Can immersing yourself in a South American jungle and the high-fiber, unprocessed diet of its villagers make your gut microbes more diverse? And could it have benefits for people with obesity, type 1 diabetes and other disorders? A study led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers followed seven city-dwelling adults and children who lived in a […]
Meet the Academic Deans
The academic deans pictured here help students navigate SEBS every step of the way, from choosing a major and minor to exploring research, internship, study abroad, and other academic experiences. With all the help they provide, we asked them: What aspect of your job do you think makes the most impact on students? Joe Ventola […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: SEBS Siblings: Chad and Aubrey Weibel
Reprinted from Explorations, Spring 2018 In this continuing series, alumni magazine Explorations profiles recent School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) graduates who have launched successful careers and are making an impact on society. This installment features a dynamic brother-and-sister duo who got their start at SEBS. Aubrey Weibel SEBS’13, Animal Science, Pre-veterinary Research Track […]
Somerset County 4-H Prep Program Celebrates 50 Years!
In 1968, 4-H provided hands-on learning opportunities in science, healthy living and citizenship to build life skills and leadership through club work and camps to youth in grades 4-13. At the request of Somerset County residents to expand the program to children in grades 2-3, Somerset County 4-H Agent, Ted Blum began working with volunteers, […]
Mapping Endangered Red Knots’ Remote Breeding Habitat
The “rufa” subspecies of Red Knot (Calidris canutus) travels from its breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic to its winter habitat in South America and back each year, an incredible 15,000 kilometers each way. Its numbers have fallen precipitously in recent decades, and with such a broad range, determining what’s behind the shorebird’s decline is […]
Baby Sea Snails Ride Waves into Shallower Waters, Study Suggests
Rutgers-led research documents the effects of turbulence and waves on snail larvae The warming ocean may cause the larvae of bottom-dwelling snails to hatch earlier in the spring, when waves are larger, potentially impacting their ability to survive and serve as food for other sea creatures. A Rutgers University–New Brunswick study sheds new light on […]
Alumnus Chris Martine Receives Prestigious Taxonomist Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Chris Martine, the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research and the director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University, as its 2018 Peter Raven Award recipient. The award is named for Peter Raven, eminent botanist and president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and […]
Scientists spent years on a plan to import this wasp to kill stinkbugs. Then it showed up on its own.
Rutgers University entomologist Anne Nielsen and graduate student Nick Avila have been tracking the samarai wasp (Trissolcus japonicas) as a possible biocontrol agent to help manage the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) invasion that has been destroying crops which, in this case, are peaches in a Bridgeton, New Jersey orchard, managed by Rutgers Agricultural […]
Nestlé Collaborates With the Culture of Health Academy at the Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health
The annual Nestlé Cares Day of Service allows employees from offices and factory locations across the country to volunteer in their local communities. On August 2, volunteers from Nestlé Health Science participated in their third annual day of service and treated preschoolers at the Culture of Health Academy (CHA) at Rutgers to a day of […]
Godfather of Radon Mitigation Bill Brodhead Helps to Fight an Invisible Killer
By Casey Noon, Program Coordinator at Rutgers OCPE For Bill Brodhead, instructor in radon mitigation at the Eastern Regional Radon Training Center (ERRTC) at Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education since the early 1990s, there are two rules of thumbs regarding radon. The first rule, which he delivers as a sarcastic quip, is “If you haven’t […]
