On November 8, the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR) held its fifth annual symposium, with this year’s theme “Lipids in Health and Disease.” Chaired by George M. Carman, board of governors professor of food science and founding director of the RCLR, the symposium brought together an outstanding group of scientists outside and within the […]
Archives for November 2019
Harvest Time for Cranberries in NJ’s Pine Barrens
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Breeding Program
Distinguished Prof. Ilya Raskin and Team Awarded Grant for Research on Healthful Compounds in Plants
Each year, the Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that will impact the health of communities at home and around the world. These grants help faculty pursue new ideas and to seed expanded research and funding. A recipient of a recent Global Health Seed Grant, Ilya […]
Ilya Raskin, team awarded grant for research on healthful compounds in plants
Ilya Raskin – Rutgers Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers RWJMS and the NJDOH Present the 2019 Medical Cannabis Symposium
By Casey Noon The 2019 Medical Cannabis Symposium will explore current evidence-based science as it relates to medical cannabis and implications for clinical research, regulation, and medical practice. Physicians, scientists, pharmacists, nurses, and industry professionals are invited to attend and participate. Experts from Rutgers University, Temple University, Harvard Medical School, University of Washington, and Columbia […]
Can oysters save the planet?
Daphne Munroe – Haskins Shellfish Research laboratory
Gardener State: Gardens making a splash in Woodbridge
Nicholas Polanin – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
IFNH Student Ambassadors Present Poster at Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2019 Annual Conference
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics hosted its annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE®) this year from October 26-29. Four Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) students, who are members of both the Student Ambassadors from the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) and the Rutgers Dining […]
IFNH Student Ambassadors present poster at conference
Peggy Policastro, Jessica Carr, Tiffany Chen, Dana Ikeda, Kiera Nealon – IFNH
Hunger Should Never Haunt a Child’s Life
David Krol is the medical director of Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative, a program that helps children, families and communities live their healthiest lives by improving nutrition and physical activity. Krol has won multiple awards for his clinical, advocacy, and leadership efforts, including the […]