More than 300 ocean gliders from Rutgers are exploring the world beneath the waves to gather critical information about the last frontier on Earth — the oceans. LiveBIG (the Big 10 Network) has produced a video that profiles the gliders’ underwater circumnavigation of the globe.
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Barbara O’Neill Speaks to Credit.com about Disputing a Credit Card Charge
Editors’ Note: This story originally appeared in Credit.com. Did you know that you can dispute a charge on your credit card bill? Thanks to the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), you have the right to do so. O’Neill , a specialist in financial resource management at Rutgers Cooperative Extension, spoke to Credit.com about what kinds […]
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Here’s where you can usually find holiday snow in Ohio, whole U.S.
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Rutgers Recognized with Culture of Health Champion Award
Award recognizes leadership and commitment in creating changes that surround families with opportunities to make healthy choices The New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids (NJPHK), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, presented its “Culture of Health Champion” award to Rutgers University during the Building a Culture of Health in New Jersey: Advancing the […]
Why Britain could face an exceptionally cold winter
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Salinas Valley students study South Pole
Kristin Hunter-Thomson – Department of Human Ecology
Alyssa Stansfield (SEBS ’17): Exemplifying Leadership In Meteorology
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18) Checking the weather forecast is a morning ritual for most people. It’s pretty easy to tell when folks may not have checked on that forecast of a 70% chance of rain showers that day when they walk outside in a cotton shirt, using their binder as an umbrella. While it may […]
Growing the Perfect Hot Pepper
Editor’s note: This video originally appeared in Rutgers Today. New Jersey’s population is increasingly diverse and there is an increased demand for a wide variety of hot peppers. So, it made perfect sense for the Department of Plant Biology, in conjunction with NJAES’ Breeding Program, to develop new lines of exotic peppers. The goal of […]
Mosquito Populations Increase 10-fold in U.S. – But Not Due to Climate Change
Ilia Rochlin & Ary Faraji – Center for Vector Biology
Get to Know Cheryl Williams (CC’83), Chief Information Officer of Wakefern Food Corporation
Cheryl Williams (CC’83) is the chief information officer of the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., operating under the banners of ShopRite and PriceRite in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Williams previously served as Wakefern’s vice president of digital commerce and innovation, leading a team that developed ShopRite’s first mobile app and the ShopRite from […]