Rutgers Professor and Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs Mark Robson (CC’77; GSNB’79, ’88; SPH’95) recently received the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Commission on International Initiatives (CII) annual meeting in Park City, Utah. The award recognizes Robson’s career of outstanding contributions to further international education […]
Archives for August 2013
Award-Winning Student Video: Duckweed as a Renewable and Sustainable Biofuel Feedstock
Plant Biology and Pathology graduate student Philomena Chu won two Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) awards for her submission, “The Little Green Plant That Could: Duckweed as a Renewable and Sustainable Biofuel Feedstock.” Watch Chu reveal the big potential of this tiny aquatic plant.
Our Once And Future Oceans: Taking Lessons From Earth’s Past
One of the most powerful ways to figure out how the Earth will respond to all the carbon dioxide we’re putting into the atmosphere is to look back into the planet’s history. Paleontologists have spent a lot of time trying to understand a time, more tha…
For region’s farmers, wet weather is mixed bag
After the wettest day on record in Greater Philadelphia earlier this week, downpours put the area under another flash flood warning Thursday, luring only a handful of shoppers to brave outdoor farmers markets in the city. As for farmers well outside Ph…
ReClam the Bay gets surprise boost from Maine artist
After her own family suffered the effects of superstorm Sandy, Maine artist Jerri Finch Holmes wanted to do something to help people at the Jersey Shore. So she organized a raffle using her own artwork in her hometown Belfast. Not long after, Gef Fliml…
Garden Field Day at Rutgers EARTH Center Aug. 17
On August 17, The EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, will host its Garden Field Day and Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave. South Brunswick, NJ, and is great day of fun for the family in […]
Scientists see mosquitoes as factor in obesity fight
Are mosquitoes to blame for childhood obesity? A new Rutgers University-led study suggests that may be the case. The report is one of a few that quantify just how much misery is caused by mosquitoes – especially the Asian tiger mosquito, a particularly…
