After going 7-6 in back-to-back seasons — a stretch that includes a win over former Big East foe Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl — Rutgers has planted itself “firmly in that middle tier of the Big Ten,” according to Tom Fornelli.

Deanna Kerrigan will join the Rutgers School of Public Health as vice dean on Nov. 1. She will also serve as the Henry J. Rutgers Chair of Whole Person Health and a professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy at the school.

A three-star recruit at Vineland High School in New Jersey, Powell stayed in-state with his collegiate choice of Rutgers. He wouldn't play until his sophomore year of 2021, intercepting a pass and recovering a fumble in limited action.

Winning pitcher Li Perez went 2-for-3 with two RBI, a run and a stolen base as fourth-seeded Rutgers Prep defeated fifth-seeded Somerville, 6-4, in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals at Diamond Nation in Flemington. Perez struck out 10 over four hitless innings, allowing three runs, two earned, and nine walks.

A Rutgers institute celebrates 11 honorees using business for social good at its inaugural Corporate Social Innovation Excellence Awards.

Former Rutgers creative writing instructor Elliott Souder, 51, was charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Now at 85, Maniscalco, of Garfield, N.J., is earning a master’s degree in engineering, becoming Rutgers’ oldest graduate ever. “It’s a sense of accomplishment at my age,” he said.

During her senior year, she served as president of Rutgers Enactus, an entrepreneurship club that addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She appreciates that the club is focused on doing good and that it draws students from all majors and schools across the New Brunswick campus.

A new leader is coming to the University of Texas at Dallas — Prabhas Moghe, of Rutgers University. Moghe, whose background is in chemical and bioengineering, is currently the executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Rutgers.

The 2025 commencement speaker will be Peter Seligmann, a pioneering conservationist and Rutgers alumnus who co-founded Conservation International and Nia Tero.