Alan Robock, distinguished professor, Department Environmental Sciences
Archives for September 2017
The growing debate about the Arctic’s influence on hurricanes
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
FFAR awards $1 million research grant to AeroFarms
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, announced a Seeding Solutions grant awarded to AeroFarms, a leading indoor vertical farming company with global headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. Principal Investigator Roger Buelow, Chief Technology Officer at AeroFarms, will collaborate with Rutgers University and Cornell University scientists to take advantage of the precision that is possible in indoor vertical farming systems, where “stressors” from light to humidity to temperature can be controlled consistently and precisely to improve specialty crop characteristics such as taste and nutritional quality.
Middlesex County presents 4-H Open House
4-H – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers Gardens Names Jeff Jabco the Winner of its National “Hamilton Award” for 2017
Rutgers Gardens has named Jeff Jabco, director of grounds at Swarthmore College and coordinator of horticulture at the Scott Arboretum, as the 2017 recipient of the Hamilton Award, the horticulture award inaugurated last year by the Gardens. The award will be presented to Jabco at the Rutgers Gardens Party on September 28 at the Log […]
Summer May Be Getting Longer in Waters Off New England
Malin Pinsky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
County 4-H Members Capture Championship Awards at State 4-H Horse Shows
4-H – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Perth Amboy awarded grants to transform brownfield site to park
CUES Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability
Rutgers Alum Wins Award for Restoring Quail Habitat
Bill Haines, Jr. and Bob Williams – Alumni
Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crop Series to feature basil.
Jenny Carleo – Rutgers Cooperative Extension