As North Jersey continues to struggle with polluted air from a variety of sources, what’s the best way for those who have asthma, emphysema and cardiovascular disease to cope?…Be alert for high pollen levels – high ozone, pollen and temperature creat…
Archives for April 2013
Alumni Story: Compassion, Volunteering, Mentoring: Words to Live By For Barry Adler, Class of ‘72
Conventional wisdom tells us that in order to be successful in a career, one has to be passionate. Barry Adler, DVM, (Animal Sciences, ’72) would likely add: “One also has to be compassionate.” Barry is founder and director of the Woodbridge Veterinary Group and Hospital in Woodbridge, NJ. He has stayed close to the School […]
Undergraduates From Brazil Present Research at George H. Cook Honors Symposium
In a longstanding exchange with the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil, five undergraduate students presented their research at the George H. Cook Honors Symposium on April 12. Prior to the visit of the USP students, Rutgers sent five of its undergraduate students to Brazil last October to participate in a similar forum, the […]
Pollen pandemonium: Allergy sufferers face intense season
Ahhh! Springtime. The days are longer. The sun is warmer. Trees are budding and daffodils and crocuses are bursting with color. That’s all good. But the downside is that the trees, flowers and grass are producing pollen, a plant’s male reproductive cel…
The Size of a Gumball, or Bigger Than Jumbo
Most mornings outside the gates of Tier Haus Farms here, several cars drive up to investigate the contents of an ordinary-looking cooler. Inside are eggs, freshly collected from beyond the gates by Carolyn Gerdes, an owner of the hilly, 70-acre propert…
Unusually cold spring in Europe and the Southeast U.S. due to the Arctic Oscillation
During March 2013, residents of Europe and the Southeast U.S. must have wondered what happened to global warming. Repeated bitter blasts of bitter cold air invaded from the Arctic, bringing one of the coldest and snowiest Marches on record for much of …
The IR-4 Project: Celebrating 50 Years at Rutgers
The IR-4 Project, a federal-state agricultural research collaboration headquartered at Rutgers, celebrated a milestone by hosting its 50th anniversary reception at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center in New Brunswick, NJ, on April 16. The IR-4 Project was established by the USDA and the State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors in 1963 to provide state-of-the-art […]
Rutgers Hosts 2013 Liberian Studies Association Conference
The state of affairs in the West African Republic of Liberia can be summed up by a mix of adage and metaphor, “It takes a village to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.” But the country, which faces a multitude of economic, social, technological and environmental woes even as it struggles to redevelop after back-to-back […]
Reading, Writing and Radicchio
New Jersey Students Learn How to “Grow Healthy” For every parent who has lamented the blue slushies served in the lunchroom or watched in horror as Chef Jamie Oliver revealed the synthetic ingredients of school lunches in his Food Revolution TV series, take heart. Something fresh, local, and healthy is coming to New Jersey schools. […]
Project PORTS: Making a Difference
Kids Help Restore Shellfish Habitat If there was a community service award for the creatures in our bays and estuaries, there would be no more deserving recipient than the oyster. They may be small but these bottom-dwelling feeders can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day. As they pump water through their gills, […]