By Jeff Wolfe, State of New Jersey, Dept. of Agriculture Long-time farmers Jane Brodhecker, of Sussex County, and James Etsch, of Middlesex County, were honored February 5 with Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture during the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City. “Jane Brodhecker and James […]
Scarlet Knights Compete in the 2020 GCSAA Turf Bowl
2-Year Certificate Students Represent Rutgers at the Golf Industry Show–for the First Time Ever! Wearing matching polo shirts, seven students from Rutgers University represented the Scarlet Knights at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) annual Turf Bowl event in Orlando, Florida on January 30. The GCSAA Collegiate Turf Bowl is an academic tournament […]
New EOAS Faculty Member Rebecca Jackson Researches Ocean and Glacier Interactions
By Mary Ellen Dowd Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) faculty member Rebecca Jackson is a physical oceanographer with specialized interests in ocean-glacier interactions, coastal dynamics, and polar processes. Her research focuses on the underwater melting of glaciers, specifically in Greenland and Alaska, and ocean dynamics in the polar regions where various […]
Kiera Malone (SEBS’20) Awarded the 2019 Cookingham Scholarship
Kiera Malone (SEBS ’20), a senior in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, was awarded the 2019 Cookingham Scholarship, an annual $1,000 scholarship made possible by an endowment from Russell A. Cookingham, former Director of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. It is intended to assist qualified students in the wildlife/fisheries […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension 2020 Annual Conference Highlights Telling Extension’s Stories
On January 13, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) faculty and staff from around the state gathered on the Cook Campus in New Brunswick for the 2020 Annual Conference. The meeting started off with ice breaker exercises – a warm-up familiar to participants in 4-H – led by Sharon Kinsey, 4-H agent II, Cooperative Extension of Camden […]
Global Cooling After Nuclear War Would Harm Ocean Life
Seafood production also may be impacted by increased acidification A nuclear war that cooled Earth could worsen the impact of ocean acidification on corals, clams, oysters and other marine life with shells or skeletons, according to the first study of its kind. “We found that the ocean’s chemistry would change, with global cooling dissolving atmospheric […]
Scientists Find Far Higher than Expected Rate of Underwater Glacial Melting
Robotic kayaks were used to track meltwater Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that used robotic kayaks. The findings, which challenge current frameworks for analyzing ocean-glacier interactions, have implications for the rest of the […]
Announcement: Senior Leadership Succession at NJAES
February 5, 2020 Dear colleagues, I write to announce an upcoming leadership change in the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. Brad Hillman, who for 14 years has served ably as NJAES Director of Research has asked to step down from this role on June 30, 2020. Dr. Wendie Cohick has agreed to succeed Brad […]
A Postdoc’s Quest to Solve a Climate Mystery
Kyle Mattingly studies a cause for the melting of the all-important Greenland Ice Sheet By Craig Winston It was late afternoon on Jan. 3, 2000, when an F3-tornado, with wind speeds of about 180 mph, struck Owensboro, Kentucky, a city of about 57,000, leaving hundreds homeless. Kyle Mattingly, age 10, witnessed the tornado’s wrath at close range. Its fury […]
Awards Bestowed at Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference
During the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference on January 13th a presentation of awards for excellent work was made by extension director Brian Schilling, associate director of administration and personnel Kathleen Howell and administrative coordinator Rhonda Breen-Simone. Wilbur M. Runk Award Recipient: Shannon Sked Mentor: Changlu Wang, Associate Extension Specialist in Entomology Shannon Sked’s research […]
