Rutgers—Camden Arts and Sciences

Join Rutgers Camden MFA in Creative Writing on Wednesday, March 12, for the Writers in Camden Series, as they welcome Jive Poetic. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. Jive’s innovative memoir SKIP TRACER will be available for purchase. Register at writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/events

Join the Rutgers Camden MFA in Creative Writing, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH), Latin American and Latinx Studies, and the Department of English and Communication for a special "In Conversation" event. Four faculty members from difference disciplines will discuss "The House on Mango Street," connections between identity, language, and environment. Register at writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/events

Join the Writers House, MARCH, LALS, and English for an In Conversation event about translation on March 11! Using THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET as a starting point, 4 faculty members will explore the connections between identity, language, and environment. Register at writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/events

Registration is still open for the March 11 Chancellor's Lecture Series featuring bestselling author and policy advocate Heather McGhee, who will speak about her award-winning book, "The Sum of Us." Join us!
http://camden.rutgers.edu/.../chancellors-lecture-series...

The Chancellor's Lecture Series: Heather McGhee Heather McGhee is the keynote speaker for the 2025 Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Heather McGhee, New York Times bestselling author and policy advocate, will speak about her award-winning book The Sum of Us. McGhee will take us on a journey across the country, exploring with compassion, intelligence...

The Masters of Arts in Teaching Spanish, MAT Rutgers Camden program welcomes all to its virtual webinar, "Division-of-Labor Pedagogy for Literacy Development and Beyond: A Sociocultural Theory Perspective.” Dr. Kimberly Urbanski of UMass Boston will present. https://go.rutgers.edu/5dyt30j2

Give and get involved! March 12-13 are , and it’s your chance to help show that Rutgers is more than just a place—it’s a place where people and ideas flourish.

Join us in celebrating the arts at Rutgers University–Camden! High school students, don't miss Arts Day on Saturday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn about our programs, meet our faculty, and explore careers in art. 🌟 Register now: https://vmpa.camden.rutgers.edu/artsday/

The Dept. of Mathematical Sciences kicks off its Spring 2025 Seminar Series on March 10 with Benoît Dhérin, a research scientist from Google. Join us! https://go.rutgers.edu/1y21go86

All are welcome to join Rutgers Camden MFA in Creative Writing on March 6, 5:30-6:30 in the Campus Center South ABC Conference Room for their annual Outside the Wire Public Panel on Writing Grief. Registration is encouraged for this free event.

Veterans, families, and the public: please join us March 6, 5:30-6:30 in the Campus Center South ABC Conference Room for our annual Outside the Wire Public Panel on WRITING GRIEF. We’ll have a historian, a social worker, a fiction writer, and a poet—three of whom are veterans themselves—and there will be time for questions from the audience.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) welcomes Gisella Heffes, a leading scholar in Latin American Environmental Humanities, to campus on March 5. This interactive session will explore how storytelling and materiality serve as powerful tools for engaging with ecological change, expanding beyond conventional narratives. Participants will reflect on the objects that shape their daily lives and collaborate in a creative activity that connects personal experiences to broader environmental changes.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../storytelling-materiality...

Join us for a talk and workshop with Professor Heffes, a leading scholar in Latin American Environmental Humanities. This interactive session will explore how storytelling and materiality serve as powerful tools for engaging with ecological change, expanding beyond conventional narratives. Participants will reflect on the objects that shape their daily lives and collaborate in a creative activity that connects personal experiences to broader environmental changes.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/storytelling-materiality-and-environmental-change-with-gisela-heffes-tickets-1252393525749?aff=oddtdtcreator

Rutgers Camden MFA in Creative Writing will host its annual Publishers' Panel on Wednesday, March 5. This virtual event will discuss important topics like query letters, book proposals, and how to decide whether your manuscript is a good fit for a small press. Register at go.rutgers.edu/publishers-panel

Wondering about query letters, book proposals, or how to decide whether your manuscript is a good fit for a small press? Get all your questions answered Wednesday our Publishers Panel! Register at go.rutgers.edu/publishers-panel

Join Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) at the
Paul Robeson Library - Rutgers Camden on March 4 for a fun and stress-busting workshop on how to create and print with a beeswax stamp!

Join Rutgers Camden MFA in Creative Writing at the Tattooed Mom in Philly tonight, February 26, for readings by second-year MFA students!

Amazing news for all of us: we’re restarting our MFA student reading series, and our second-years will be reading at two weeks from today. Come out, show them some love, and hear what they’ve been working on!

Congratulations to Dr. Angelica Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Biology; Dr. Lauren Silver, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies Rutgers; and Dr. Youwen (Warren) Zhang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, for being named recipients of the Cheryl Wall Faculty Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year! https://go.rutgers.edu/36q7bkkx