Michael Acquafredda, doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution in the School of Graduate Studies, has been featured on the website of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), a non-profit organization established since 1870 to advance fisheries science. Its mission is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery […]
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Rutgers Recreation Team up to Provide Undergrads with Scientific Diving Instruction
Scientific diving is essential to Rutgers’ – and its students’ – worldwide leadership in oceanography. This class is helping to open doors for our undergraduates. Breathing through their Scuba gear, Ailey Sheehan and her classmates dropped a new and improved lionfish trap – a hinged net that will help scientists study that invasive fish in […]
Salem County Agricultural Agent Dave Lee Retires
David Lee, agricultural agent in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), retired on April 1. Lee spent nearly four decades as a dairy/livestock extension agent in Salem County and for the state of New Jersey. Lee received a bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry from Delaware Valley College and a […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: Ariana Tsiattalos (SEBS’12)
In this continuing series, Explorations, the bi-annual magazine of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, profiles recent graduates who have launched successful careers and are making an impact on society. The editors posed a series of questions about how their Rutgers experience influenced their lives. Here is one such profile that appears in the […]
Doctoral Student Wins Scholarship from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
Elena Santiago, doctoral student in the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program in the School of Graduate Studies, was awarded the 2017-2018 ConAgra Foods Scholarship by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. The foundation funds scholarships and awards, as well as public education programs and research grants, and is the largest provider of nutrition and dietetics […]
Faculty for a Sustainable Future
When alumni look back on their college days, what comes to mind? Almost always, it is a professor—or two or three—who inspired, challenged, encouraged, and generally helped students to succeed. Today’s new faculty at the School fill that role and go well beyond. Well focused in their scholarly fields, our school’s new faculty members are […]
When an invasive species is a recreational fisherman’s dream catch
Professor Julie Lockwood provides broader context on invasion ecology as well as how to conserve natural ecosystems. Brown trout are native to Europe and have been fished recreationally and commercially there for centuries. Individual trout can grow up to 40 or more pounds under the right conditions, making landing ‘the big one’ quite a thrill. […]
Three ways Rutgers experts are using drones for real-world research
Mosquito control: When Greg Williams, Department of Entomology, first started using drones to control mosquito populations, the focus was on larger machines that could spray pesticides over large swaths of land. Today, the approach has evolved to focus on smaller drones. They’re cheaper, easier to fly, and can be used for much more than spraying. […]
Graduate Student Alex Shumaker Wins Competitive Grant for Coral Microbiome Project
Alexander Shumaker, doctoral candidate in Microbial Biology in the School of Graduate Studies and a member of the Debashish Bhattacharya lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, has been awarded the 2017 PacBio SMRT grant for his proposed research on the coral microbiome. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc (PacBio) is the leader in long-read […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Jersey Tomato Throwback – Ramapo Tomato – 50 Years as a Home Gardeners’ Favorite
The year was 1968. Beehive hairdo’s were the rage, as were cars with lots of shiny chrome. New Jersey was lush with diners, drive-in movies and roadside farmstands. And the Jersey tomato reigned supreme. In 1968, there were a number of “Jersey tomato” varieties on the market–products of prior decades of breeding tasty, tangy tomatoes […]
