We’ve heard the age-old adages to promote positive mental health: “Don’t dwell on the past.” “Let it go.” “Stay in the present.” However, says Andrew Abeyta, an RU-Camden researcher, there are actually powerful psychological benefits to looking back. More.

Saladin Ambar, pictured, Senior Scholar at the Center on the American Governor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, writes: Great nations die city by city, with the “vulnerable” becoming an ever-expanding segment of the population. Silence on the question of homelessness in debates, or anywhere else on the campaign trail, ought to come to a swift end. More.

The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, in partnership with New York University, has received funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop the Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity. More.

Salamisha Tillet, pictured, the Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies & Creative Writing at RU-Newark, a 2021 Carnegie Fellowship awardee, discusses her new podcast, "Because of Anita" with NPR. More.