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Addressing the Need for Nurses.

Addressing the Need for Nurses.

To alleviate the New Jersey nursing shortage, an anonymous donor created a $2 million nursing scholarship for first-generation students. New Jersey—especially Essex County—needs nurses. Now, one Newark high school and a generous donor to Rutgers School of Nursing is...

Help is on the Way.

Help is on the Way.

For Rutgers, addressing the youth mental health crisis—now exacerbated by the pandemic—is a top priority. Enter the Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, which provides innovative and equitable services to vulnerable young people across the state. And not a moment too...

Advancing the Art of Digital Dentistry.

Advancing the Art of Digital Dentistry.

When Jessica Mitri’s father, Australian digital dentistry technology entrepreneur Georges Sara, died in a New York City hospital in November 2020, she was buoyed by support from an unlikely place—the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Sara, 56, had become ill with...