What do Julie Bowen, Laverne Cox, Liv Tyler and Regina King have in common? All four actresses learned compelling stories about their ancestors with help from Rutgers history professor and award-winning author Erica Armstrong Dunbar, through her work with the TLC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? Read about Dunbar's role on the show and her recent roundtable discussion with Michelle Obama.
Amid growing racial and ethnic diversity in the United States, the physician assistant program at Rutgers Rutgers School of Health Professions resolved to graduate a student body that would more closely mirror the nation’s shifting patient population. Find out how the multipronged effort to attract top candidates from different racial, ethnic, sexual, and economic backgrounds is working.
What if, instead of turning up the thermostat, you could warm up with high-tech, flexible patches sewn into your clothes – while significantly reducing your electric bill and carbon footprint? Engineers at Rutgers and Oregon State University have found a cost-effective way to make these durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester. Learn more about the study in Scientific Reports by senior author Rajiv Malhotra, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
Did you know that eating berries can help improve your memory? Or that distractions like jumping on your cell phone while studying make it harder to remember what you learned later on? With classes ending and finals approaching check out these five tips to make the most stressful time of the semester a little easier.
Martin Blaser, an expert in the field of human microbiome research, has been appointed as the next director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. He will also be the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Coffee has been associated with helping to ward off cancer, reduce liver damage and burn fat. Now a new study finds that a compound in coffee may protect against Parkinson's disease and dementia. Find out what M. Maral Mouradian, professor of neurology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has discovered about the special protective agents in coffee beans that may slow brain degeneration.
Rutgers student newspaper has been a launching pad for journalists at some of the nation’s most prestigious publications. Find out which reporters are on a long list of distinguished alumni who got their start at one of the oldest college newspapers in the country and check out photos throughout The Daily Targum's history.
Ken Miller, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick, describes himself as "probably the only person in the world who really cares what the sea level did 65 million years ago.” Learn about his research in the first article in our series about the Rutgers Climate Institute, which comprises more than 100 distinguished researchers representing 17 schools and programs in the natural and social sciences and the humanities.
Thomas Lennon, an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and director of the Documentary Film Lab at Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, unveils his latest film, Sacred, which airs Monday, Dec. 10, on PBS. Tune in to find out why he considers it the most groundbreaking of his career.
This semester, a group of students explored the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, Rutgers’ third African-American graduate and most famous alumnus, in a Byrne Seminar cotaught by the human rights activist’s granddaughter, Susan Robeson. The seminar marks the beginning of Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s #Robeson100, a commemoration of Robeson’s 1919 graduation from Rutgers College – and his achievements as a scholar, athlete, artist, activist and global citizen.