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What happens when best friends and history majors study abroad in London for a semester?
A LOT!

Gianna Rosa (RU ‘25) History major, Philosophy minor
Melissa Marvinny, (RU ‘25), History major

Melissa and Gianna

How and when did you first get to know each other at Rutgers?

We met each other in our Honors College Forum class and bonded over our shared interest in History in a History class (Ancient and Medieval Europe, 510:101) during our Freshman year.

Melissa’s favorite courses in London:

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Old Queens is a student-run digital journal dedicated to allowing undergraduate students of all majors to have their historical essays published. Students will have a chance to be recognized for their work, discover the publishing process, and improve their historical writing skills.

We encourage students to submit their work not just from history classes they have taken, but any class in which they have taken a historical approach to topics in the humanities, social

Dr. Carolyn Brown enjoying dinner at the end of the symposium, surrounded by colleagues, family, and friends.

The photographs on these pages were taken by Jennifer Jones and conference guests and participants.

On March 28, the Rutgers community came together to celebrate Carolyn Brown’s scholarship, teaching, and many contributions to African History and African Studies.

The day was filled with scholarly presentations by historians trained by Dr. Brown as well as her colleagues and scholarly