Fae Cushing, who struggled for decades with addiction and mental illnesses, is now giving others the tools to get well. Read more about Cushing, who is graduating summa cum laude from Rutgers School of Health Professions as she prepares to work toward a master’s degree in mental health and wellness counseling, the latest in our series profling members of the Class of 2019.
Read about a study by researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School that found physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favor of a combination of therapies to address concerns about the overuse of antibiotics.
For scores of wild bee species, females and males visit very different flowers for food – a discovery that could be important for conservation efforts, according to Rutgers-led research.
Read about a new web-based training program that teaches psychiatry residents how to assess and intervene with tobacco addiction in patients – which accounts for 50 percent of deaths among people with mental illness – developed by researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Gov. Phil Murphy urged the public to view gun violence prevention as a public health issue, not a political issue, and stressed the importance of using data-driven research during the first public event of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research. Read about the center's launch and the governor's announcement of a new initiative with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Annie Zhang, a Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College student and graduating senior at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy developed a bracelet intended to help prevent sexual violence and save lives. Read about the inspiration behind the project, which she considers one of her most important experiences at Rutgers, the latest in our series profiling members of the Class of 2019.
A Rutgers study, led by Malin Pinsky, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers-New Brunswick, found marine life is more sensitive to global warming than land dwelling species. Read the story and coverage in National Geographic to find out why this matters to communities that rely on fish and shellfish.
Up to about 19 percent more carbon dioxide than previously believed is removed naturally and stored underground between coastal trenches and inland chains of volcanoes, keeping the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere, according to a study in the journal Nature.
Before the inaugural conference of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research at Rutgers, read about Stephanie Bonne, an assistant professor of trauma and critical care surgery at Rutgers Jersey Medical School, who will be a keynote speaker, and find out what drove her to become one of the nation’s leading voices on taking a public health approach to prevent gun violence.
How hard is it going to be to rebuild Notre Dame following the devastating fire this week? Read our Q&A with Laura Weigert, a professor of art history in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick and director of the Program in Medieval Studies, for some insight into the significance of the cathedral and how it serves as a monument to architectural ingenuity.
