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Benjamin Rifkin
@benrifkin.bsky.social
Provost at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Professor of Humanities: I love golden retrievers, language, literature, linguistics, film, history. Opinions are my own.
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
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy Diwali to all who celebrate this beautiful holiday!
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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!
We are joining forces with @rowanuniversity.bsky.social!

Our recently signed memorandum of understanding plans to create dual degree programs and accelerated pathways to strengthen healthcare education and New Jersey’s health workforce.

Learn more here: #[whatsnew.fdu.edu/48k4Kub
October 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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!
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The semester is busy, but a quick chat with a friend can be the best study break! 💚 #FDUWhatsOld

📸 FDU Cygnus Yearbook, 1975
September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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!
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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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...
FDU Poll Finds 3 in 4 NJ Voters Worried About Damage from Extreme Weather
www.fdu.edu
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Some thoughts for students beginning a new academic year, especially at @fduwhatsnew.bsky.social, about keeping focused on your goals.
August 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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✊ 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.
August 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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)
August 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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A university built around you; that is Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Full video here: whatsnew.fdu.edu/4ol5fd9
August 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Happy Independence Day, FDU! Celebrate like it's 1776 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Happy Juneteenth, FDU! Today, we celebrate freedom and honor the journey. 🤎
June 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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No “cap”tion needed 😉🎓 #FDUGrad

Check out the grad caps, submitted on Instagram: whatsnew.fdu.edu/43goqep
May 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Spring at FDU Madison is beautiful.
April 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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
April 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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.
April 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Russia launched its full-scale genocidal war against #Ukraine three years ago today, assuming it would take them three days to occupy #Kyiv. #SlavaUkraini
a sign that says we stand with ukraine on it
ALT: a sign that says we stand with ukraine on it
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February 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
11 years ago today - #Maidan and the heavenly hundred. #HistoryMatters. #SlavaUkraini
a poster that says stand with ukraine with a heart in the middle
ALT: a poster that says stand with ukraine with a heart in the middle
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February 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
February 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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FDU's Black History Month events begin today!

Learn more here: whatsnew.fdu.edu/bhm2025
February 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth2025 one of my heroes Betty Reid Soskin themoth.org/stories/the-...
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a reminder from survivors about what it means when your parents are taken away.
The Last Time I Saw Them
YouTube video by Yale University
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January 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM