A new plant-based ingredient developed by researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey shows promise for improved exercise performance and reduced recovery time. The ingredient, derived from a high-potency theaflavin-enriched black tea extract (BTE), has been exclusively licensed and is now being marketed and sold under the TheaFit^TM brand by One11 Innovation LLC.

Three Rutgers professors – Jinglin Fu from Rutgers–Camden, Jessica Ware from Rutgers–Newark, and Saman Zonouz of Rutgers–New Brunswick – have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government.