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For eight Rutgers students, the George Washington University Planet Forward Environmental Storyfest in April was more than a conference. It was an opportunity to show how science storytelling can transform complex research into deeply human stories that connect with audiences far beyond the laboratory. Representing the university at one of the nation’s leading gatherings for environmental communicators, the students presented Research to Reel: Science Stories in Action, a dynamic showcase of documentary filmmaking, immersive learning and collaborative science communication.

The descendants of a founder of Johnson & Johnson have endowed a postdoctoral fellowship in aging neuroscience research based at the Rutgers Aging & Brain Health Alliance lab (Rutgers-Newark), which focuses on the early detection and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans, who are more than twice as likely to develop the disease yet remain underrepresented in clinical studies.

Rutgers researchers find that absorbing real-world, firearm-related content can be tied to depression and distress.