People who regularly read with their toddlers are less likely to engage in harsh parenting and the children are less likely to be hyperactive or disruptive, according to study by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researchers that may be the first to focus on how shared reading affects parenting.
Shilpa Viswanath can trace the roots of her research interests as a doctoral student in public policy to her childhood growing up in India with a father who worked in state governement and a mother who was a college professor and union member who went on strike for fair wages. Learn more about Viswanath, who will earn her degree this month from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers-Newark.
Read about the findings of a study co-authored by Marc Steinberg, an associate professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, that highlights the need for more emphasis on treatment for e-cigarette users who want to quit.
A program aimed at reducing violence against women and girls by focusing on positive expressions of masculinity changed the attitudes of middle school boys who may have been prone to harassment and dating violence, according to a study by lead author Victoria Banyard, a professor at Rutgers-New Brunswick’s School of Social Work.
Dante Apaestegui, the son of parents who came to the the United States as undocumented immigrants more than 30 years ago, hopes to pursue a law degree to help the poor and disenfranchised after graduating from Rutgers-Newark. Read what sparked the passion and commitmment of this 20-year-old Paterson native, the latest in our series on the Class of 2019.
When Jose Sagal needed an outlet to deal with the challenges of transitioning from life in the military to college at Rutgers, he found it on the golf course. His love for the sport inspired him to start a golf program for other student veterans to help them the networking skills they need after. Read more about Sagal, who completed his master's degree in Global Sports Business this spring and was named a PGA WORKS Fellow.
Chinese-Americans who were victims of child abuse or intimate partner violence are at a greater risk of abuse when they are elderly, according to a Rutgers study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Governments seeking to help their most vulnerable residents prepare for hurricanes and other disasters should create community-based information campaigns ahead of time, according to a Rutgers study of economically disadvantaged New Jerseyans in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.
Here is a look back at Paul Robeson's historic commencement 100 years ago, when he challenged listeners to fight for equal opportunities at a time when racial equality did not exist. Read more about Robeson's commencement address entitled “The New Idealism", the latest in our series chronicling Robeson’s life as Rutgers marks the centennial of graduation in 1919.
On Saturday, President Robert Barchi and his wife, Francis, honored inductees to the 2019 Matthew Leydt Society, which spotlights the top 2 percent of graduates at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and the university’s medical division, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Learn more about some of these remarkable graduates.
Super Bowl champions Jason McCourty and Devin McCourty told the Class of 2019 they will face roadblocks, but urged them to not let moments of self-doubt interfere with their drive to be great. “I know chasing goals can be scary,” said Devin McCourty during the ceremony for graduates of Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, which also highlighted the legacy of Paul Robeson.