
The New Jersey State Policy Lab at Rutgers University has released a first-of-its-kind report examining health, education, and law enforcement factors related to marijuana usage. It’s intended to be used as a baseline to measure the impact of legalization and identify disparities among different communities.

Rutgers joins the ranks of 53 premier international institutions from 12 countries invited to participate in the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) Global Scholars Program (NGSP). The competitive program is designed to support innovative thinkers from select academic institutions in translating their breakthrough science into transformative medicine and/or clinical research to improve the lives of patients.

As part of the university’s continued commitment to equipping its researchers with valuable tools to advance their investigations, Rutgers senior vice president for research, Michael Zwick, PhD, announces new access to the All of Us Researchers Workbench of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to all principal investigators and their team members at Rutgers.

Assistant Professor Xuejian Wu will work with Dr. Malo Cadoret at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, in France, to build the next generation of quantum (atomic) sensors for inertial navigation, a type of navigation that is important for aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, submarines and ships when GPS signals are inaccessible.

Rutgers faculty elected to the newest class of fellows for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are engaging in research to tackle some of the greatest mysteries of human health, build a better understanding of the body’s response to disease and advance the growth of green energy.