Parasitic intestinal worms are providing new insight into possible treatments for emphysema. Read why William Gause, director of the Center for Immunity and Inflammation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and lead author of a new study, believes a protein that responds to fight parasitic worms could be used to control progression of the chronic, deadly, lung disease.
While the opioid epidemic is plateauing or declining around the country, New Jersey is among the few places where the numbers continue to go up with 3,000 projected deaths from opioid overdoses this year, according to Kathleen Scotto, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences vice chancellor for research and research training. Learn about a new series of workshops that seek to find ways Rutgers research can be used to address this health crisis.
There is no scientific proof that humans are hardwired to go to war, despite the age-old belief that war is just part of human nature. Read about the research Rutgers-Newark professor of anthropology R. Brian Ferguson published in Scientific American and find out why he believes that the eventual eradication of war is at least a theoretical possibility.
Until the Colombia peace agreement in 2016, armed conflict kept many farmers and ranchers from converting tropical forests into farm fields and pastures. Laura C. Schneider, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers-New Brunswick, is researching how the transition from war to peace is affecting these lands and promoting deforestation.
Rutgers-New Brunswick senior Nick Pellitta, Haoyang Yu, a 2015 Rutgers-New Brunswick graduate, and Mussab Ali, a senior at Rutgers-Newark, were named today as the university’s first Schwarzman Scholars, a prestigious global program designed to help students develop their leadership skills while pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs at one of the top universities in China. Read our story to learn more about the standout trio.
Meet Kat Reese and Maddie Warriner, two Mason Gross School of the Arts alumnae who found a unique path for their careers in the arts as part of The Equus Projects, a dance company that creates site-specific works combining performance with equestrian artistry.
On the heels of World AIDS Day, Thomas Sokolowski, director of Zimmerli Art Museum, talks about how a small group of artists contributed to worldwide change. Read our Q&A to learn more about his part in the first Day Without Art in 1989 and the creation of the iconic red ribbon AIDS awareness symbol.
Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer, has been working with students at the Mason Gross School of the Arts this fall as part of Jazz Assembly Days, a program that features weekly lectures and clinics from top artists. Check out this Q&A to find out how Palmieri is helping students perfect their work and to hear sounds from his master class.
The Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute helped one Elizabeth neighborhood quantify its heavy truck traffic and resulting pollution. Watch the video and read the story to find out how it led to policy changes to reduce childhood asthma.
Faculty at Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance human knowledge. Read our story to learn more about their work.
Retailers need to get better at what they do or Jeff Bezos and company are going to run them out of business, says Rutgers Business School's Kristina M. Durante. Learn more about how technology and other factors have changed American consumer culture.