Sue Huang to present research-based lecture-performance on May 1
Huang will present her project “Bodies of Flora” on May 1 as part of a performance program at the Jersey Art Book Fair at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City.
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Art & Design alumni create work for local public art initiative
Nine Mason Gross grads have created art work on display as part of this year’s Windows of Understanding social justice public art initiative, taking place across communities in Middlesex and Union counties.
Art & Design alum named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2026
Art & Design alum Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo (MFA’25) has made the list alongside tennis player Coco Gauff, musician Doechii, and Academy Award-winning actor Mikey Madison.
Students design limited-edition Rutgers merchandise
Art & Design undergrads Sarah Virgilio and Elliot Dong are the first students ever selected to create illustrations for an annual, limited-time offering of Rutgers merchandise known as the Special Collection.
Art & Design faculty and Rutgers–NB Laureate fosters connections between art and science
Sue Huang’s project examines plant extinction scientifically and culturally. “There is the physical realm, where we lose the actual body of a species, but there is also the loss of a species in our social memory, which feels especially profound. . .because we lose our emotional relationship to those beings,” she says.
Alum receives Fulbright to learn Swedish glassblowing technique
Art & Design alum Serafina Kennedy (BFA’23) spent nearly a year learning graal, a decorative etching process.
Art & Design faculty named inaugural Rutgers–NB Laureate
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.
Two Art & Design professors named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
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.
Student with disabilities works to expand access in arts spaces
Art & Design student Gabrielle Carmella says seeing the work of “artists who are like me” on view at the university’s Zimmerli Art Museum has been a revelation.
Alum’s Paul Robeson mural to be unveiled at SHI Stadium
Art & Design alum Alonzo Adams (BFA’84) is set to unveil a massive mural depicting 1919 Rutgers alum Paul Robeson October 19 at the Rutgers’ homecoming football game against UCLA.