Another year, another round of MacArthur Foundation "genius" award winners, who are given $500,000 to use as they please, no strings attached. This year's New York-area winners include Radiolab host and producer Jad Abumrad, choral conductor and composer for the Young People's Chorus of New York City Francisco Nunez, Rutgers University European Historian Professor Jacob Soll, New Jersey silversmith/ restoration expert Ubaldo Vitali, jazz percussionist/composer Dafnis Prieto, and classical cellist Alisa Weilerstein. more ›

Rutgers University came under fire last year when Freshman Tyler Clementi committed suicide after finding out his roommate had seen him engaged in sexual conduct with another man over a webcam. Clementi's parents decided to sue the school, saying they hadn't done enough to make their soon feel safe, which includes an allegedly slow response to complaints about his roommate that Clementi filed with the school. So in an effort to make LGBT students more comfortable living on campus, Rutgers undergrads in Demarest Hall, New Gibbons and Rockoff Hall will have the option to room with a person of the opposite sex. And parents wont be able to protest. more ›

The two Rutgers students charged with multiple counts of invasion of privacy after allegedly watching webcam footage of classmate Tyler Clementi engaged in a sexual encounter with another man have quit the university. An attorney for Molly Wei, whose dorm room was allegedly where Clementi's roommate Dharun Ravi viewed (and Tweeted about) the encounter, says his client dropped out because she fears for her safety. more ›

Last night, a few hundred students and community members gathered on Rutgers' campus for a silent vigil in honor of student Tyler Clementi, who killed himself after his roommate Dharun Ravi allegedly shared webcab footage of him engaged in a sexual encounter. Though a few officials addressed the crowd, most stayed silent, holding candles and hoping that the incident will inspire students facing similar harassment to seek help. Jenny Kurtz, the leader of the school's LGBT groups, told the crowd, "Tonight begins the process of healing." more ›

Authorities have released the identity of the 18-year-old victim of a sick internet broadcast as Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, a talented violinist. Two other freshmen, Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, have been accused of invasion of privacy for broadcasting a hidden-camera video of Clementi during a sexual encounter on the Internet, which allegedly led to Clementi's suicide last week. He reportedly wrote on his Facebook page on September 22nd, "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." His family released this statement: more ›

Hours after CBS decided to fire Don Imus yesterday afternoon for his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, Imus, joined by his wife, and the basketball team and coach, joined by university officials and others, met at the NJ Governor's mansion . This afternoon, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said :

We, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knight basketball team, accept -- accept -- Mr. Imus' apology, and we are in the process of forgiving. We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget.

This just in: Imus just got canned by CBS. He's live on the air now doing a fundraiser-- so you wonder how he's taking the news. Word is that Mike and the Mad Dog will be filling the spot starting tomorrow.

"From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that were made on our air about the young women who represented Rutgers University in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship with such class, energy and talent," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in a statement. more ›

Almost a week after radio host and "shock jock" Don Imus and his producer called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappyheaded ho" and "hardcore hos," the team and other university officials spoke out. And the consensus all around is that they are classy, inspiring, and leaders of today. more ›

The mysterious object that crashed into a Freehold Township, New Jersey home last week has been determined to be a meteorite. Three Rutgers University geologists and an independent metallurgist arrived at that conclusion after examining the golf ball-sized object with magnets and magnifying glasses. The meteorite, now named Freehold Township for the place where it landed, is magnetic, dense (it weighs nearly a pound), and has a texture pattern that is consistent with other meteorites according to the scientists. more ›

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Forecasting the weather is rarely like flipping a coin. Usually you have a pretty good idea what the high or low temperature will be within a few degrees. Today, however, we have a heads or tails choice. A high pressure system is sinking down from the north and we'll have winds out of the east today. more ›