Memories of sexual assault trigger more stress than other traumatic experiences even decades after the violence. New Rutgers research published Wednesday explains why this occurs and what can be done to help women recover.
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If you look up at the Harvest Moon with a telescope Monday night, you may spot a lunar swirl – one of the solar system’s most beautiful but mysterious anomalies, which may finally be solved thanks to a joint study coauthored by Sonia Tikoo, an assistant professor in Rutgers-New Brunswick's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
The university broke ground on the future Paul Robeson Plaza, which will open in April as part of a year-long centennial celebration of Robeson’s 1919 graduation. The plaza was conceived and championed by the Class of 1971 for its 45th anniversary, with strong support by the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance.
Technology already available in homes and neighborhood coffee shops can be used to detect weapons, bombs and explosive chemicals in bags in stadiums, schools and other public venues. A study co-authored by Yingying Chen, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Rutgers-New Brunswick’s School of Engineering, explains how it works. Read our release and the coverage in the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Newsweek.
RUHere is a new online enrollment verification process that gives students more time to get their finances in order and pay their tuition without disrupting their academics. Almost all students across the university must respond by Sep. 17.
When Robert Asaro-Angelo talks about his goals and priorities as the new commissioner of the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the conversation keeps coming back to his deep ties to Rutgers. Whether it’s the lessons he learned in the classrooms at the Eagleton Institute of Politics while working toward his master’s degree or the partnerships he hopes to engage in with the university to develop the state’s workforce his connection to the university continues to shape nearly every aspect of his job.
A new myRutgers dashboard that houses dozens of student services apps, a brand new alumni center at Rutgers-Newark, freshly renovated offices with a computer lab and support space at Rutgers-Camden, and the opening of the Richard M. Weeks Building Hall of Engineering. The university unveils these and more facilities, resources and amenities this fall.
A drafted major leaguer, an aspiring neurosurgeon, and a medical student who wants to make his patients smile are among the 9,300 students who begin their academic journeys at Rutgers. Meet the university's largest class in history.
While the landmark June ruling brought severe consequences for labor unions, find out why a Rutgers experts believes that the ruling will not be the death knoll for the movement and could energize workers to find new ways to organize.
Can immersing yourself in a South American jungle and the high-fiber, unprocessed diet of its villagers make your gut microbes more diverse? And could it have benefits for people with obesity, type 1 diabetes and other disorders?
The millions of people search YouTube videos to learn about options for plastic surgery should beware of marketing campaigns that masquerading as educational materials. Learn about a first of its kind study – led by Boris Paskhover, an assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School – that evaluated 240 top-viewed videos with 160 million combined view and found most contained misleading or incomplete information.
The reason is not white bigoted cops or a few bad apples, says Charles Menifield, dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers-Newark. To find out why more black men are killed by police, read our release, Menifield's op-ed in the Daily News and watch his interview on CBS News.