Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center Sure, the package says “Product of Italy” but Nocca gnocchi is definitely an American product. CEO Nicholas Wooller spent a decade in the Italian packaged goods industry, exporting products to be rebranded in private label in American grocers. Nocca isn’t one of those rebranded products. “The idea of […]
Assoc. Professor Pamela McElwee Speaks About Her Role in the United Nations’ IPBES Global Biodiversity Assessment
On May 6, the United Nations released a global assessment on biodiversity as part of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). It is the first large-scale global assessment on biodiversity since 2005. The 1,500-page IPBES report was compiled by hundreds of international experts and was based on thousands of scientific studies. […]
Genetic Discovery May Improve Corn Quality, Yields
Rutgers-led study could benefit millions who rely on corn for nutrition Researchers may be able to improve corn yields and nutritional value after discovering genetic regulators that synthesize starch and protein in the widely eaten grain, according to a Rutgers-led study. The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could benefit […]
Striped Maple Trees Often Change Sexes, With Females More Likely to Die
Rutgers study shows how switching sexes could threaten populations Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy sufferers have been sneezing, we think of sex as being the realm of animals. But plant sex can be quite interesting, especially in species that can have male or female flowers. More than 90 percent of flowering […]
SEBS Distinguished Professor Alan Robock Co-authors Study into Implications of Massive Laki Volcano Eruption in Iceland in 1783-1784
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the eruption triggered an unusually cold winter, according to a Rutgers-led study. The study, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, will help improve predictions of how the climate will respond to future high-latitude volcanic eruptions. The […]
Rutgers Backstage at the PGA
Rutgers Turf Students & Alumni Give an Insider’s View of Prepping the Black Course for the championship by Casey Sky Noon While Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, and over one hundred other superstar golfers took swings to compete in the 101st PGA Championship, graduates of The Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School worked long […]
Celebration of Excellence: 2019
On April 30, faculty, staff and students attended the 26th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
With Flower Preferences, Bees Have a Big Gap Between the Sexes
Female and male bees of the same species frequent different flowers, Rutgers-led study finds For scores of wild bee species, females and males visit very different flowers for food – a discovery that could be important for conservation efforts, according to Rutgers-led research. Indeed, the diets of female and male bees of the same species […]
2019 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Class Representative Jean-Pierre Jacob
Editor’s Note: Jean-Pierre Jacob (SEBS ’19) is an Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources major and Sociology minor. Hello graduates, family, friends and distinguished faculty. My name is Jean-Pierre Jacob. I am a graduating senior and I majored in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources with a minor in Sociology. Here’s a little bit about me. While […]
Crocheters Speak for the Trees – Rutgers Gardens Gets Yarn-Bombed
A recent trend that is popping up in public spaces is yarn-bombing – the act of covering objects in public places with decorative knitted, crocheted or fiber material, as a form of street art. A combination of aesthetics and whimsy, yarn-bombing offers a fresh embrace on ordinary, even mundane objects, such as bike racks, benches, […]
