David Remnick, a Hackensack native, will speak at the 256th anniversary commencement of Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences on May 15.
The Board of Governors choose Remnick on Friday as its commencement speaker at its 256th commencement ceremony, to be held May 15. The Hackensack native will also be awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree.
Remnick, who joined The New Yorker magazine as a staff writer in 1992 and ascended to editor in 1998, has reported pieces from around the globe and profiled a number of prominent people, including former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen, accordingHe also serves as host of the magazine’s national radio program and podcast, The New Yorker Radio HourRemnick began his reporting career in 1982 as a staff writer for The Washington Post, which led to a four-year tenure as the paper’s...
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