Martin J. Blaser and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello are investigating the microbiome, the vast constellation of bodily bacteria that regulate our health—and may hold the key to medicine’s future. When microbiologist Martin J. Blaser gives lectures on the microbiome—the term used to describe the trillions of competing and cooperating bacteria, or microbes, teeming in and on […]
Family Friendly Space Opens on Cook Campus to Accommodate Nursing Mothers and their Babies
On the campaign trail, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren relayed a moment that was monumental in the start of her career: the day her toddler became potty-trained. That event was what would qualify her daughter for enrollment in daycare, and enabled Warren to attend Rutgers Law School. That was 1979. Fast-forward to 2019 and […]
Greater Brunswick Charter School Eighth Graders Get Professional Fitness Training in Rutgers Pilot Program
At a time when adolescents may have already established attitudes towards physical activity and fitness and are on the verge of beginning high school, itself coming with added social influence and stress, eighth grade can be a turning point for students if there is a motivating influence. This opportunity was presented to 44 eighth-graders at […]
The Heat Is On: Students Compete in Iron Chef Neilson
An exciting student competition, Iron Chef Neilson, offered through Rutgers Dining Services and organized by the RU Healthy Dining Team, was held on March 27 at the Neilson Dining Hall. Students with a meal plan for the current semester were encouraged to compete and showcase their innovative dining hall creations to a panel of four […]
The 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference Draws National Audience and Leading Experts in Sports Science and Nutrition
The 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference was a resounding success! The event, hosted by the IFNH Center for Health & Human Performance (CHHP) and presented by the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN), had the largest draw in its history with almost 400 people from around the country in attendance for the two-day event. […]
National Experts Featured at 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference Hosted by IFNH Center for Health and Human Performance, March 29-30
With over 250 participants in attendance in 2018, the 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference to be held on March 30, 2019 is projected to be the largest yet. Hosted by the Center for Health and Human Performance at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and presented in conjunction with the International […]
Kids Cook Monday Campaign Comes to Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
Kid’s Cook Monday, Tuesday, and every day of the week! The Monday Campaigns came to the Culture of Health Academy at the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health to film a promotional video highlighting the collaboration among the Monday Campaigns, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and the Center for Childhood Nutrition Research. Research has […]
National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Announces Rutgers Grad Student Brittany Bozzini as Women’s Scholarship Recipient
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation announced that Brittany Bozzini has been named a recipient of the NSCA’s Women’s Scholarship for 2018. Bozzini was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This $1,500 scholarship is designed to support women, ages 17 and older, to enter the […]
Little Chefs Help Make Fruit Soup to Celebrate Winter Solstice
Preschoolers at the Rutgers Psychology Child Development Center at the Culture of Health Academy at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) made a sweet and savory fruit soup to celebrate the beginning of winter solstice. IFNH Harvest Chef Ian Keith led the children’s cooking lesson preparing a soup of Granny Smith […]
Strengthening Healthy Community Connections in New Brunswick: Farmers Market Pops up at Lincoln Annex School
The schoolyard at the Lincoln Annex School on Somerset Street in New Brunswick was abuzz on a chilly day in October. The clackety clack of a prize wheel and delighted cries of children claiming their apples and mini pumpkins gave the aura of a carnival, however this festivity was actually a health and wellness-based farmers […]
