The study suggests better measures for accurate dosages of blood thinners in obese patients.
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Is it better to give gifts anonymously? Does your motivation matter? Find out what Larry Temkin, Distinguished Professor in the philosophy department at Rutgers-New Brunswick and an expert on ethics, suggests to kept in mind as you get ready to give and receive this holiday season.
The degree was established within the Mason Gross School of the Arts with an eye toward designers who are passionate about initiating their own ventures – those who wish not only to respond to and execute ideas but to formulate them and marshal them for a wider purpose. Learn more about the program, which will welcome its first group of students in fall 2019.
After her father's only kidney failed, Laura Allen didn't hesitate to make the courageous sacrifice and donate one of hers. Read the inspiring story of the Rutgers' School of Health Professions student who was able to continue her pursuit of a master's degree in clinical nutrition while recovering from surgery to save her father's life.
The loss of her job and the death of her husband didn't stop Denise Washington from finishing her education as an older adult in a sea of millennials. Read about her path – paved by a program offering a Rutgers degree from a community college – that also motivated the mother of two to get healthy and lose 100 pounds along the way.
A new report by a nationwide alliance of leading colleges and universities highlights the success of the Rutgers Future Scholars program in expanding opportunity for low- and moderate-income students. Learn more about program's accomplishments, outlined in a report this week by the American Talent Initiative.
Conserving or overharvesting a renewable resource like fish or other wildlife is often determined by habits and past decisions, according to a Rutgers-led study that challenges conventional expectations that the collapse of fast-growing natural resources is unlikely.
A new Rutgers study shows how newly created muscle cells can be made to work together and allow a person's heart to heal itself. Read why Leonard Y. Lee, chair of the Department of Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, believes this could be a new model that could reduce the need for bypass surgery, heart transplants and artificial pumping devices.
Edmond J. LaVoie, professor and chair of medicinal chemistry in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Joachim Messing, director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology and a Distinguished Professor, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Read our story to find out how both professors have been working to improve lives.
What do Julie Bowen, Laverne Cox, Liv Tyler and Regina King have in common? All four actresses learned compelling stories about their ancestors with help from Rutgers history professor and award-winning author Erica Armstrong Dunbar, through her work with the TLC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? Read about Dunbar's role on the show and her recent roundtable discussion with Michelle Obama.
Amid growing racial and ethnic diversity in the United States, the physician assistant program at Rutgers Rutgers School of Health Professions resolved to graduate a student body that would more closely mirror the nation’s shifting patient population. Find out how the multipronged effort to attract top candidates from different racial, ethnic, sexual, and economic backgrounds is working.