Max Haggblom – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Archives for May 2019
How safe is it to swim at the Jersey Shore?
Michael Kennish – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Ørsted US Offshore Wind Partners with Rutgers University
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Senior Story: Martha Elisabeth Black (SEBS’19), Inspired by Rutgers Master Gardener Program
Meet Martha Elisabeth Black, a working mother who turned her passion for horticulture fanned by her volunteering as a Rutgers Master Gardener for Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County into a career in horticultural therapy. A G.H. Cook Scholar, Black was inducted in the Matthew Leydt Society and Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. The Leydt Society […]
18th century volcanic eruption in Iceland didn’t trigger a summer heat wave
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers senior earns Ernest Bell scholarship
Geoffrey Leonberg, Karyn Malinowski, Kenneth McKeever – Department of Animal Science; Rutgers Equine Science Center
Senior Story: Erin O’Neill (SEBS’19), Spirit of Rutgers
Erin O’Neill is a self-described ‘introvert,’ yet in 2018 she won the Spirit of Rutgers Award—an award that recognizes an individual that represents the values, traditions, and mission of Rutgers through their outstanding engagement, enthusiasm, spirit, and commitment to the campus community. Erin has participated in the RU Dance Marathon every year—this year as a […]
Cranberry Man: Rutgers’ Nicholi Vorsa breeds better berries
Nicholi Vorsa’s work breeding cranberries has followed the demands of the industry through the decades. Consumer uses have evolved from Thanksgiving dinner sauce to juice, and now sweetened-and-dried Craisins. Growers’ needs have also changed, from pro…
Senior Story: Dorothy Lee (SEBS’19), Natural Born Leader
Dorothy Lee is an outstanding student with a tremendous sense of social and societal responsibility, especially in the areas of social and environmental sustainability. Recognizing that food waste is one of the most important contributors to food insecurity and to the emission of greenhouse gases, thus climate warming, Dorothy founded the Compost Club, which has been […]
Smoothie fans, take note: The FDA now tests frozen berries for hepatitis A, norovirus
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science