Naa Oyo A. Kwate – Department of Human Ecology
Archives for February 2021
The coronavirus is mutating–but what determines how quickly?
Siobain Duffy – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Recent blockbuster snow totals along East Coast may be tied to climate change
Dave Robinson – New Jersey state climatologist
Black History Month: Albert Ayeni – Journey from Nigeria to the U.S.
February marks the start of Black History Month, among the most widely recognized heritage months in the cultural calendar of the U.S. It serves as a time in which the contributions of African Americans are celebrated and moreso in recent times, the continued struggle for racial justice in America is highlighted. To celebrate Black History Month in 2021, […]
Arum italicum subspecies italicum: One Hot Flower!
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture. With the chilly temperatures of winter well entrenched in our Gardens, evergreen foliage clearly plays an important role in providing interest throughout this season. Conifers serve an important role in providing the bones for the garden, but there is still a need for detail plantings […]
FCHS Raises Awareness for American Heart Month with Love Your Heart Webinar Series
Taking care of your heart, as well as being holistically healthy, has never been more important in our lives than right now. With so much going on in our lives recently, Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) of Somerset County is raising awareness by offering a free webinar series throughout February called Love Your Heart. […]
N.J. weather: 35-inch snowfall report might beat longtime state record
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Two SEBS Faculty Among Earth Leadership Program’s North American 2021 Fellows
Pamela McElwee, associate professor, Department of Human Ecology, and Malin Pinsky, associate professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, are among the 2021 cohort of leading sustainability scientists selected as Fellows by the Earth Leadership Program (ELP), the global successor to the renowned Leopold Leadership Program, in partnership with Future Earth. McElwee and Pinsky […]
This NJ snowstorm may have been one for the record books — and more could be coming
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Zen and the Art of the Remote Conference Meeting
By Mary Whelan, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. Organizing a creative remote meeting is a delicate maneuver. The resources available to us are limited, with attention being the scarcest commodity. Honestly, I cannot pay attention for a full hour, even when I am invested in the subject matter. Those of us who […]