Paul Breslin, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Archives for October 2021
National Transfer Student Week: Wenyu ‘Wency’ Xiang – The Epitome of Determination!
National Transfer Student Week—every third week in October—celebrates transfer students and the professionals who support them on their journeys. Join us in recognizing those who have made this journey! #TransferStudentWeek. Here we meet Wenyu Xiang, majoring in Food Science. My name is Wenyu Xiang, a Food Science senior. I have participated in the 2+2 program jointly […]
La Nina has returned. Will this bring more snow to N.J. this winter?
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
N.J. Climate Change Alliance announces organic material management plan
Jeanne Herb – Rutgers Climate Institute
To Learn Bees’ Secrets, Count Them One by One
Max McCarthy; Rachael Winfree – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
New Jersey Climate Change Alliance Announces Statewide Organic Material Management Plan
The New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, which is facilitated by the Rutgers Climate Institute and Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, announces the availability of a “Sustainable Organic Material Management Plan,” which coincides with the effective date of the New Jersey Food Waste Recycling Law or disposal ban legislation. October […]
Mark Robson to Deliver Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award Lecture on October 19
Mark Robson, an internationally recognized scholar in environmental risk assessment and toxicology and a dedicated student mentor who first came to Rutgers as an undergraduate nearly 50 years ago, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award. The Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology at […]
Elizabeth Wright-Fairbanks Named Recipient of the 2021 Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture
Elizabeth Wright-Fairbanks, graduate assistant in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture, which is jointly sponsored by the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans and the Marine Technology Society. Established in 2019, the award honors renowned oceanographer Walter Munk for […]
Climate Change from Nuclear War’s Smoke Could Threaten Global Food Supplies, Human Health
Nuclear war would cause many immediate fatalities, but smoke from the resulting fires would also cause climate change lasting up to 15 years that threatens worldwide food production and human health, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and other institutions. The study appears in the Journal […]
Annie’s Project New Jersey Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Important Workshop for NJ Farmers
Workshop offers important farm management lessons to help women succeed Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) is celebrating10 years of Annie’s Project New Jersey with a free, online workshop headlined by Bridget Behe, professor and extension specialist in marketing at Michigan State University. The training workshop, titled “Annie’s Project New Jersey 10 Years of Empowering New Jersey […]