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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Welcome to the new academic year! And for those who are new to FDU, welcome to our community. Whether you are returning for another year or joining us for the first time, we are excited that you are here. ❤️💙

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Wishing all the moms and mother figures a great celebration and sending hugs of comfort to those missing their moms on this day.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The FDU Global Career Accelerator is a for-credit program and career network that helps college students gain: • Real-world experience • In-demand skills • Career Connections Get Started Now at www.careeraccelerator.fdu.edu

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Excited to listen to @michelinenaderofficial at today’s Joseph Pieroni Distinguished Lecture @fduwhatsnew!

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Today is International #Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

You liked and engaged with FDU this year, and we MUST share it! Here’s what was trending on @FDUWhatsNew for 2025: whatsnew.fdu.edu/top2025

collage of collegian photos. graphic reads "FDU What's New Top Five 2025."

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Just some of the extraordinary work of our @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social #FDUHispanicCenter student artists featured in an exhibit now on our #FDUMetro campus. Super proud of our student artists AND their faculty mentors!

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thinking of all our #veterans and their families today: Thank you for your service! #VeteransDay And of course top of my mind is my veteran, my Pop, @USMC #FirstDivisionUSMC #ThePacific #SemperFi

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Happy Diwali to all who celebrate this beautiful holiday!

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Super excited for this partnership and the opportunities it will create for members of our two universities and the benefits from it that will redound to our communities in #NorthJersey and #SouthJersey!

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Wishing a happy and healthy 5786 #roshhashanah to all who celebrate: a year of good health and happiness and peace to you and your loved ones and all people everywhere!

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The semester is busy, but a quick chat with a friend can be the best study break! 💚 #FDUWhatsOld 📸 FDU Cygnus Yearbook, 1975

two college students relax and chat on a patch of grass. an open textbook and a backpack sits between them. the photo is vintage.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Excited for @fduwhatsnew #Convocation2025 but bummed I can’t be there in person - darn #Covid! Congrats to all the award winners, welcome to all our new faculty!

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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Out today from the FDU Poll: we asked NJ voters about extreme weather, flooding, and what the state should be doing about it. www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-pol...

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FDU Poll Finds 3 in 4 NJ Voters Worried About Damage from Extreme Weather

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Some thoughts for students beginning a new academic year, especially at @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social, about keeping focused on your goals.

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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

✊ On Aug 23, 1989, ~2M people in Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania formed a 600 km human chain—the Baltic Way. They showed Moscow & the world: freedom can’t be contained, and they no longer wanted life under the USSR. Imagine: they did this without today’s communication tools.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Just a few days to the start of the fall semester at @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social NJ campuses! Can’t wait! Picture yourself here! (At #MetroCampus and at #FlorhamCampys)

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A university built around you; that is Fairleigh Dickinson University. Full video here: whatsnew.fdu.edu/4ol5fd9

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy Independence Day, FDU! Celebrate like it's 1776 🇺🇸

graphic reads "Happy 4th of July from Fairleigh Dickinson University." graphic depicts fireworks and stars with the American flag inside of them.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy Juneteenth, FDU! Today, we celebrate freedom and honor the journey. 🤎

graphic reads "Happy Juneteenth from Fairleigh Dickinson University." graphic depicts red, green and yellow hearts.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

No “cap”tion needed 😉🎓 #FDUGrad Check out the grad caps, submitted on Instagram: whatsnew.fdu.edu/43goqep

grad cap decorated with flowers and butterflies and reads "i wanted to give up but i remembered who was watching EG"

grad cap decorated with mickey mouse and reads "some imagination, huh?"

grad cap decorated in flowers, butterflies and the Colombian flag

grad cap decorated in pink and reads "she doesn't even go here anymore."

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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Spring at FDU Madison is beautiful.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Proud to be recognized as an #innovator in #HigherEducation in #NewJersey, grateful to the @fduwhatsnew community! More info and how to join the fun: innovatenewjersey.com

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Today I gave a lecture on the history of Russian imperialist expansion and capped it off with a recommendation of @maksymeristavi.com ‘s terrific book #RussianColonialism101.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Russia launched its full-scale genocidal war against #Ukraine three years ago today, assuming it would take them three days to occupy #Kyiv. #SlavaUkraini

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

European Court of Human Rights rules unanimously that the Russian Federation has violated multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding treatment of Novaya Gazeta and TV-Dozhd, blocking of websites, inhuman treatment of detainees and more. #SlavaUkraini

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Fairleigh Dickinson University @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

FDU's Black History Month events begin today! Learn more here: whatsnew.fdu.edu/bhm2025

graphic reads "happy black history month from fairleigh dickinson university." graphic depicts red, yellow and green stripes with a silhouette of a face.

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#BlackHistoryMonth2025 one of my heroes Betty Reid Soskin themoth.org/stories/the-...

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a reminder from survivors about what it means when your parents are taken away.

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The Last Time I Saw Them

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 27/01/2025

🕯️ Today, we honor the lives lost in the Holocaust and heroes like Anatoliy Shapiro, a Ukrainian-born Jewish soldier who led the first troops to liberate Auschwitz. 🧵 1/7

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Nizar Ali Badr (Latakia, Syria) Refugees found pebbles

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Today (and every day) is a great day to honor #RevMartinLutherKingJr and to rededicate ourselves to pursuing his dream. (Pictured: #MLK monument @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social at our Metro campus) #MLKDay2025

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13/01/2025

Seen in Venice Beach today

Graffiti wall art by @Steeke13. Text reads “THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS”

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Golden Retriever Channel @goldretrieverus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Golden Retriever Channel says LA rescues are DESPERATE for #foster families to care for dogs displaced by fires If you live in So CA, give a pup a home till he reconnects w/ his humans! Make a family, whole! #fosters spcala.com/volunteer/fo...

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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 13/01/2025

On 12 January #Ukraine celebrates the birthday of Maria Prymachenko. An #artist ahead of her time, whose enchanting works continue to inspire the world. United 24 Media / Instagram

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Marci Shore @marcishore.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Stanislav Aseyev, who survived nearly three years in the torture prison Izolatysiia in Donetsk, traveled last week to Sednaya, Asad's torture prison in Syria. It's enormously important that this story be told, and enormously meaningful that it's @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social who is telling it.

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I survived a Russian torture camp. So I had to see Assad's Sednaya prison

Editor's Note: Stanislav Aseyev is a Ukrainian writer, journalist, veteran, and a survivor of the Izolyatsia prison in Russia-occupied Donetsk, infamous for its torture of prisoners. He was the first ...

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Wishing everyone a happy healthy and peaceful 2025. May you have the courage yo make your journey this year both beautiful and meaningful for yourself and all you hold dear. And yes #SlavaUkraini

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Congrats to our Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduates @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social - graduating right now!!!! #SoProud!

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Benjamin Rifkin @benrifkin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#OnThisDay 69 years ago #RosaParks refused to give up her seat, seemingly a small action that changed the world. #BlackHistory is all twelve months.

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