housing sector and can foretell the bottom of the foreclosure crisis in the city. In the past, recovery metrics have been mixed. The previous auction in November, 2010, in the midst of the great recession, [...]

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Move-Meant: A Symposium on Contemporary Dance

17. April 2013

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Move-Meant: A Symposium on Contemporary Dance

The Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience presented its annual Spring Dance Symposium at Rutgers-Newark on Wednesday, March 27. Move-Meant: A Symposium on Contemporary Dance was performed by Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble. Danse4Nia is a Philadelphia-based multicultural, contemporary modern dance company which aspires to use dance to foster personal, cultural, and social change. Danse4Nia [...]

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Newark Tech Week: TEDxNJIT: Digital Connections (Part 2)

16. April 2013

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Newark Tech Week: TEDxNJIT: Digital Connections (Part 2)

This event is a part of Newark Tech Week, a 5-day event celebrating and promoting technology and techies in Brick City. This is part two of our two-part TEDxNJIT review. Click here for part one. New Jersey Institute of Technology held the third TEDxNJIT on Thursday, April 4 in the Jim Wise Theater. About 1,100 [...]

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Newark Tech Week: TEDxNJIT: Digital Connections (Part 1)

11. April 2013

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Newark Tech Week: TEDxNJIT: Digital Connections (Part 1)

This event is a part of Newark Tech Week, a 5-day event celebrating and promoting technology and techies in Brick City. This is part one of our two-part TEDxNJIT review. Come back next week for part two. New Jersey Institute of Technology held the third TEDxNJIT on Thursday, April 4 in the Jim Wise Theater. [...]

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Newark Tech Week: The Pumpkin Plan Hit the Brick City

8. April 2013

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Newark Tech Week: The Pumpkin Plan Hit the Brick City

This event is a part of Newark Tech Week, a 5-day event celebrating and promoting technology and techies in Brick City. On Wednesday, April 3, Newark Tech Week kicked-off with The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field, a presentation and discussion with Mike Michalowicz. The event, based on [...]

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