Summer flounder that once amassed in North Carolina have gradually shifted about 140 miles to New Jersey-one facet of the northward migration of fish species that is upending traditional fishing patterns… “Some fisherman will end up losing out and some will win big,” said Malin Pinsky, an assistant professor of ecology and evolution at Rutgers University, who is part of a team of scientists from Rutgers, Princeton University and Yale University studying the phenomenon.
Archives for May 2016
Spring showers in May washed away NJ drought worries
It’s been a mostly-dreary start to the month of May in New Jersey, with more rain expected later Friday, but maybe we shouldn’t complain about the unpleasant conditions. According to David Robinson, the state climatologist at Rutgers, the precipitation was “much needed,” and it temporarily “put the brakes” on drought concerns for the Garden State.
A Celebration of Excellence 2016
On April 21, faculty, staff, and students attended the 23rd annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
Paul Orbe (CC’94) Receives National Science Educator Award
Alumnus Paul Orbe (CC’94) was recently awarded the 2016 Urban Science Educator Development Award from the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) and Shell Oil Company. Orbe received his award at the Teacher Awards Gala during the NSTA’s national conference on science education in Nashville, TN. The Shell Urban Science Educator Development Award was created specifically […]
Breahnna Saunders (SEBS’16): Passionate About Helping People
Meet Breahnna Saunders (SEBS’16), a Nutritional Sciences major whose attraction to the field stems from the respect she feels we owe our bodies. She was identified by Rutgers Division of Student Affairs as one of the university’s 250 most involved and accomplished students, and is featured in the commemorative series, “250 for 250,” on the division’s […]
Dr. Jennifer Small Griswold (CC’02): Showing Us the Sky’s the Limit
With ‘weather in her bones,’ a passion for teaching, and a flair for the Argentine tango, this multifaceted alumnus has faced adversity in her life and come out on top to inspire young scientists and earn the title #HeroProf! She has worked at NASA studying cloud microphysics and precipitation processes, determining the contribution pollution makes […]
Chipotle Hires Food Safety Experts After E. Coli Outbreak
Chipotle is taking some major steps to heighten their food safety and have hired two experts in the field… A food science professor at Rutgers University, Don Schaffner, commented on these new hires, saying that ‘too many cooks’ may be a problem sinc…
FDA Looks to Redefine ‘Healthy’ on Food Labels
Let’s take a quiz. In moderation, these are all considered healthy foods, right? Wrong. Not if you’re using current FDA guidelines… “The FDA’s current guidelines are based on scientific evidence that’s a little old, circa 1990, and at that time we demonized fat and said fat was the culprit. So a lot of recommendations are based on how much fat is in the item,” said Peggy Policastro, director of behavioral nutrition at Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health… “The government certainly has some bad diet advice. You can see that through the course of many decades with respect to trans fats and margarines and things like that,” said Ian Keith, chef manager at Harvest Café at Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health.
Climate Change Update: Nuclear War Can Trigger Mini Ice Age
According to Huffington Post, nuclear wars might lower the Earth’s average surface temperature by 7°C which experts refer to as a ‘decade-long mini ice age’… This is about 2 degrees colder from the last ice age some 20,000 years ago. But accordin…
Mosquito Control Experts Say EPA Regs Hamper Efforts to Fight Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes
Members of the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) gathered on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to request the help of Congress in combatting the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes… Karl Malamud-Roam, Public Health Pesticides Program Manager at Rutgers University, said at the “Mosquito Control to Minimize Zika Virus Risk” event that the tools in place to confront the Aedes breed of Zika-carrying mosquitoes were “okay, we will do a good job with the tools we have, they’re good tools.”