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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.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Leaders in Faculty Diversity Awards and the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Awards. The Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes recently recognized faculty, staff and organizations who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equality, inclusion and access at Rutgers and in society. Learn more about the honorees.
Amanda Lowry first went to college to study engineering but didn't discover until years later that her passion was actually helping students learning English as a second language study math. Read more about Lowry, who will earn her doctorate from Rutgers Graduate School of Education this spring, the latest in our series profiling the Class 2019.
Using animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may eventually become outdated thanks to a low-cost, high-speed algorithm developed by researchers at Rutgers-Camden, Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and other universities.
Rutgers senior Lauren Rodgers, dreamed of becoming a fiction writer until she read about the ocean’s critical role in absorbing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas linked to global warming. Find out what drives Rodgers's research as she completes her degree in chemical oceanography and check back with Rutgers Today in the coming weeks to read about more outstanding members of the Class of 2019.
About 14 percent of preschool children in the United States are obese. Read about a study, led by Sheri Volger, a graduate student at Rutgers School of Health Professions, that identified a need for culturally adapted, bilingual nutrition and physical activity programs for children and their families.
For time-crunched medical students, taking a two-hour introductory class on mindfulness may be just as beneficial for reducing stress and depression as taking an eight-week meditation course, according to a study led by Periel Shapiro, a medical degree candidate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Read about a study by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers-Newark that paves the way for better detection and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and colorectal cancers.
Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn, according to Rutgers-led research that helps explain the genetic instability in certain strains and may lead to better breeding of corn and other crops.
Noelle Lorraine Williams is working to shine a spotlight on Newark’s little-known abolitionist past and recently discovered connection to Frederick Douglass. Learn about the vital role the Rutgers-Newark graduate student's research and public art installation will play in the April 17 commemoration of the civil rights pioneer's visit to the city exactly 170 years ago.