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A Rutgers University football player announced that he is leaving the school citing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In a tweet, defensive back Peyton Powell wrote the school has “made the COVID vaccine mandatory to attend school and play football, therefore I have no other choice but to enter my name into the transfer portal.” The Texas native transferred to Rutgers…

Researchers at Rutgers are working on a breath test for COVID-19 with results promised within minutes. Lead researcher Dr. Edward Demauro explains to NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield how the breathalyzer works.

In what may be a first for universities in the country, Rutgers will require all 71,000 students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend classes this fall, the university’s president said Thursday.

Rutgers Global Health Institute’s Dr. Reynold Panettieri explains more on the coronavirus vaccine trials, including the data from Pfizer showing 95% effectiveness.

Penn State and Rutgers plan to be back on the field next month after the Big Ten reversed course and allowed football amid the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes on the heels of new and improved safety precautions for players. NBC10’s Steven Fisher breaks down those safety measures.

Rutgers says four student-athletes and a member of its athletic staff have tested positive for COVID-19

A certain tick species linked to bats was found for the first time in New Jersey — posing possible health risks to people, pets and livestock, according to a Rutgers-led study. The study, which appeared in the Journal of Medical Entomology, identifies the tick species, known as Carios kelleyi (or C.kelleyi), as a “soft” tick. According to Rutgers, deer ticks,...

Emely Guevara was supposed to walk the stage this week as part of Rutgers’ graduating class of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic changed all plans. Instead of receiving her bachelor’s degree at Prudential Center in Newark on Friday, Guevara will be part of a star-studded, global graduation ceremony called #ImStillGraduating. She will be one of the selected student speakers and…

NBC10’s Tracy Davidson reports on the push to ramp up testing in New Jersey as COVID-19 cases approach 100,000.

The chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden has announced plans to step down after the current academic year.

Rutgers University named a high-ranking Northwestern University official as its new leader on Tuesday, making him the school’s first black president. Jonathan Holloway, 52, will start his new job on July 1 after receiving approval from the Rutgers Board of Governors. He will be the 21st president of New Jersey’s flagship university, succeeding Robert Barchi, who has led Rutgers since…

Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has offered her condolences to the family of late radio personality Don Imus, who used a racial slur to describe the Scarlet Knights in 2007 after the team lost the national championship game to Tennessee. The 79-year-old Imus died last week of complications from lung disease. Stringer prepared a statement for her press conference following…

From shootings that rocked communities to a congressional flip flop to recreational marijuana to an old face returning to Rutgers football, take a look back at the year that was in the Garden State

After an on-again, off-again courtship, Greg Schiano is back as Rutgers football coach.

Micah Tennant, a 10-year-old boy, died from his injuries after he was shot during a high school game. Pleasantville and Camden high schools honored the boy as they played the remainder of their matchup at Lincoln Financial Field.

Rutgers University officials in New Jersey are warning students there may be an aggressive coyote in the area that bit someone walking near campus

Students from Rutgers-Newark are searching beneath a nearby church — all in hopes of finding human remains.

Rutgers University students are searching for unmarked graves that could hold the remains Chinese immigrants believed to have settled in the area some 150 years ago. Myles Miller reports.

Two Rutgers softball coaches, a husband and wife, have been accused of fostering a climate of fear, intimidation and abuse on the team. The university president said Thursday he wants an independent investigation of allegations made against softball head coach Kristen Butler and her husband, Marcus Smith, a volunteer assistant. Smith has since left the program.

A New Jersey doctor fell off a cliff to his death while vacationing with his fiancee on the Spanish island of Ibiza, authorities say.