Women who experience intimate partner violence, including physical, emotional, and controlling abuse, are more likely to suffer material hardship – the inability to purchase food, housing, utilities, medical care or other needs for a healthy life, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Inspired after reading an autobiography by Ken Perenyi, a New Jersey-native who is considered one of America’s most successful art forgers, Geeta Govindarajoo, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology created the Chemistry of Art course, to explore the ways science and art are fused together.
Read about a study led by led by Abel Moreyra at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School that found new risk factors for the condition and highlights the need for hospitals to develop improved infection prevention strategies.
Impermeable pavement made of concrete or asphalt covers more than 30 percent of most urban areas and can exceed 140 degrees Fahrenheit in the summertime, making the air feel ever hotter. But a special permeable concrete pavement designed by a Rutgers-led team of engineers can help reduce the “urban heat island effect.” Learn more.
More than 100 million people could die and mass starvation may occur globally if India and Pakistan wage a nuclear war, according to a study coauthored by Alan Robock in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Read more about the study that details the devastating toll of a nuclear war.
What shifted over the past 30 years that changed perceptions of the U.S.-Mexican border? Are current policies working? Will barring illegal immigration decrease crime and unemployment? Learn about a new course at Rutgers-New Brunswick that is offering an unbiased look at one of our most divisive political issues.
Hébert Peck, assistant director of broadcast operations at RU-tv, has racked up quite a few prestigious accolades and awards for the James Baldwin documentary he helped produce, including the equivalent of the French and British Academy Awards. Now he can add an Emmy to that list.
Read our Q&A with infectious disease experts David Cennimo from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Tanaya Bhowmick from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to find out when you should get the vaccine and how you can protect yourself during flu season.
Becoming an astronaut is challenging for anyone, but for School of Engineering senior Marissa Navarro, that dream was complicated by an eight-year fight to stay in the United States.Today, however, the Mexican immigrant is one step closer to her goal of reaching space. Read her story.
Dental school Dean Cecile A. Feldman is leading a study to determine whether a combination of ibuprofen and acetaminophen can be used as an effective alternative to opioids. Find out why Feldman says dental schools are the ideal setting for this research and learn more about the study she is overseeing with four other universities across the country.
Scientists have developed a computer-based method that may help improve understanding and treatment of Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation of the digestive tract.