Whether they study rocket science, brain surgery or the meaning of life, scholars traditionally have spoken more to each other than to the general public. But in recent years, many academics have come to appreciate the value of communicating their work more widely. An initiative by the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is training scholars to communicate with general audiences.
Black women are significantly underrepresented in state and national elective offices. Still, black women have made some gains in recent years and represent a key element in any elective strategy for 2018, according to a report by the Center for American Women and Politics, which honors Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress in 1968.
If you think your nose looks big in all those selfies, you might be right. But you shouldn’t let it influence your self-image. Researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Stanford University developed a new mathematical model to explain how smartphones act as “portable funhouse mirrors,” making your nose appear wider than it is. Read our release and the story on CNN.
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health has been awarded a $3 million, three-year grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative, a partnership between IFNH and the Child Health Institute of New Jersey that will focus on improving the health of New Jersey children.
Shaheena Shahid has tutored orphans in Peru, India and Jordan, taught English to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and instructed young Moroccan girls on self-defense techniques. Meet the Graduate School of Education student who is committed to elevating human rights for underserved communities around the world.
Palliative care expert Judy Barberio gives patients and their families strategies on how to ease the transition to end-of-life care.
A new exhibit at the Zimmerli Art Museum focuses on early 20th-century artists, who promoted a romantic and idealized Mexico during an era of radical change. To celebrate the show at Rutgers-New Brunswick, the university community and the public are invited to Art After Hours, an evening of free programs March 6.
Bioblitz, a citizen science project, is aimed at getting people to learn more about life around them, to collect species data for scientists and to promote conservation in an era of rampant habitat destruction. Anyone with a connection to Rutgers can participate. Just download the app!
How do you begin debates on difficult topics including issues related to public health? An exhibit of work produced by visual arts undergraduate students in the Mason Gross School of the Arts – in collaboration with Rutgers School of Public Health – aims to open the door. Watch our video to hear Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the School of Public Health, talk about the role art can play in to start those challenging conversations and read our story for more on the exhibit.
On Feb. 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could decide whether unions may continue to charge mandatory “agency fees” to all public employees. Adrienne Eaton, interim dean and professor in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, explains why this case matters in our Q&A.
A Rutgers program developed to combat the soaring cost of textbooks has saved more than 11,000 students $2.1 million since its inception and continues to grow. The Open and Affordable Textbooks program recently provided 28 awards to faculty members and instructors in Camden, Newark and New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences who found ways to offer students free or low-cost textbooks as an alternative
Rutgers is joining New Jersey’s prison system to address an often-overlooked contributor to the cycle of crime, poverty and health concerns: the prevalence of drug and alcohol addiction among the state’s nearly 20,000 incarcerated adults. The Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care program provides nearly 900 correction officers and management staff with new skills and information needed to encourage inmates’ successful engagement with substance use disorder treatment.