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Corals Carefully Organize Proteins to Form Rock-Hard Skeletons

April 8, 2021 sarah Jonas Biomineralization, biominerals, Bones, Calcium Carbonate, Charles Darwin, Climate Change, Coral, Coral Bleaching, Coral Reefs, Environment, Erosion, Evolution, fish, Fishing, Habitat, indo-pacific, Invasive Species, Marine Debris, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Ocean Acidification, Oceans, organic, proteins, Research, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, shorelines, stony corals, Storms, theory of evolution, Tropical Cyclones

Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t know how they performed this feat. Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that resembles what is in our bones. Their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, shows for the first time that several proteins are organized spatially – a process that’s critical to forming a rock-hard coral skeleton.

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Navigating a new normal: Sara Guthrie

March 10, 2021 sarah Jonas Mental Health, Pandemic, Resilience, Retention

This past year certainly hasn’t turned out to be what anyone expected. Our students shared challenges they’ve faced since the start of the pandemic and advice for others navigating this new normal. Meet sociology student Sara Guthrie.

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Empowering women could help address climate change

December 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Education, Empowerment, Gender Equality, maternal health disparities, Resilience, SDGs, socioeconomic development, Sustainable Development Goals

According to an international group of researchers, building capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change will require eradicating inequalities of many sorts, including gender.

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How and why microbes promote and protect against stress

December 14, 2020 sarah Jonas Evolutionary Biology, Microbiome, Resilience, Stress

The bacteria, yeast and viruses that make up the human microbiome affect physical health, behavior and emotions. Some microbes in the human microbiome prosper when the body is under stress, while other microbes contribute to buffering the body against stress. Evolutionary theory suggests reciprocal relationships between microbes in the human body and stress; these relationships can possibly be harnessed to promote physical and mental health.

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LifeBridge Health Launches Innovative New Center for Hope, Comprehensive Violence Intervention and Prevention Services Integrated Together Under One Roof

November 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Abuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Advocacy, Child Abuse, child abuse awareness, Child Abuse Prevention, Child Maltreatment, Children, Community, Community Violence, Comprehensive, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse, Elder abuse prevention, Family, Healing, interpersonal violence, Intervention, Multidisciplinary, Partnership, Police, Prevention, Recovery, Resilience, Resiliency, Sexual Violence, Trauma, Violence, Violence Against Children

LifeBridge Health launched the Center for Hope, the first comprehensive violence intervention and prevention center in the nation that is part of a large regional health system. The Center for Hope brings together LifeBridge Health services around child abuse, domestic abuse and elder abuse along with community violence prevention programs, including a new Safe Streets site. The building design, which will be revealed at groundbreaking event, was created to welcome children, youth and adults into a space that fosters hope, safety and wellness, including an outdoor area for therapeutic play. The purpose of the Center for Hope is to advance hope, healing and resilience for those impacted by trauma, abuse and violence through comprehensive response, treatment, education and prevention.

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Upcoming S&T Guidance Will Improve Critical Infrastructure Resilience

November 10, 2020 sarah Jonas Critical Infrastructure, GPS, Research And Development, Resilience, Science And Technology, Vulnerabilities

Framework will improve critical infrastructure’s ability to prevent, respond, and recover from GPS disruptions.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss N.J.’s Vulnerability Eight Years after Sandy

October 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, coastal storms, Environment, Flooding, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricanes, Planning, Resilience, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Superstorm Sandy, Tropical Storm Fay, Tropical Storm Isaias, Weather

New Brunswick, N.J. (Oct. 27, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick experts are available to discuss the busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season

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Resilience-Driven Care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Leads to Sharp Drops in Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations

October 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Crohn's Diease, Gastroenterolgy, IBD, Resilience

A personalized program to increase resilience in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can substantially reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Mount Sinai researchers report. The research is being unveiled on October 27th in a plenary presentation at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG 2020).

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Rutgers Expert Can Discuss 10 Ways to Adapt to Coastal Flooding

October 14, 2020 sarah Jonas Adaptation, BAYS, Climate Change, Coastal Communities, Coastal Flooding, Coastal resilience, Environment, FEMA, Flood, flood insurance, Flood Risk, Flooding, Floods, Government, Homeowners, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, Marshes, Mitigation, New Jersey, Ocean, Oceans, Residents, Resilience, Rivers, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Sea-level rise, Wetlands

New Brunswick, N.J. (Oct. 14, 2020) – Rutgers coastal expert Vanessa Dornisch is available for interviews on 10 steps residents

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Most Nations Failing to Protect Nature in COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Plans

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Australia, Biodiversity, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Conservation, COVID-19, Economy, Ecosystems, Enforcement, Environment, European Union, Extinction, Farming, fiscal policy, Forests, Fossil Fuels, India, Infrastructure, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, natural areas, Nature, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Overfishing, Pakistan, Pandemic, Regulations, Resilience, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, species loss, Subsidies, United Nations, United States, wildlife markets

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the global economy and reverse decades of ecosystem and species losses, but most countries are failing to invest in nature-related economic reforms or investments, according to a Rutgers-led paper.

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UW researchers driving around Seattle to track COVID-19 response over time

September 30, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Recovery, Resilience, Street view images

University of Washington researchers developed a project that scans the streets every few weeks to document how Seattle has reacted to the pandemic and what recovery looks like.

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How to Get a Handle on Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Plants

September 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Atmosphere, California Institute of Technology, Carbohydrates, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, carbon uptake, Climate Change, Columbia University, Ecosystems, Environment, fossil fuel burning, Fossil Fuels, Gas, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, LAND, Leaves, Light, Models, NASA, New Jersey, NJ, Oxygen, Photosynthesis, plants, Research, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Satellites, Science, Soils, sunlight, Tools, University Of Utah, water, Water Cycle

How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas behind global warming, is absorbed by plants on land? It’s a deceptively complicated question, so a Rutgers-led group of scientists recommends combining two cutting-edge tools to help answer the crucial climate change-related question.

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Fossil Pollen Record Suggests Vulnerability to Mass Extinction Ahead

August 24, 2020 sarah Jonas biome, Climate Change, Extinction, Resilience

Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the kind of mass extinctions not seen since the retreat of glaciers and arrival of humans about 13,000 years ago, cautions a new study published August 20 in the journal Global Change Biology.

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California wildfires and COVID-19 pandemic wreak havoc on mental health

August 24, 2020 sarah Jonas California, Mental Health, Pandemic, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma, Wildfires

Biography : Dr. Josef Ruzek is a clinical psychologist specializing in treatment of post-traumatic stress problems. He currently serves as

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Study Finds Signs of Altruism in People’s COVID-19 Worries, Putting Concerns about Others First

August 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Behavioral Health, COVID-19, Mental Health, Resilience, Stress and Anxiety

When it comes to worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about whether their family members could contract the virus or if they are unknowingly spreading the virus themselves than they are with contracting it. The study, conducted by researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute (LiBI) of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, also shows how increased resilience is able to reduce rates of anxiety and depression during the pandemic.

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Vulnerable Populations: How Will They Cope and Adapt This Hurricane Season?

August 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Adapting, Coping, COVID-19, Florida, Housing, Hurricane Season, Pandemic, Policy, Puerto Rico, Resilience, Tropical Storms, Vulnerable Populations, Weather

Researchers will study areas that include counties in south and central Florida and the Panhandle, which are still recovering from Hurricanes Michael and Irma, and which saw an influx of displaced individuals from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. They will examine resilience of individuals and households, including their coping and adaptive capacities during a busy hurricane season in the midst of pandemic. The research will advance knowledge on several topics related to housing, health and hazards.

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Older adults with existing depression show resilience during the pandemic

August 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, COVID-19, Depression, Depression and Anxiety, Pandemic, Resilience

Study finds that older adults with depression are showing resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Simple Strategies to Increase Positive Emotion Skills

July 21, 2020 sarah Jonas AACN, Burnout, Critical Care, ICU, Northwestern Medicine, Nursing, Resilience, Well-being

Five-article symposium in AACN journal focuses on promoting well-being and resilience in critical care nursing, including strategies to increase the frequency of positive emotion in daily life.

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Finding renewal in the aftermath of floods

June 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Appalachia, Floods, Natural Disasters, Resilience, West Virginia

Four years after the disastrous flooding in southern West Virginia, new research highlights the role faith-based groups and other community organizations have played in the relief and recovery efforts.

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The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Receives $4.3M Grant to Launch National Center to Improve Care for People with Disabilities

May 26, 2020 sarah Jonas Aging In Place, CAPABLE, Caregiver, Caregiving, Community Health, Dementia, Disability, johns hopkins school of nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Nurse, Nursing, Resilience

Through a $4.3 million grant, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) will become a national center dedicated to improving health and function of people with disabilities and their caregivers.

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Mount Sinai Announces Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth

April 30, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Dennis Charney, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, Resilience, Stress & Anxiety

Center will address psychosocial impact of COVID-19 among frontline health workers; Focus is on screening, treatment, and research

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Mount Sinai Launches App and First Campaign of The Resilience Project to Develop New Treatments and Preventive Care for Diseases

April 13, 2020 sarah Jonas corona virus, Coronavirus, covid, COVID – 19, covid 19, Genetics, Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Infection, Lyme Disease, Mount Sinai Health System, Resilience

Lyme Campaign Seeks Participants Who Are ‘Resilient’ to the Tick-borne Disease

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Argonne’s researchers and facilities playing a key role in the fight against COVID-19

March 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Accelerator Science And Engineering, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), BIOCHEMISTRY, Biology, Biomedical Computing, Biosciences, Chemistry, Computational Biology, Computational Science, Computing, Environment and Life Sciences, Crystallography, Data Science and Learning, Decision and Infrastructure Sciences Division, Decision science, Disaster Management, Diseases, Energy and Global Security, global security, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Systems Modeling, Machine Learning, Mathematics and Computer Science, Medical Science, Modeling And Simulation, Molecular Biology, Molecular Dynamics, pharmacology, photon sciences, proteins, Proteomics, Resilience, Structural Biology, Synchrotron Science, X-Ray Science and Technology

Argonne scientists are working around the clock to analyze the virus to find new treatments and cures, predict how it will propagate through the population, and make sure that our supply chains remain intact.

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Mount Sinai’s Road to Resilience Podcast Launches Special COVID-19 Series

March 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Behavioral Health, Coping, COVID-19, Dennis Charney, Emergency Medicine, Health Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, Podcast, Psychiatry, Resilience, Science, Trauma, Wellness

Features inspiring resilience stories, tips for maintaining mental and physical health, and thoughts on coping with pandemic-related stressors.

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Argonne experts help Department of Energy strengthen energy security in Moldova

March 19, 2020 sarah Jonas Decision science, Energy and Global Security, Energy Systems Division (ES), Global Energy Solutions, global security, Infrastructure, Resilience, Vulnerability

In the fall of 2019, Moldova needed to identify viable alternative routes and sources of natural gas in the event of a disruption in natural gas supply to the country during the 2019-2020 winter. Through the U.S. Department of Energy-led Partnership for Transatlantic Energy Cooperation (P-TEC), experts from Argonne and the U.S. Government provided assistance to Moldova in developing a plan to prepare and respond to the potential supply disruptions.

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New version of Earth model captures detailed climate dynamics

March 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Climate Science, Infrastructure, Modeling And Simulation, Multiscale Modeling, Resilience

DOE laboratories are collaborating on a new high-resolution Earth systems model to predict climate trends into the next century. The model will provide the scientific basis by which to mitigate the effects of extreme climate on energy and other essential services.

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New systemic approach needed to tackle global challenges

February 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Complex Systems, Economy, Environment, Resilience

Putting systemic thinking at the centre of policymaking will be essential to address global issues in an era of rapid and disruptive change, according to a new joint report by IIASA and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Novel Intervention in Senior Housing Communities Increases Resilience and Wisdom

February 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Aging, Aging Population, Geriatrics, Mental Health, Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Resilience, senior living facilities

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Mather Institute, developed a method to enhance resilience and reduce subjective stress in residents living in senior housing communities.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Report on Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms in N.J.

December 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, Climate Science, Coastal, Communities, Flood, Flooding, Floods, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hurricanes, Ice Sheets, Infrastructure, Jersey Shore, Mapping, New Jersey, NJ, nor'easters, Ocean, Oceans, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, sea-level change, Sea-level rise, Storms, Tidal flooding

New Brunswick, N.J. (Dec. 12, 2019) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick experts are available to comment on “New Jersey’s Rising Seas and

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Q&A with Cynda Rushton, committee member of the National Academy of Medicine Study on Clinician Burnout

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Burnout, clinician burnout, johns hopkins school of nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Moral Distress, National Academy of Medicine, Nursing, Physician Burnout, Resilience

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing expert Cynda Rushton explains the 2019 National Academy of Medicine report on clinician burnout and provider well-being.

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss U.N. Report on Climate Change, Oceans

September 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Adaptation, Animals, Climate, Climate Change, Ecosystems, fish, ice, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science

New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 25, 2019) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Malin Pinsky and Rutgers coastal expert Lisa Auermuller are available