NEWS

MGSA receives largest-ever gift
The school has received the largest gift in its history—an anonymous $8.8 million gift that funds the school’s Arts in Health initiatives and endows a new faculty chair in Arts in Health.

Best in Class: Five of Our Favorite Courses at MGSA
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.

Mason Gross celebrates the Class of 2025
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.

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.

Surviving Hurricane Katrina inspired award-winning student filmmaker
“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.’”

Watch the Chamber Jazz 1 Ensemble perform on WBGO
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.