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Read about a study by XinQi Dong, director of Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, that found cultural factors are adversely affecting Chinese Americans’ Health and preventing the collection of quality data that would improve their lives and address condition like hypertension, depression and cognitive decline.

Climate change is threatening the world’s food supply and the risk of supply disruptions is expected to grow as temperatures rise, according to a new United Nations report co-authored by Rutgers human ecology professor Pamela McElwee. So, how would we feed everyone if the Earth’s population hits 9.7 billion in 2050 as projected? Duckweed, the world’s fastest-growing plant, which has more protein than soybeans and is a traditional food source for people living in parts of Southeast Asia, could be one of the key solutions, according to Eric Lam, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.  

The OneSource center, which opens Aug. 29, will provide a single point of contact for faculty and staff to resolve HR and payroll needs through a combination of online, phone, and in-person support. Learn more about it. 

A Rutgers youth trauma expert discusses how parents, teachers and others can recognize mental health issues and connect children with the care they need

Scientists have discovered how diatoms – a type of alga that produce 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen – harness solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient and affordable algae-based biofuels and combat climate change from fossil fuel burning.

 

By the end of today, more than 300 students at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School will have donned their white coats for the first time as they begin their journey to becoming physicians. Read about the White Coat ceremonies at Rutgers, a cherished rite of passage for medical school students nationwide.

A group of students spent part of their summer learning how to hunt down viruses, thwart hackers, and protect organizations from ever-increasing cyber-threats during a one-of-a-kind internship program with a cybersecurity operations center co-founded by Rutgers. Read more about their experience.

Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white men, according to a study by led by Frank Edwards, assistant professo at Rutgers-Newark's School of Criminal Justice. Learn more about his research that highlights the need to create a database that would accurately reflect the police violence that occurs in this release and story from the Daily News.

Climate change and cleaner waters are drawing more of the iconic marine mammals to waters near New York City and northern New Jersey, according to Danielle Brown, a doctoral student in ecology and evolution. Find out what boaters can do to keep themselves and whales safe as a new wave of migration heads closer to shores this fall.  

Extreme wildfires in British Columbia, Canada, pumped so much smoke into the upper atmosphere in August 2017 that an enormous cloud circled most of the Northern Hemisphere – a finding in the journal Science that will help scientists model the climate impacts of nuclear war.