Gediminas Mainelis, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at SEBS, and co-investigator KiBum Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at the School of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Health and Environmental Safety of Nanotechnology grant of $299,773 to explore consumer exposure to […]
Archives for November 2012
Naa Oyo Kwate Wins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader Award
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) last month announced that Naa Oyo Kwate, associate professor of Human Ecology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Africana Studies at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, was named a winner of the Young Leader Awards: Recognizing Leadership for a Healthier America. Ten individuals, […]
Nation’s price tag for allergies linked to climate change is expected to rise
Researchers are probing the health and economic fallout from this year’s record allergy season to understand how warming weather and shifting rainfall may lead to more widespread and costlier allergy problems in the future. Already, doctors are seeing …
Di Ionno: Generations of fishermen stuck on the shore after Sandy walloped their business
Like most people impacted by Hurricane Sandy, Rich Isaksen says he’s never seen, or heard, of such high seas sweeping inland and leaving such a swath of destruction…Perhaps not, but close. Bonnie McCay, a Rutgers professor of human ecology and …
5 Rutgers professors named fellows of top national science association
Five Rutgers professors are among 702 scholars that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elevated to the rank of fellow…Monica Driscoll, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Yogesh Jaluria, Department of Mec…
Hunterdon Board of Agriculture honors Marianne Smith
Marianne Smith of Readington Township received the Distinguished Service Award from the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture presented at their annual Dinner Meeting Nov. 10. Smith was honored with the award for her 27 years of service as the Hunterdo…
How to Build a Rain Barrel by Rutgers NJAES
Rain barrels are a way to reduce runoff of rain water from your property while providing a source of water for gardening. In addition to purchasing pre-made rain barrels, they can be made at home using a few basic materials. Find out more.
Professor Wins Award for Contributions to Flavor Industry
Chi-Tang Ho, professor in the Department of Food Science, was awarded the 2012 Excellence in Flavor Science Award by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) at its 43rd Fall Symposium in Jersey City, NJ, on Oct. 22-24. Upon receiving the award from Timothy Adams, FEMA’s science advisor, Ho expressed pride in this latest achievement. […]
$1.2 Million Grant to Engage Citizen Scientists
Rebecca Jordan, associate professor in the departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Human Ecology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is the principal investigator of a $1.2 million National Science Foundation Cyberlearning grant to engage citizen scientists in an online, collaborative, model-based learning program. The project is titled “Sustaining ecological communities […]
Rutgers Plant Breeder Elwin Orton Inducted into NJ Inventors Hall of Fame
Elwin Orton, professor emeritus of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers, was inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Orton, who was among four Rutgers faculty members to be honored during the annual awards dinner on Oct. 18, was credited with “saving the U.S. dogwood industry” with new varieties of hardy, disease- and […]