Nearly a year ago, Barnegat Bay’s bottom was littered with broken boats, remnants of shattered homes and keepsakes washed westward when superstorm Sandy destroyed waterfront communities. The Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge – hundreds of acres of prot…
Archives for October 2013
Rutgers Machine Shop is Back in Business
Tucked away in a secluded spot off College Farm Road on the George H. Cook Campus, the Rutgers Machine Shop, which is administered by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, has been a fixture on campus for over 60 years. After a hiatus of about a year, the shop is again up and running, serving […]
One year after Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey’s forgotten western shore struggles to rebuild
A smiling Gov. Chris Christie leaned across a broad blue banner imprinted with the words, "New Jersey, Stronger Than the Storm" and cut the ribbon on a brand new boardwalk in Belmar. "The biggest reason that I want to come and open these bo…
Farmers sorting out impact of health care
For pork producer Jim Fisher, providing health care insurance for his employees is a way to make sure he gets good workers. He farms in Northeast Missouri’s Pike County with his brother, David. The family has 2,600 sows and markets about 65,000 pigs an…
FDA wants farmers’ input on proposed regulations
New Jersey farmers and agricultural experts questioned representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday about new regulations that will bring federal officials to their farms. The federal regulators visited the Rutgers University E…
RU COOL Lab Participates in NSF-sponsored STEM Event
On Sept. 27-28, several members of a Rutgers team, led by Mike Crowley Program Manager for the Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (COOL Lab), participated in a Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) career event hosted by the NSF in Northern Virginia. At the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) exhibit, “Connecting You to the Ocean,” Crowley […]
Dr. Olaf Jensen Dispels Myth that Depleted Stocks Reach “Point of No Return” [audio]
In this installment of Saving Seafood Radio, Dr. Olaf P. Jensen, assistant professor at the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, discusses research from his global fisheries research database that dispels misconceptions that dep…
Old Items Find New Homes: East Brunswick Freecycling Event Oct. 27
The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (The Friends) will hold its fall Freecycling event on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the East Brunswick High School. Freecycling is a way for residents to pass items they no longer need onto others who could use them. Freecycle is a network of people in the U.S. and […]
SEBS Faculty Honored with 2013 “Inventor of the Year” Award
With oyster beds and cranberry bogs as their laboratory, two SEBS researchers are using genetics to improve breeds for the shellfish and cranberry industry, respectively. Ximing Guo and Nicholi Vorsa are recipients of a 2013 “Inventor of the Year” Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.
Mayor Booker Presents Proclamation to Rutgers TEEM Gateway
On October 1, Newark Mayor Cory Booker presented a Proclamation to honor Rutgers T.E.E.M. Gateway as “one of the city’s great organizations” for its work building productive futures for the at-risk youth of Newark and beyond. Proudly receiving the acknowledgment was Kenneth M. Karamichael, director of T.E.E.M. Gateway, a division of the Office of Continuing […]