ALL-Lizzo Changes Lyric In New Song After Criticism Over Ableist Slur
Lizzo has changed a lyric in her new song, “Grrrls,” after listeners pointed out it was an ableist slur. Find out more about this story at:...
ALL-CODA takes top prize at SAG awards in Major win for Deaf Representation
In a major triumph for deaf representation in Hollywood, the ensemble of “CODA” clinched the top prize Sunday at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. After receiving two SAG nominations, the heartwarming Apple TV+ dramedy about a child of deaf adults (CODA) won them...
ALL-Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and a wheelchair didn’t stop Ryann Kress, BS, RN……she got the job!
“Two years of ‘no.’ Two years of nobody wanted to take a chance on me, being seen as a liability, or just being instantly Googled, they would find my name, see my wheelchair and say absolutely not,” said Kress. Find out more at:...
ALL – Med Student’s Disability Helps Him Connect With Patients
Tom Pisano has been working on both a medical degree and doctoral degree in neuroscience to help to study and treat conditions like his own. When he started making rounds in his wheelchair, he worried his patients would consider him less capable than his Robert Wood...
ALL – Amanda Gorman, 22, delivers powerful inaugural poem: ‘There is always light’
Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman who, at age 22, spoke the 2021 inaugural poem, worked through life to this point with an auditory processing disorder, hypersensitivity to sound, and as a child she also had a speech impediment....
ALL – Deserving Nurse Gets Million-Dollar Surprise of a Lifetime: Only Registered Nurse in NYC Who Uses a Wheelchair.
Please take a moment check out this amazing and inspirational story. A registered nurse in NYC and an advocate for others, who has made unbelievable strides for people with spinal cord injuries.
ALL – New Title IX Regulations & Policy
Rutgers has adopted a new Title IX Policy and Grievance Procedures in response to new Dept of Education regulations that went into effect on August 14, 2020. This policy replaces to former policies, noted in the policy document, and consolidates the University’s...
STUDENTS – Return to In-person Education at RBHS
As the RBHS schools continue to plan for students to return to in-person educational experiences, we realize that some students may have concerns with returning. To facilitate students’ requests for considerations before they return, RBHS has created a form at the...
ALL – RBHS Campus Climate Assessment Surveys
In February of 2019, RBHS collaborated with the Rutgers School of Social Work to conduct campus climate assessment surveys at its schools. The students at New Jersey Medical School and the School of Public Health were the first surveyed on topics related to...
STUDENTS – New Deadline for NJ Residency for Tuition Purposes Process
Please note that a change has been made to the NJ Residency for Tuition Purposes process. Applications are now due within 60 days of the term start date. Be sure to get your application in before this deadline to ensure you can qualify.