“Dance is such a great outlet for emotions, and when I notice that a client is struggling with reconnecting with their body, I will use dancing mindfulness to help them,” says Maddy Zijdel (BFA’13), assistant director of clinical support at Rutgers’ Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance.
This spring, MGSA faculty gave us the inside scoop on the courses they’re teaching—from street style dance classes to closet-flipping DIY workshops, we’re highlighting one registration-worthy class from each department.
The Class of 2025 said their goodbyes to the Banks of the Old Raritan on May 15 with a boisterous ceremony at the State Theatre New Jersey in downtown New Brunswick.
Sue Huang has been named the inaugural Rutgers–New Brunswick Laureate for the 2025-26 academic year, working on a cross-disciplinary project that is meant to bridge the arts and sciences.
“I remember our house . . . collapsing. . . While we were trying to find food, the film crew from Feed the Kids found us. I remember watching the guy behind the camera and thinking, ‘That looks so cool, I wish I could do that.’”
Jazz radio station WBGO 88.3/Newark Public Radio invited several students to New York City to record selections that aired in April, as part of the station’s Jazz Appreciation Month celebration.
Marc Handelman was recognized in the Fine Arts category, Miranda Lichtenstein in the Photography category. They are among 198 fellows selected this year from a pool of nearly 3,500 across 53 disciplines.
Jennie C. Jones’s (MFA’96) sculptural installation “Ensemble” is on view in New York City as this year’s Roof Garden Commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Costume Director Denise Wagner’s class on fast fashion helps students understand the work that goes into making their clothes.
Lia Petronio (BFA’14) has combined her experience in fine art, research, and coding to become a data visualization engineer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.