Past Events

The Office of Graduate Student Life and the Graduate Student Association invite all graduate and professional school students to stop by to enjoy food, networking, and learn about Graduate Student Organizations and University Department support services! All graduate students are welcome! Halal and vegan options will be provided for the reception.

Do you have your resume ready for the upcoming career fairs? Stop by this event in person or remotely to meet with a career specialist, review your resume, and get ready to navigate the fair!

Stop by our Style Station to browse and purchase professional attire that will help you look and feel confident. First 30 SMLR students  that show up and register for the career fair will receive a style box for free!

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), Rutgers Global, and the TUP Academy (based in New Jersey, U.S.) partnered to launch TUP@Rutgers, an innovative non-degree, pre-college preparatory program for highly qualified international students.

Please join us on August 14 at Zeppelin Hall for a fun evening of drinks, food and networking with the SMLR Alumni Association and the Rutgers Alumni Association! 

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE), in partnership with Rutgers Global, hosted the 5th Summer Camp, Frontiers of Labor and Human Resources Management, at Rutgers’ New Brunswick campus from July 28 to August 19, 2025. Nine students from Renmin University of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, and Korea University participated in the program.

CGWE co-organized the Global Labor Governance Forum: Knowledge, Institutions, and Practices for Sustainable Globalization with Renmin University’s School of Labor and Human Resources and the Beijing Office of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The forum took place in Beijing, China, on July 12, 2025, and drew more than 50 researchers and practitioners from the U.S., the U.K., China, and the ILO.

The Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) co-organized the conference Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: Theory, Policy, and Practice with the School of Public Administration of South China University of Technology, the India-Pakistan Center of South China University of Technology, the ESRC Centre for the Digital Future of Work, and the Guangdong Social Security Research Center. Held in Guangzhou, China, on July 4–5, 2025, the event brought together more than 50 researchers from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and China.

Together with the Productivity Network, the University of Newfoundland, the University of Alberta, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the Rutgers Network of Work-Studies Scholars, the Center for Global Work and Employment (CGWE) organized the international conference AI, Remote Work, and Productivity at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada, on May 8–9, 2025. More than 100 researchers, Canadian government officials, and practitioners participated. Rutgers professors Mingwei Liu (SMLR), Jennifer Hunt (Economics), and Yanhong Jin (Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics) presented their research. The conference also featured a workshop for a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Productivity Analysis on AI, remote work, and productivity.

Join the Labor Studies and Employment Relations Department and the Center for Global Work and Employment for a presentation by Rina Agarwala (Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) on "Union‐Cooperative Collaborations: Toward a Global Framework of Analysis" beginning at 11:30am in the Labor Education Center, Room 115.