David Robinson, New Jersey state climatologist
Archives for October 2016
Sandy showed coastal vulnerabilty
Karen M. O’Neill, Daniel J. Van Abs, Department of Human Ecology
Rutgers health experts say don’t worry about the holidays, it’s the rest of the year that counts
Daniel Hoffman, Peter Gillies, Peggy Policastro, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health
Rather than Fret Over Halloween Candy Indulgence, Rutgers Nutrition Experts Advise Parents to Focus on Healthy Daily Eating
Members of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health weigh in on children’s candy binge on Halloween vs. the big picture of the value of every day healthy eating. Read more at Rutgers Today.
Burning fossil fuels poses existential threat to Earth
Paul G. Falkowski, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Rutgers Energy Institute
Conservation urged in Millburn as drought worsens
David Robinson, New Jersey state climatologist
Mark Vodak receives the W.D. Hagenstein Communicator Award for 2016 from the Society of American Foresters
Mark Vodak, a specialist in forestry in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, will receive the W.D. Hagenstein Communicator Award from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) on November 3 at their national convention in Madison, WI. This annual award is given to an SAF member who leads innovative and exemplary communications initiatives […]
Awards: Why You Want Them and How to Get Them
Awards are the easiest way to quickly prove the value of your work to others. Suppose someone approached you and proclaimed, “I’m the fastest sprinter in the world!” You likely would be skeptical of the declaration. Yet if the person were to make that claim while wearing a gold medal around his or her neck, the statement would be more believable. The runner would not need to run fast to prove the claim to you; he or she could just show you the medal. The same holds true for professional awards — Jenny Carleo and Daniel Kluchinski, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Far-out idea, backed by Bill Gates, could help stem Zika epidemic
Karl Malamud-Roam, IR-4 Project
Professor Joshua Miller’s Study Finds Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Dementia
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on NJ.com; the study can be found in JAMA-Neurology. Joshua Miller, professor of nutritional science at Rutgers University, was the lead author in one of the more important studies so far linking vitamin D deficiency to cognitive loss. He and colleagues at the University of California-Davis looked at 382 adults […]