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The Failure to Appreciate Black History Leaves our Nation Incomplete

In The New York Times, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway writes: Many of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 were driven by a belief that they were acting in accord with the principles fashioned at the birth of this country, that their protest embodied America’s long history of patriotic rhetoric about freedom and citizenship. And in this, they are at least partly right: Such rhetoric has been used time and again by white supremacists — one of the latest iterations being the Proud Boys and their co-conspirators — to rationalize violence against racial and religious minorities in order to preserve a country white Americans did not want to share. (Photo credit: The Gordon Parks Foundation) More.
RU-Camden Researchers Study NJ's Rollercoaster 2020 Via Tweets

Researchers found that New Jersey residents quickly adapted emotionally to the new realities of pandemic life but negative emotions expressed on Twitter were more common across the State than they were a year earlier. More.
New RU Dental School Program Helps Holocaust Survivors

Like many Holocaust survivors, Larisa and Anatoly Rabinovich, pictured, suffered from a lack of food and medical care as children. The impact on their health lasted a lifetime, including problems with their teeth and gums. After years without proper oral health care, the Sussex County couple is receiving treatment at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine as part of a program for Holocaust survivors. More.
Rutgers, RWJBarnabas Health Ink Next Step in Wide-Ranging Partnership

The agreement will integrate Rutgers' Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's clinical operations in New Brunswick with RWJBarnabas Health medical group practices. More.

Handgun Ownership Associated with Firearm Suicide, Rutgers Finds

Among firearm-owning individuals who died by suicide, handgun ownership was associated with greater odds of having died by self-inflicted gunshot wound rather than by another method, according to a Rutgers researcher. More.