Rutgers University recently welcomed three senior faculty leaders from the Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship (GSBE) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, as part of a groundbreaking initiative to develop the first Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program in Uzbekistan in collaboration with Rutgers Business School (RBS).
Rutgers Global is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Rutgers Global Grants. These grants are intended to support faculty international engagement by helping initiate engagement and collaborative research, international partnerships, and new educational initiatives. The modest seed grants are offered for full-time Rutgers faculty from all campuses, including tenured, tenure-track, and clinical faculty. This year, there were four categories of grants: (1) Global Health, in collaboration with the Rutgers Global Health Institute, (2) International Collaborative Research, (3) Faculty-Led Study Abroad, and, new this year, (4) Korea University-Rutgers University co-funded Collaborative Research.
Rahul Mittal, assistant professor in the Department of Health Informatics at Rutgers School of Health Professions, is harnessing the power of international collaboration to support health and social care in underserved communities abroad. Awarded a 2024 Rutgers Global Grant for International Collaborative Research, Dr. Mittal is leading a project in Cornwall, United Kingdom, titled “Taxonomy of the Voluntary Sector in Cornwall.”
Cathy Otten, Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Ethics and Journalism, and Director of the Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) at Rutgers University announced the launch of a new pocket guide designed to enhance ethical engagement and reporting on survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and those at-risk.
Rutgers University is pleased to announce that six faculty members have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards in a range of fields and in a variety of countries for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fiorella Prada, assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS), was awarded a two-year Rutgers Global Environmental Change Grant for the project, “Upwelling Systems: thermal refugia for reef-building corals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.”