It’s 1 a.m. A young mother approaches me during my hospital shift. She asks if her 2-year-old son will survive the night. He has been given a diagnosis of severe tuberculous meningitis, months after her husband was found to have drug-resistant TB… In…
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SEBS Prof. Participates in Research Study Mapping Availability of Female Condom in Philadelphia Area
Collaborating with researchers at Rutgers University-Camden, David Tulloch , professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and associate director of the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, where he leads the Geohealth Lab research group, synthesized data about HIV/AIDS and interventions in the Philadelphia/Camden area into an informative and powerful map. […]
How do you like them tomatoes? Morristown’s Macculloch Hall, Rutgers explore juicy history
This is a story about tomatoes… Peter Nitzsche, who is head agricultural and resource management agent for the Rutgers University Cooperative Extension in Morris County and an associate Rutgers professor, joined with his colleagues Dr. Thomas Orton, …
Stuck on Hot: Earth Breaks 12th Straight Monthly Heat Record
Thanks to a combination of global warming and an El Nino, the planet shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented 12th straight month, as April smashed the old record by half a degree, according to federal scientists… And more heat meant recor…
The National Science Foundation Has Awarded $11.8 Million to Rutgers
World’s Richest Source of New In-Water Oceanographic Data Now Operational at Rutgers The National Science Foundation has awarded $11.8 million to Rutgers to launch and operate the Oceans Observatories Initiative’s data system. The data center for the pioneering Ocean Observatories Initiative, which collects and shares data from more than 800 sophisticated instruments and a transmission […]
The New Jersey Dietetic Association awards Barbara Tangel its Highest Honor
Barbara Tangel, director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, received the Carolyn Sebastianelli Distinguished Member Award at the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Dietetic Association (NJDA). The award, the highest given by the NJDA, honors a member who has been a role model, demonstrating commitment to the nutritional […]
Rutgers Gardens — Celebrating a century of evolution
The concept of Rutgers Gardens as a botanical garden began with the formation of Rutgers University’s Cook Campus (formerly known as the College of Agriculture and the Rutgers Scientific School), beginning in 1864, and the development of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, beginning in 1880… According to Dr. Bruce Crawford, director of Rutgers gardens, “To embrace this remarkable history, while looking towards the next 100 years, the Gardens is unveiling a new mission statement: ‘Rutgers Gardens cultivates inquisitive minds, great plants, and inspired gardening through educational exploration and enjoyment’ as well as a new tagline, ‘Rutgers Gardens–Where the Future of Horticulture Is Grounded in Our Past.'”
N.J. decision ignites Shore strife: Oysters vs. red knots
A car door slammed on South Reeds Beach Road, and 300 feeding shorebirds – ruddy turnstones, sandpipers, and red knots – took wing, shrieking out over the Delaware Bay… “The U.S. Division of Fish and Wildlife has determined that these activities do not threaten the survival of the species,” said David Bushek, director of Rutgers’ Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in Port Norris. “There’s a bit of exaggeration about the dangers” of aquaculture, he said.
Congratulations SEBS Class of 2016
On May 16, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’ Class of 2016 was awarded degrees and basked in the collective pride of faculty and staff of the Cook Campus at the Convocation held at the iconic Passion Puddle. On a sunny, but windy day, the students were joined by an enormous crowd of family […]
2016 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
Convocation remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman on May 16 to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’ Class of 2016. I am delighted to be able to greet you this morning on this wonderful occasion. The faculty and the members of the Cook community have watched you grow and blossom during your years at […]