In 11 trips to Antarctica over the years, Rutgers University Professor Oscar Schofield has witnessed changes in what he calls "the fastest-warming place on Earth" – fewer penguins, changing glaciers, new mosses and plants. Then two months…
Archives for December 2012
Robot’s Sandy voyage may aid forecasts
While many at the Jersey Shore were putting gasoline in their cars and tying down patio furniture the weekend before superstorm Sandy, Rutgers University graduate students Greg Seroka and Travis Miles tracked their robot swimming around in the storm’s …
Sensitizing Emergency Responders to the “R” Word
Retired Paterson Police Officer Larry Rudesyle recalls when words like ‘crazy’ and ‘retarded’ were used in dispatches to refer to a person behaving erratically. Recently, television shows like Glee have crusaded to banish stereotypes that surround the developmentally disabled. Similarly, the New Jersey Legislature made a big push to improve first responders’ understanding about developmental […]
Rutgers Environmental Stewards Training – a Foolproof New Year’s Resolution!
Be a citizen-scientist by becoming a Rutgers Environmental Steward Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that you’re likely to stick with? How about a way to give something back to your community that’s meaningful and also guaranteed to get you out and about? Consider joining the 2013 class of the Rutgers Environmental Stewards […]
4 Ways the World Could Actually End
While humanity has survived the apocalypse on Dec. 21, which some people believe the Mayans predicted hundreds of years ago, experts say there are legitimate threats that could potentially wipe out the human race…Alan Robock, a professor of environme…
Essex County 4-H: A Year in Review
Check out what 4-Hers in Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County were up to in 2012.
‘Baktun’ the future?
It was fun while it lasted, but it seems the world is ending. A growing clamor, based on the Mayan calendar, insists that Dec. 21, 2012, marks the death of humanity…"It’s no secret how to make the weapons, and it’s not hard to think of people cra…
Rotary, Rutgers, AristaCare kick off ‘Growing Lives’
Kicking off the "Growing Lives, One Seed at a Time" campaign, the Rotary and Rutgers District 7510, in collaboration with AristaCare at Cedar Oaks, hosted a kick-off social on Dec. 19…DePrado teamed up with Nicholas Polanin as co-coordinator …
The Paradox And Mystery Of Our Taste For Salt
Salt is one of those dangerously tasty substances. We add the magical crystals of sodium chloride to almost everything that we cook or bake, and according to many public health experts, we add too much…First, the paradox. Too much salt may kill us, b…
RU COOL on ESPN
This short video spot aired on national TV during ESPN’s coverage of the Rutgers vs. Louisville football game on November 29, 2012.