Phillip Vines, doctoral candidate in plant breeding and genomics at Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, has been selected the winner of the 2019 Award of Excellence from the Musser International Turfgrass Foundation. The award is given to outstanding doctoral candidates who, in the final phase of their graduate studies, demonstrate overall excellence throughout their doctoral […]
Rutgers’ List of Campus Plants, Animals, Other Species May be First in World
More than 1,600 species spotted by Professor Lena Struwe and her team. American kestrel. Chinese mantis. Candleflame lichen. The highly diverse list of species spotted at Rutgers University may be unique globally. Indeed, more than 1,600 kinds of animals, insects, plants and other life forms have been reported so far at 24 Rutgers campuses and […]
Somerset County 4-H Club Donates Pork to Area Food Banks
In 2017, Susie Norz, of Hillsborough, NJ, decided to help area residents who might not have access to enough protein sources. Since then, members of the Branchburg Beef, Dairy and Livestock Club, part of Somerset County 4-H Youth Development Program, have raised extra hogs to donate pork to area food banks. Club members raised the […]
Retired Extension Agent Ray Samulis Awarded Distinguish Service to Agriculture Citation at NJ Ag Convention
At the 2019 New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City on February 6, the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture awarded Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations to retired Rutgers Cooperative Extension county agent Ray Samulis, along with long-time Union County farmer John Dreyer, late dairy farmer Douglas Ricker, and recently retired State Ag Education […]
Rutgers Scientists Discover Genes that Help Harmful Bacteria Thwart Treatment
Two genes may make staph infections resistant to copper, a powerful antibacterial agent. A Rutgers-led team has discovered two genes that make some strains of harmful Staphyloccocus bacteria resistant to treatment by copper, a potent and frequently used antibacterial agent. The discovery shows that Staphyloccocus aureus can acquire additional genes that promote infections and antibacterial […]
Climate Scientist Alan Robock Explores Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear War
Alan Robock, a distinguished professor in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has been guided by the idea that scientists can also teach students political values. Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as part of a feature in Rutgers Magazine. When he arrived as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) […]
Restoring the Arbor Trail
Tucked on the back of the Rutgers University Inn on Cook campus lies a hidden and once forgotten gem: the Arbor Trail. Four years ago, senior environmental planning and design major Elliot Nagele was walking along the inn’s lawn and noticed this hidden Rutgers relic overgrown with weeds, leaves and tree stumps. Intrigued, Nagele, went […]
A New Community in an Old Forest: Loss of Songbirds Leads to Community Shift in an Old Growth Forest
It all started with a happy accident. When cleaning out a basement lab at Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF), the Lockwood Lab discovered several boxes of old bird banding records. These records provided an in depth look at what birds were present in the forest during the 1960s and 1970s. With this information in hand, the […]
The earth is warming. David Robinson’s data on snow helped prove it.
David Robinson was obsessed by snow as a child and that has never changed. For the past 27 years, Robinson, a professor in the geography department at Rutgers University, has served as the New Jersey state climatologist. This makes him the longest-serving state climatologist among the 39 states with such a title. The position gives […]
Heavy Drinking May Change DNA – Leading to Increased Craving for Alcohol
Genetic vicious cycle may reinforce risky drinking behavior, Rutgers-led study says. Binge and heavy drinking may trigger a long-lasting genetic change, resulting in an even greater craving for alcohol, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. “We found that people who drink heavily may be changing their DNA in […]
