STEM in the Public Interest
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The Garden State LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) is an alliance of seven NJ universities (Fairleigh Dickinson, Kean, Montclair State, NJIT, Rutgers – New Brunswick and Newark, and William Paterson) and one community college (Essex County), aimed at helping students succeed in non-medical Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors. Started in 1991 and funded by the National Science Foundation, LSAMP is a nationwide program designed to increase the number of professionals from minority groups that are traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields.
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The goal of the Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program is to provide structured activities to prepare a diverse cohort of community college students to transfer to and complete a bachelor's degree in biomedical research fields. Training grants offset the cost of stipends, tuition and fees, and training related expenses, including health insurance, for the appointed trainees in accordance with the approved NIH support levels. Â
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The goal of the Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained biomedical scientists who will transition from master’s degree programs and complete rigorous biomedical, research-focused doctoral degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) in biomedical fields relevant to the NIGMS mission. Â
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Undergraduate geoscience education in the United States lags behind other Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields when it comes to racial and ethnic diversity. This deficit is particularly notable for students who come from communities that have been historically excluded in STEM fields and translates to a larger gap in the workforce and at the graduate level.
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MAPS, the Minority Association of Pre-Health Students, is an association dedicated to serving Rutgers-Newark students interested in pursuing health related professions.
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We focus on populations with elevated risk for dementia, especially African Americans, who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease at over twice the rate of the general population.Â
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Biological communities have been and will always be in flux. However, current human-impact is adding another dimension to this: the dimension of unnatural speed. The import of non-native organisms potentially causing biological invasions, change of traditional land-use and ongoing climate change are impacting the structure and composition of biological communities at an unprecedented rate.Â
Fusion ecology* is addressing precisely this formation of Novel Communities, consisting of species that never occurred together and are created through fast paced and relentless human impact. The most central and basic question our lab is asking, is whether and how these novel communities are different from “old” communities that have been around for a longer time. In this respect, we are searching for signs of common evolution within old communities that are absent in novel ones. We are testing whether interactions between new neighbors are different from interactions among old neighbors.
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Urban air pollution has drawn increasing attention due to its impacts on air quality, human health, and regional and global climate change. Air pollutants, both primary and secondary, may exist in aerosol-, gas-, and precipitation- phases, functioning differently. Therefore, air quality is affected by the interactions of different air components and environmental factors. The research on urban air pollution that the Gao group has continually carried out since 2005 is primarily based at Rutgers Newark campus, and Newark is the largest metropolitan center in New Jersey adjacent to New York City. Â
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RUBIC enables researchers from the Rutgers campuses as well as those from nearby institutions (e.g., Kessler Foundation, UMDNJ, etc.) to develop new research strategies and increase understanding of brain processes underlying typical functioning (e.g. human development, learning and memory, perceptual dynamics, neuroeconomics, computational neuroimaging) as well as atypical functioning such as that associated with developmental problems, mental illness, and addiction.
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Rutgers University–Newark is involved in numerous efforts to help lessen Newark’s carbon footprint while creating a safer, healthier environment for city residents. Associate Professor Ashaki Rouff and Ph.D. candidate Omanjana Goswami, of the Earth & Environmental Sciences department, have been helping out by working with community-garden managers throughout the city to test their soil for lead contamination.