Your college-bound child is no longer a child. Whether or not they are preparing to physically leave your nest, all incoming freshmen are about to embark on the next chapter of their lives largely on their own. And that transition – from supervised teen to independent adult – can be a stressful one for parents and children alike.
Rutgers University scientists have examined the physical and chemical attributes as well as the possible toxicological health effects of the Canadian wildfires that sharply impacted air quality in New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.
Two Rutgers faculty members – a health psychologist who studies food insecurity and a design professor whose work engages marginalized communities in self-advocacy – teamed up with staff and students from Hudson County Community College (HCCC) to promote New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Shawn Tucker lives by the words of Jackie Robinson: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” He lives by those words in his private life and he lives them in the position he holds at Rutgers University. Hired a year ago, Tucker is the Vice President for Athletic Development in charge of fundraising for the Scarlet Knights and Deputy Athletic Director.
