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Rutgers Scholar: What We Learned in 2018 and What it Means for 2020

Women in the 2018 election were able to disrupt the status quo and challenge assumptions of how, where and which women can win elections, but disparities remain, according to a new report by the Center for American Women and Politics. Read an op-ed in Ms. Magazine by Kelly Dittmar, scholar and RU-Camden political scientist, to learn about the findings. More.

RU-Newark Exhibit Ponders Meaning of City's Public Art

When Salamishah Tillet, RU-Newark faculty director of the New Arts Justice Initiative at Express Newark, looks at the sculptured monument that dominates the center of Military Park in downtown Newark, she knows the past is never dead. It's not even past. More.

RU-Camden Study: Loneliness Prevalent in Young SNJ Adults

According to new research produced by the Rand Institute for Public Affairs at RU–Camden, millennials and younger residents in southern New Jersey suffer from surprisingly higher rates of social isolation than citizens aged 65. More.

RU Med School Studies Danger of ATV Use in Urban Settings

People who illegally ride off-road vehicles, such as dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, on city streets suffer similar crash injuries as motorcyclists, but are less likely to die even though many riders don't wear helmets, according to a Rutgers medical school researcher. More.