An article in WIRED reports that the Biden administration is betting that green energy produced by new offshore wind farms will help slow climate change, but fishers and some scientists say there are too many uncertainties about how the massive structures will affect the ocean and its marine life. While the engineering problems of such […]
Archives for March 2021
Wolfram Hoefer Receives Prestigious International Landscape Architecture Teaching Award
Wolfram Hoefer, associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, was recognized with the 2021 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). This competitive international award was presented on March 19 at the annual conference of CELA, the premier international organization for educators in landscape architecture. Hoefer, who […]
We’re All Learning to Love Jellyfish Now, Thanks to Climate Change
Malin Pinsky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
FCHS works to distribute donated yogurt to Jersey neighbors in need
Rutgers Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Imposter Syndrome is Common Among High Achievers in Medical School
A high percentage of medical students feel like “imposters” during their first year of medical school, which indicates increasing levels of distress. This was the major finding of a recent study published in the journal, Family Medicine. Lead author of the study is Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) of Thomas […]
‘Bottom-up’ plan underway to catalogue N.J.’s vulnerable coastal communities
Richard Lathrop – Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources; Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis; Vanessa Dornisch – JCNERR
FCHS Works with Multiple Partners to Distribute Donated Yogurt to Jersey Neighbors in Need
Rutgers Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) provides nutrition, health, and wellness education for a variety of audiences of any socioeconomic status. With SNAP-Ed grant funding from the New Jersey Department of Health, FCHS SNAP-Ed staff also seek to help improve healthy food access for limited resource populations, by identifying strategies to address […]
‘Ghost Forests’ May Become More Common as Sea Levels Rise
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
How did coyotes become regular city slickers?
Kathleen Kerwin – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers hosts 2021 World Food Prize N.J. Youth Institute virtually
Thomas Leustek – Academic Programs