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At SPARK! 2025, Gaurangi Sandeepkumar Garg (M.S. Computer Science) explored how predictive modeling can reduce data center disk power use without sacrificing performance. #SPARKRutgersCamden

🎤 Assistant Dean Mitch Larson explains Rutgers-Camden’s first Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. In this global research communication challenge, students present their research to a broad audience in three minutes using just one slide. #RutgersCamden #3MT #GradResearch

The SPARK! Graduate Poster Exhibition - SPARK! (Showcase of Projects, Art, Research, and Knowledge) brings the Rutgers–Camden campus together each spring to celebrate graduate research and creative work across disciplines.

This year, SPARK! (Showcase of Projects, Art, Research, and Knowledge) adds something new - Graduate Creative Flash Talks. 🎤 5-Minute Creative Reading 🎬 3-Minute Creative Pitch 🔗 Learn more about SPARK! and apply: conta.cc/46V2iZo #SPARK2026 🎭

🎤 Assistant Dean Mitch Larson is back - and this time he enlisted the help of Alexa, Kayla, and Krissy around the Graduate School House to explain the rules for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 🎥 Learn more and sign up: conta.cc/4ldrost #3MinuteThesis #3MT

At SPARK! 2025, Elisa Alvarez Outerino (Master of Arts in Teaching) examined how Concept-Based Instruction reshapes online Spanish learning. Moving past rote rules, her model builds deeper understanding of preterite and imperfect through conceptual development.

Why does The Bluest Eye keep getting challenged - and why does it still matter in classrooms? 📚 At SPARK, PhD student Nicholas Markellos examined the novel through race, class, and gender, connecting literary scholarship to high school teaching. 🔗 conta.cc/4a6FkRe

Hear directly from current graduate students as they talk about choosing a program, building connections, and finding their place at Rutgers–Camden. This session is a chance to learn what graduate life looks like, straight from the people living it. conta.cc/3O83MZT

In Finland, the Northern Lights aren’t something to chase. In her third reflection, Ana Laguna writes about living without guarantees, learning patience, and letting awe arrive on its own terms while in Oulu as a Fulbright scholar. Read the reflection: conta.cc/3MqrOyP

January is doing January things. Snow is in the forecast, but spring semester is officially underway. Stop by the Spring Meet and Greet at the Graduate School House, hosted by the Graduate Student Organization. 🗓️ Jan 29 📍 Graduate School House 🔗 simpletix.com/e/gso-welcome-…

Graduate School-Camden Spring Orientation 2026 🌱🎓 Spring Orientation marked a next step. New graduate students arrived from near and far, from familiar neighborhoods to places far beyond campus, each carrying questions, ambitions, and the quiet resolve it takes to begin again.

📊 Calling Camden data storytellers. Rutgers students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Love Data Week (February 9–13, 2026). 🔗 Details and submission info: it.rutgers.edu/data-viz-champ… #RutgersCamden #DataStorytelling #DataViz

Serve as the communication bridge between the Graduate School and Student Governing Association leadership. Attend SGA meetings, represent graduate student perspectives, and step into campus governance. 🗓️ Declare by Jan 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM 👉 engage.camden.rutgers.edu/submitter/form…

🎓 Take the next step in your public service career with Rutgers Graduate School–Camden. Explore the MPA/EMPA and how these programs fit working professionals. 🔗 Register: simpletix.com/e/mpa-empa-web… #PublicAdministration #MPA #EMPA #RutgersCamden #PublicService

💡Rutgers–Camden has received a five-year, $700,000 award from the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM to support faculty leadership, mentorship, and pathways for women across STEM disciplines.📰 Read the full story: graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/2026/01/13/fiv… #WomenInSTEM #STEMEducation

Picture yourself in the Graduate School. Spring classes begin next week. The spaces matter, but people give them meaning. Picture yourself here. Doing the work. Building what comes next. graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/picture-yourse… #PictureYourself #GraduateSchool #SpringSemester

📜 History MA alumna Olivia Errico contributed to Feminist Revolutions, opening Jan 10, 2026, at the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice. ✊ The exhibit examines suffrage-era feminism and later movements through historical materials. 🔗 graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/2026/01/09/his… #PublicHistory

EMPA alum James C. Williams has been sworn in to the New Jersey State Board of Education following his appointment by Governor Phil Murphy. 🔗 Read more graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/2026/01/09/emp… #PublicAdministration

🧠📘 Teaching Spanish MAT faculty member Próspero N. García coauthored A Brief Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning, bringing clarity to how SCT is used in language teaching and research. Read: graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/2026/01/08/def…

🌍 An international research team based in Germany is changing how scientists understand pollution and life on Earth. 👉Read the full story: graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/2026/01/07/glo… 🔬 Learn more about the Biology MS program: graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/biology-m-s/ #EnvironmentalScience #BiologyResearch