Rutgers Vice President for Global Affairs honored for his contributions to global science and African scholarship
Rutgers University’s Vice President for Global Affairs, Dr. Eric (Rick) Garfunkel, has been elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), joining an elite group of eighty-eight distinguished scientists and scholars (16 from beyond the continent) recognized for their exceptional contributions to scientific advancement and scholarship.
A panel comprised of alumni from the 2024 Rutgers Mandela Washington Fellowship Program presented at the 12th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society (AMRS) in Kigali, Rwanda in December. The panel discussion, titled “Tech Entrepreneurship in Practice” included Highness Mtemah from Zimbabwe, Douglas Remhunga from Zimbabwe, and Rivaldo Costa from Angola, and was moderated by Akpene Hoggar from Carnegie Mellon University–Africa.
A cohort of 25 of the best and brightest young African leaders came to campus this summer to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship program at Rutgers.
From an early age, Vukosi Marivate was fascinated with machine learning, the idea of using existing data and algorithms to teach computers to be more accurate and better predictors of human behavior.
Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Antonio D. Tillis traveled to Ghana and Nigeria in January to explore ways for the university to engage more deeply in the region through student and faculty exchanges and collaborative partnerships. He was accompanied by Senior Vice Chancellor Jimmy Jung on the visit and, in Nigeria, joined by Rutgers Global Associate Director Shakirat Bola Ibraheem.
Rutgers University is proud to announce its selection as an Institute Partner for the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, Rutgers will host 25 of Africa’s brightest, emerging leaders for a six-week Leadership in Business Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Rutgers has been chosen as an Institute Partner each year since the program’s inception in 2014 and is connected to our 375 alumni of the program. Get to know some of our alumni here.