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The Rutgers Culture of Health School Program (RCHSP), which was established with a $100,000 grant from the The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, was launched in the Edison Township Public Schools in February this year. A community outreach initiative under the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, RCHSP fosters and promotes lifestyles centered around physical activity and nutritional literacy, and is a joint endeavor of the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and the...

During Disability Awareness Month, Rutgers is presenting opportunities to learn from individuals with disabilities about inclusion, bias, challenges and successes. Javier Robles, director of the Center for Disability Sports, Health and Wellness and co-chair of the Rutgers University Disability Studies committee, discussed this initiative to evoke change. Read the article here

Aishwarya Sabharwal, a senior majoring in exercise science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health, has teamed up with her classmates to run GigiFit programs for kids, teens, and adults with Down syndrome. The goal of the program is to help improve movement skills, strength and fitness. This opportunity is the result of a cross-collaboration between the Child Sensorimotor Development, Kinesiology, and Health Initiative, directed by Lisa Rossman Murphy, an assistant teaching professor in...