Schoolchildren should start each day with a clean lunch bag or box to help prevent the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, according to a food safety expert. Insulated, vinyl lunch bags are most effective in keeping foods cool and fresh during the …
Archives for September 2013
Ocean-Sampling Robot Gliders Tracking Animals, Providing Storm Data
Researchers from U.S. and Canadian institutions are teaming up for a coordinated launch of up to 14 autonomous ocean-monitoring gliders. The gliders will collect a unique and extensive set of oceanographic and animal-tracking data along the North Ameri…
Incoming Students Participate in First SEBS Induction Ceremony
The rain on Labor Day 2013 did not dampen the spirits of the incoming freshmen and transfer students for the 2013-2014 academic year of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. They were warmly welcomed to the School and the campus in the inaugural First Year Induction Ceremony, which was held at the Nicholas Music […]
Landscape classes offered in South Jersey
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County will present four free classes in Woodstown and Millville this fall that focus on practices homeowners may use to make their landscapes more eco-friendly.
New Jersey hires schools for flood study
New Jersey has contracted with six universities and colleges to study ways the state can reduce flood risks and potential damage from storm surges and sea level rise. The Department of Environmental Protection has approved 10 projects, worth a total of…
Marine Creatures Migrations Determined by Climate After All
Scientists had long assumed warming oceans would generally drive species’ geographical ranges toward higher latitudes. But some studies have found just the opposite, says Malin Pinsky, a marine ecologist at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, in New Jer…
Ocean Drones On the Lookout for Hurricanes
Aquatic drones, known as gliders, will soon surf the waves and dive into the deep from Nova Scotia to Georgia. The gliders will collect data during the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. By recording conditions in the middle of a storm the gliders …
Packing School Lunches With Food Safety in Mind
Schoolchildren should start each day with a clean lunch bag or box to help prevent the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, according to a food safety expert. Insulated, vinyl lunch bags are most effective in keeping foods cool and fresh during the …
FIC-South Director Michael duBois Officially an IFT Fellow
Michael duBois, director of the Food Innovation Center (FIC) – South, was officially recognized as a 2013 Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) at an award ceremony at the institute’s annual meeting on July 13 in Chicago, IL. Only a small percentage of IFT members are so honored by their peers each year […]
John Worobey to Head New Jersey WIC Advisory Committee
Professor John Worobey, Department of Nutritional Sciences, was elected Chair of the WIC Advisory Committee for the State of New Jersey. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children that provides Federal support for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and […]