Single mothers who experience a cut in income are more likely to sacrifice their own health care in favor than their children than traditional two-parent families, according to a new Rutgers study. Find out why Alan Monheit, lead author and professor of health economics and public policy at Rutgers School of Public Health, thinks this altruistic behavior makes single mother families more vulnerable.
Jeffrey D. Laskin of Rutgers’ School of Public Health and Thomas Nosker, School of Engineering at Rutgers-New Brunswick, are among the first class of inventors – together named on more than 1,000 U.S. patents – recognized for fostering innovation at universities and mentoring the next generation of inventors.
Rutgers may be the first university in the world to catalog a list of animals, insects and plants on their campuses across New Jersey as part of a biodiversity project. Read why Lena Struwe, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Department of Plant Biology, says the project, which cataloged more than 1,600 forms of life, will help the global research community and promote environmental awareness and protection.
Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage the ability to differentiate between colors, according to a study coauthored Steven Silverstein, director of research at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. Read the release and story in the Daily Mail to find out what researchers believe causes the changes in a smoker’s red-green and blue-yellow color vision.
Sridhar Sriram, one of 34 U.S. Scholars awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, wants to reduce bias in technology that impacts results from online search engines and social media platforms. Learn more about the 11th Rutgers New-Brunswick student in the last 12 years to join this distinguished group of scholars.
Creating a popular website was one of the last things on their minds when Erik and Beth Kent met as sophomore communication majors, bonding over an art history course at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Find out what led the couple who graduated before the World Wide Web was popular to launch an online wedding resource, which celebrates 22 years in business on Valentine's Day.
One fateful flight brought together Alyssa Chesnut and Jay Dougherty, two Rutgers alumni who attended the university at the same time and both worked in the aviation industry but never met. Here is another Rutgers love story.
Who is Eric Backes? The 1999 Rutgers graduate made his game show debut Monday after countless online screen tests taken over 12 years of tryouts and will appear again this week as the returning champion. Find out what it was like to take the stage and what he learned about being a successful game show contestant.
