NEWS
Recent News
- Alum’s album translates bioelectrical signals from plants into music
- Students, alumni collaborate on film spotlighting rising sea levels
- Students design limited-edition Rutgers merchandise
- Ian Koebner named inaugural chair and endowed professor in Arts in Health
- CNN spotlights Theater alum as a “Champion for Change”
Rutgers at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center: Spring 2020
See the full list of Mason Gross events at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center for the spring 2020 semester.
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.
Alum Sebastian Stan nominated for Oscar, wins acting Golden Globe
Stan (BFA’05) is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his turn as a young President Donald J. Trump in “The Apprentice.”
Alum composes funeral march performed at ceremonies honoring former President Carter
Andrew Kosinski (BM’20) composed a hymn that has been performed by military bands in the nation’s capital at least four times this week as the country has honored and mourned the 39th president.
Dean to serve as Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Geary is set to assume the role of Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Rutgers–New Brunswick, effective July 1, 2025. A nationwide search is underway to find the next dean for Mason Gross.
“Chaos Organizer” and alum Chelsea Olivia Friday works backstage at Broadway’s “Gypsy”
Friday (BFA’13) credits a robust Rutgers alumni network with helping her land her latest gig, as rehearsal stage manager on George C. Wolfe’s much-anticipated Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald.