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Let advanced practice nurses prescribe without a doctor’s oversight?
NJ legislation would cement a change that began with pandemic. Some doctors are strongly opposed At the top of their field, advanced practice nurses in New Jersey are one step closer to full authority in all patient-care decisions, something supporters said is needed...
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Princeton’s technology accelerator fund celebrates 22 startups in 10 years of fueling innovations.
Sometimes an extra bit of lab work or prototyping can make all the difference to the creation of the next breakthrough technology that improves our world. A Princeton initiative now celebrating its 10th anniversary has funded the research behind 22 startup companies...
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NJ ACTS Pilot Awardee Tim Buschman Receives Prestigious National Academy of Sciences Award
Buschman, associate professor of psychology at Princeton University, will receive a Troland Research Award for his groundbreaking insights into the neural mechanisms of cognitive control, particularly how these mechanisms relate to attention and working memory. Read...
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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...
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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...
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Oncology Researcher to Join Rutgers Global Health Institute.
Wilfred Ngwa, a global oncology researcher and medical physics expert who is developing technologies that integrate with radiation therapy to reduce cancer treatment times and costs, will join Rutgers Global Health Institute. Ngwa, who will become a Rutgers...
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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...
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NJ Leader on How NJIT Is Paying Dividends in Economic Growth.
A New Jersey leader in economic development is impressed by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to commercialize research, forge international partnerships and generally be “commercially minded.” Joseph Kelley, deputy chief of staff for economic growth under...