The number of people with asthma who are also allergic to cats has more than doubled in the past 18 years, according to a recent study. "From 1976 to 1994, positive allergy skin tests in people with asthma have increased significantly," lead st…
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You Don’t Need a Horse to Participate in a 4-H Horse Club!
While the 4-H program was born over 110 years ago in the United States with a focus on corn, cooking and cows, this non-formal educational program for youth has evolved in many ways to meet the needs of more suburban states like New Jersey. For example, you can be a member of a 4-H horse […]
The Expansive Designs of Landscape Architect Thomas Woltz
‘I am always looking for the story of a site," says landscape architect Thomas Woltz, while standing at the north end of Manhattan’s High Line greenway on West 30th Street and looking out over the 26-acre urban anomaly called Hudson Yards, one of h…
Males Court Bearded Ladies Less
Spring is a busy time for the eastern fence lizards, Sceloporus undulatus. Across the eastern U.S., sexually mature males – with bright blue badges on the sides of their white bellies – court females. Eager to mate, territorial males flaunt their blue …
Is growth for cities always a good thing?
The receptivity to innovation has rescued yesterday’s post-industrial city. Can the same spirit build a bridge to a more sustainable tomorrow? His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, visited Pittsburgh in 1988 to chair the first Remaking Cities event….
Alumni Story: Building Communities from the Ground Up – Michael S. Gould (GSNB ’76-Env. Science)
Not long after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated the Sri Lanka coast the day after Christmas in 2004, Michael Gould, Ph.D. (GSNB 1976 – Environmental Science), a manager with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), began developing and then implementing a reconstruction project to help the Sri Lankan people restore their infrastructure, their lives […]
Survey says most Americans pay little attention to genetically modified foods
A national survey shows that most Americans pay little attention to the debate over genetically modified foods, despite extensive media coverage of the issue. The survey, released by researchers at Rutgers University, found that more than half (53 perc…
Council looks at issues around Skelly Field lot
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council addressed concerns about the proposal of construction on Skelly Field last night in a meeting at the Cook Campus Center. Attendees discussed a variety of issues concerning the School…
Here are some healthy breakfast ideas for kids
The proof is in the pancakes. Studies have repeatedly shown that children who eat a healthy breakfast get higher grades, pay better attention in class and are less likely to fidget in their seats due to those distracting hunger pangs. The research also…
Graduate Assistant Wins Prestigious Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship
Research Assistant Anna Hermes, a master’s of oceanography candidate in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, was recently selected for the prestigious Knauss Fellowship by the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC). The Knauss Fellowship Program, created in 1979 as a Sea Grant vehicle to match marine science-interested graduate students with hosts in the […]
