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7 Engaging With the WORLD THIS PAST YEAR our faculty and students have been actively engaged in the region and in communities around the world. Autism Awareness Week This past spring, 25 student organizations collaborated on TCNJ's second annual Autism Awareness Week, which featured programming and activities to educate stu- dents and raise funds for autism research. Socially Responsible Research After taking a yearlong sabbatical to earn a bachelor's degree in nursing, Sociology and Anthropology Professor Rachel Adler now delivers healthcare to her subjects and has embarked on a series of projects that explore different aspects of Latinos' lives through the prism of healthcare. With the help of two Spanish speaking pre-med students, she is tracking the mental health patients she cares for as a nurse to assess how they approach their illnesses, access services from the hospital, and follow up once they have received care. In another project, she is cataloging health care traditions and folk remedies practiced by Latino women in areas such as pregnancy and childbirth, with the goal of producing a handbook for medical professionals that assists them in providing culturally competent care. Science Without Borders Carolina Resende, of Brazil, is studying civil engineering and economics at TCNJ through the Science Without Borders Program. The program is part of the Brazilian government's initiative to grant scholarships to Brazil's best students to study abroad at the world's best colleges and universities. Making a World of Difference In January, eight nursing majors traveled to El Salvador, where they delivered healthcare door-to-door in rural areas and in government-funded clinics. The students conducted checkups and prenatal exams, administered medications and wound care treatment, and gave vaccinations. They also donated medical supplies, repainted a clinic, and taught children about healthy habits. Healthy Bodies Avery Faigenbaum, TCNJ professor of health and exercise science and one of the nation's leading pediatric exercise scientists, served as a judge for the Active Schools Acceleration Project's nationwide innovation contest, which was designed to reward "creative, impactful, and scalable" school-based exercise programs and technologies that help promote children's physical activity.