Rutgers University–Camden charged into a new chapter of campus pride this week as the Scarlet Raptor mascot made its long-awaited debut at Raptor Rally 2026, the largest community pep rally of the year, held during a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader against the New Jersey City University Knights.

Since enrolling at Rutgers–Camden in fall 2024, Jacob Dinerman has dominated in cross country as well as indoor and outdoor track and field for the Scarlet Raptors. For the liberal studies major and third-generation Rutgers student, competitive running has served as a through line during triumphs and setbacks.

Rutgers University–Camden honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s enduring legacy last month with the fifth annual “Beyond the Dream” lecture, welcoming two eminent King scholars to discuss how King’s early life and his time in South Jersey as a divinity student laid the foundation for his civil rights leadership.

Adayna Wallace, a sophomore visual arts major at Rutgers-Camden, turned her pandemic hobby of crocheting into a passion project. People often stop her on campus to ask about her woven work, which has grown into an entire collection with different styles and stitches. The first-generation student, who balances a full arts course load with an on-campus job, clubs, and a new role as an RA, plans to develop a club for crocheters at the university.

As data centers dedicated solely to artificial intelligence are built at an increasingly rapid pace across the United States, an unprecedented demand for electricity is beginning to strain an already tight power grid, raising concerns about reliability and higher costs for everyday consumers.

Three Rutgers University–Camden students have been selected as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars for the Spring 2026 semester. All three recipients are first-generation college students and together represent each of Rutgers–Camden’s three undergraduate colleges.

Five men serving decades-long prison sentences received clemency in recent weeks with help from a clinic at Rutgers Law in Camden. Their work on complex petitions, completed through the Expungement Law Project and with the ACLU of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), contributed to successful commutations in these high-profile cases involving extreme sentencing and disputed evidence.

Zauresh Kapisheva, a finance and marketing double major from Kazakhstan, has found community and opportunity at Rutgers University–Camden. Active in honors programs and student organizations, the first-year student is laying the groundwork for a future business career while embracing life in America.

Global disruption is no longer a distant risk but a defining condition of modern business and according to Yuliya Strizhakova, associate professor of marketing at Rutgers University–Camden, simply recognizing disruption is no longer enough. Organizations must learn to respond strategically to persistent global uncertainty, replacing assumptions of stability with agility grounded in core values.