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.
When Beth Giannobile needed guidance in raising her special needs child, she reached out to the Mom2Mom Peer Support Helpline. Little did she know her connection with the program – which, along with Mom2Mom Adult, is operated 24/7 by Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare and the New Jersey Department of Human Services – would continue for years into the future.
SPARK!, the evolution of Rutgers–Camden’s longtime Research Week, returned this April as a vibrant, campuswide showcase of research and creativity. The expanded program featured faculty lectures, research symposia, student workshops, poster exhibitions, and creative presentations across the sciences, arts, and business, reflecting the breadth and impact of work across the university.
Leorey Saligan, inaugural vice dean of research and a professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing, was selected for the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame for his research on fatigue.
Patrick Rosal, distinguished professor in the Department of English and Communication and inaugural campus director of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice will serve as the Guggenheim’s fifth Poet-in-Residence, connecting poetry and public engagement at one of the nation’s most renowned museums of modern and contemporary art.