Molly MacLeod, Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolution in Prof. Rachael Winfree’s pollination ecology lab, has been awarded a two-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellowship. MacLeod’s research is focused on a four-year field experiment to explore questions about plant-pollinator networks and the restoration of both crop-pollinating and rare bee […]
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New Jersey 4-H members attend Leadership Washington Focus
Fifteen New Jersey 4-H Members are ready to take on the challenges of leadership in the 21st century after experiencing the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Leadership Washington Focus (LWF). The intensive 4-H leadership dev…
New Jersey Teens Delve into STEM Learning at Rutgers
The Rutgers Summer Science Program partners with Samsung to give high school students from underserved communities in New Jersey an opportunity to explore different areas of science. See how the 2014 program intrigued budding student scientists.
Rutgers Professor Named U.S. Academic Delegate to International Marine Science Organization
Enrique Curchitser, associate professor of physical oceanography and modeling in the Department of Environmental Sciences, has been appointed United States Academic Delegate to the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). He is the first person from Rutgers, and the first faculty member of any academic institution on the East Coast, to hold this position. This […]
When it comes to food, ‘local’ can be a loaded term
The New Jersey Farm Bureau Policies of 2014 opposes new legislation being drafted by the New Jersey Legislature that would define “locally grown” as any product grown in New Jersey or 30 miles outside of the state. Jack Rabin, director of farm programs at Rutgers’ New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, agrees. “We have soy beans that we sell to Maryland to feed chickens – those chickens are then sold in New Jersey – the whole thing is local,” Rabin said…”If you’re going to say local, say where. But don’t demand local just being nearby, because we have 8.8 million people and we are a food-deficit state.”
Gypsy moth virtually gone in southern New Jersey
The gypsy moths that destroyed or severely damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of trees throughout the state for about a century have virtually disappeared in southern New Jersey. An aerial survey performed in June and July showed evidence of gypsy …
Rutgers Human Performance Lab paying dividends
While many of the Rutgers University faithful are excited with the school’s recent move to the Big Ten Conference from an athletic standpoint, the move might be even more beneficial from an academic standpoint. After the inaugural Rutgers Human Performance Conference in March, buzz has reached all over the country because of the valuable assets it gives to students, athletes, coaches and trainers. Thus far, the Human Performance Laboratory has had a large impact on the department of exercise science at the university as well as the Rutgers athletic department. Shawn Arent, the director of the center, has been an integral part of the success and sees incredible potential with the facility moving forward. “We are just scratching the surface,” said Arent. “It gives our students unprecedented access to work with athletes and interpret important data.”
Photos: Mercer County 4-H Fair at Howell Living History Farm
The 96th annual Mercer County 4-H Fair kicked off today and continues through tomorrow at the Howell Living History Farm. The fair includes livestock shows and judging, 4-H exhibits, food, hayrides, farm tours and demonstrations, music, children’…
Mysterious Insect Bite Sickens NJ Man [VIDEO]
A New Jersey man spent days in the hospital from a poisonous insect bite. (Eugene Fuzy, researcher in the Entomology Department at Rutgers University, quoted)
Barnegat Bay / Follow the science
In a perverse way, it’s a shame all threats to New Jersey’s all-important tourism economy can’t be as big and impossible-to-miss as Hurricane Sandy. State officials had to respond to Sandy’s destruction in a big way, and they did…Unfortunately, that …
