At the  “Soul Brain" dance party,  seniors boogied down and learned tips to sharpen their minds and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia Black people get at twice the rate of the overall population.
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Rutgers-Newark researchers whose data-driven collaborations with community organizations helped reduce crime in the city by 40 percent received a $3 million federal grant to expand their work.
Artistic Passion & Purpose—a community partner at Express Newark that cultivates the talents of local entertainers, models, make-up artists and designers—will be marking the end of its residency with a November 5 fashion show.
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology with a growing presence in New Jersey, is partnering with RU-N to create a program designed to increase diversity and innovation within the field.
Greater Newark high school students learned the power of tech skills at RU-N's first coding camp, a summer program created with help from Apple.
For an organization that leans on collective work with many stakeholders, a global pandemic poses almost insurmountable difficulties. Yet the Newark Public Safety Collaborative’s (NPSC) work has not only continued to provide important resources for the greater Newark community but has added new areas of focus to its already expansive reservoir of information.