The Center for American Women and Politics celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this month with a reception hosted by the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C. The event brought together officeholders past and present, scholars, journalists, students, activists, advocacy organizations, and CAWP scholars and staff from throughout the past five decades — all united by a common mission to expand women’s political representation and influence in the United States.

In her remarks, CAWP Director Debbie Walsh told the crowd, “We are living in a remade world. When we were founded, there were just 15 women in Congress. Today, 150...The people in this room, your organizations and your predecessors, have done the work to make this possible."

U.S. Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman and Mikie Sherrill, the two women members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation and honorary co-chairs of the event, also spoke at the reception and presented the Center with a proclamation from the United States House of Representatives.

Congratulation's CAWP on 50 years of groundbreaking work increasing women's political representation!

Eagleton's Center for Public Interest Polling team participated in the American Association for Public Opinion Research's Conference in Philadelphia earlier this month. 

Dr. Ashley Koning, Dr. Debbie Borie-Holtz, Jessica Roman, and Dr. Kyle Morgan presented on many of the center’s current research projects, including their five-decade survey of New Brunswick residents in partnership with New Brunswick Tomorrow. Their presentation entitled Campus, Community, and Engagement: A Five-Decade Study of Rutgers University's Surrounding Hispanic Community in New Brunswick, New Jersey and given jointly with NBT President and CEO, Jaymie Santiago, was selected as one of only ten spotlight presentations at the conference.

Jessica Roman was also awarded the Burns "Bud" Roper Fellow Award for promising survey researchers in the early stages of their careers. ECPIP graduate interns Katie Krumbholz and David Martin were awarded with Student Travel Awards.

Eagleton's Science and Politics Program hosted it's bi-annual workshop focused on the science & politics of decision-making during emergency responses, including the 2012 train derailment and vinyl chloride spill in Paulsboro, New Jersey. 

Workshop participants discussed science use during rapidly evolving natural emergency situations and regulatory politics affecting communities in the aftermath of environmental disasters.

Attendees heard from former Commissioner of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Bob Martin, and Dean and Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, Stuart Shapiro, Ph.D.

The Center for Youth Political Participation is accepting applications for undergraduate internship funding in Washington, D.C. Supported by the Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award & Katherine K. Neuberger Legacy Fund, provides up to $4,000.00 awards to outstanding Rutgers undergraduate students for in-person summer internships in women’s political leadership organizations or in a Congresswomen’s office in Washington, D.C.

The monetary award is meant to ease the financial burden of working in Washington D.C. and is intended to offset living expenses. Applicants must have an in-person summer internship in Washington, D.C. at the time of applying.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, June 14 at 5PM 

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