News & Media

Leadership Transition, A Personal Message from Ruth B. Mandel

After 24 years of distinguished leadership of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Ruth B. Mandel will step down as director on August 31, 2019; she will be succeeded by John J. Farmer, Jr, who has been appointed director of the Institute effective September 1, 2019.

Local program joins a host of others working in increase the number of women in office

“Nationwide, however, women make up roughly a third of state legislators, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.”

Princeton Alumni Weekly

Molecular biology graduate alum Shin-Yi Lin *11 was selected as one of four members in the first class of science and politics fellows at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics.

E-Newsletter August 8, 2019

New Website, New Science Fellows, New Polling on Gender Perceptions

NJBiz 2019 Forty Under 40 Awards

Ryan J. Peene Named One of NJBIZ’s 2019 Forty Under 40

Eagleton alumni Ryan Peene (Eagleton Undergraduate Associate Class of 2005) was named one of NJBIZ's 2019 Forty Under 40.

Civil defense is key to tackling America’s mass shootings

“Last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have resulted in the distressingly familiar post-massacre ritual…”

Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics Announces First Class of Science and Politics Fellows

“New Jersey’s state government has received an infusion of scientific expertise thanks to the appointment of Rutgers University Eagleton Science Fellows to assist with issues from maternal health outcomes to climate change resiliency.”

NJ Poll: Some Gender Stereotypes Still Alive And Well

“Some gender stereotypes may just never go away, but New Jersey residents are moving on from others, according to poll findings released Tuesday by Rutgers-Eagleton and Fairleigh Dickinson University Polling.”

Joint Rutgers-Eagleton/FDU Poll: New Jerseyans Are Moving Beyond Most, But Not All, Stereotypical Gender Views

New Jerseyans perceive women as being more emotional and men as more aggressive, but other views on gender have evolved, according to the latest poll results from the Rutgers-Eagleton/Fairleigh Dickinson University Polling partnership.

Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics Announces First Class of Science Fellows

New Jersey’s state government has received an infusion of scientific expertise thanks to the appointment of Rutgers University Eagleton Science Fellows to assist with issues from maternal health outcomes to climate change resiliency.

House Republicans face reckoning as retirement fever spreads

“Roby and Brooks are among only 13 GOP women in the House compared to 89 Democratic women, according to Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.”