Coastal communities are increasingly threatened by severe weather. The Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience initiative trains Rutgers graduate students to collaborate with local decision-makers and help vulnerable communities prepare for the impact of climate change. In 2012, New Jersey residents got an alarming tutorial on what unmitigated climate change portends when Hurricane Sandy, one of […]
Rutgers University Microbiome Program Will Examine the Interactions Among Microbes and Their Hosts
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Rutgers Magazine in the feature titled “Thinking Big” Rutgers Big Ideas—an initiative of 12 bold projects with global implications—will draw on the university’s academic, health care, and research expertise to make the world a better place. For more than 250 years, Rutgers has […]
Atmospheric Conditions: Earth 2100 Will Monitor Regional Weather Dynamics as a Model for Managing Climate Change
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Rutgers Magazine in the feature titled “Thinking Big” Rutgers Big Ideas—an initiative of 12 bold projects with global implications—will draw on the university’s academic, health care, and research expertise to make the world a better place. For more than 250 years, Rutgers has […]
Mark Robson Named Recipient of University’s 2021 Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award
Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Mark Robson (CC’77; GSNB’79, ’88; SPH’95), has been named the 2021 recipient of the university’s Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award, which will be presented this fall. Robson was nominated for this award by Joanna Burger, Distinguished Professor of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, and affiliate faculty in the Department […]
George Carman Named Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
George Carman, Board of Governors Professor of Food Science and founding director of the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, has been named a fellow in the inaugural class of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, an honor bestowed only on the society’s most distinguished […]
Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise From Antarctic Melting Is Possible With Severe Global Warming
Antarctic ice sheet is more likely to remain stable if Paris climate agreement is met The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a key 2015 Paris climate agreement target, according to a Rutgers coauthored study. […]
Rutgers Champion of Student Health and Wellness Is Retiring
Melodee Lasky’s 19 years at Rutgers featured numerous accomplishments When Melodee Lasky joined Rutgers University 19 years ago, behavioral and mental health services were scattered across the individual colleges with little coordination. Psychiatry and the Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program were part of student health, but counseling services were separated and college-affiliated. As the New Brunswick […]
Doctoral Student Heidi Yeh Selected for National Science Policy Network SciPol Scholars in Residence Program
Heidi Yeh, doctoral student in the graduate program in oceanography in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences is one of thirteen Science Policy Scholars announced this spring by the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), as part of their new hands-on science policy curriculum and training. The bootcamp training started the week of April […]
Senior Story: Eva Popp (SEBS’21) Wins Young Botanist Award
Eva Popp spent much of her undergraduate career exploring the field of botany and plant ecology, so it is fitting that the Botanical Society of America chose her to receive the Young Botanist Award. The purpose of the award is to offer individual recognition to outstanding graduating seniors in the plant sciences and to encourage […]
Senior Story: Nadia Fedoryka (SEBS’21) Finds her Path to Education, Close-knit Communities at Rutgers
When Nadia Fedoryka came to Rutgers four years ago, she wasn’t sure the direction she should take but knew she had time to figure it out. She loved science but wanted to know what makes individuals tick. Understanding the economy, she thought, would help her in life and whatever career she chose. So Fedoryka decided […]
