An exciting inter-disciplinary documentary, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, following a world-class team of scientists, including Oscar Schofield chairman of SEBS Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, as they race across the world’s fastest winter-warming place to study a changing ocean. Imagine yourself here doing hands-on research at SEBS!
Greenwood Ave. Farmers Market in Trenton Receives NJ Agricultural Society’s Philip Alampi Marketing Award
The team of founders, farmers, managers and Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County’s Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS) SNAP-Ed nutrition educators were honored with the Philip Alampi Industry Marketing Award for their contributions to the success of Trenton’s Greenwood Ave. Farmers Market (GAFM). The award was bestowed on February 5 at the Agricultural Society […]
Heat Stress May Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People Annually by 2100
Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, assuming current greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Rutgers study. That’s more than four times the number of people affected today, and more than 12 times the number who would have been affected without industrial era […]
Stories from Extension: How Magic Happened at Lindley G. Cook 4-H Camp
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is the state’s largest institution of higher education and its land-grant institution. Beyond the campus-based academics, there is a component of Rutgers that is solely dedicated to serving the needs of New Jersey residents through research and outreach. Known as the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), and […]
Front and Center: Pamela McElwee testifies to Congress about climate change’s impact on land
Pamela McElwee is an associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and on the faculty of the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Her research focuses on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Last month, she was a witness before the U.S. House Committee on […]
New Jersey 4-H Members Attend National Photography Youth Summit
Three New Jersey 4-H members attended the National Photography Youth Summit held February 26-March 1 at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Nearly 50 youth from across the nation had an opportunity to learn and develop skills as they interacted with experts in the field of photography. During the summit, […]
Exciting Times in Research at SEBS: Beneath the Marsh
Jennifer Walker, post doctoral student, narrates this film of professor Ben Horton, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and his post-docs doing sea level rise research and exploring the mysteries ‘Beneath the Marsh.’ Imagine yourself here doing hands-on research at SEBS!
Rutgers Plant Breeder William Meyer Wins Green Section Award from USGA
William Meyer, professor in the Department of Plant Biology and the inaugural C. Reed Funk Endowed Faculty Scholar in Plant Biology and Genetics at Rutgers, is the 2020 United States Golf Association Green Section Award recipient for his work in sustainability through agronomic advancements. Presented annually since 1961, the USGA Green Section Award recognizes an individual’s […]
Public Policy Workshop Promotes Nutrition Advocacy
On February 21, a Public Policy Workshop for nutrition advocacy was held at the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), on the New Brunswick campus. This event was organized by Pinkin Panchal MS, RDN, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences […]
Announcement: NJAES Exec Director Announces Complete NJAES Senior Leadership Structure
March 13, 2020 Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share with you the now complete NJAES senior leadership structure, as well as a change to the SEBS leadership structure, that are designed to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency, research excellence, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Effective July 1, NJAES will be led by three, co-equal senior associate […]
