Does biodiversity really matter to human well-being? One of the pillars of the United Nations program in sustainability is the need to preserve terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity because intact ecosystems provide critical services to human societies. As a part of that program the UN established the Inter-Governmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services . […]
Study Shows Bt-Field Corn Results in Reduced Pest Pressure in Other Non-GM Vegetable Crops
A Mid-Atlantic multi-state study compared the rate of European corn borer and corn earworm damage before and after introduction of Bt-field corn usage on other non-Bt crop fields. The study was published March 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Kristian Holmstrom, research project coordinator in the Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
Grad Student Didik Prasetyo — on the Front Lines of Orangutan Conservation, Research
Didik Prasetyo is dedicated to understanding and protecting the endangered great apes Didik has been in the forefront of a lot of the orangutan conservation efforts in Indonesia. If he’s not already, he will be one of the future leaders of orangutan conservation. – Professor Erin R. Vogel Deep in a tropical forest in Borneo […]
Liping Zhao Leads Study Establishing a Healthy Gut Microbiota as a New Nutritional Approach For Preventing And Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Dietary fibers promote gut bacteria that benefit blood glucose control, says study by Rutgers and other scientists The fight against type 2 diabetes may soon improve thanks to a pioneering high-fiber diet study led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick professor, Liping Zhao. Promotion of a select group of gut bacteria by a diet high in […]
Faculty for a Sustainable Future: Arek Kulczyk
“I have always enjoyed biology and consider myself very fortunate to be able to do what I like in life.” Ever since he was a child, Arek Kulczyk, a new assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, has been passionate about biology. He’s pursuing his dream career at Rutgers. He spends much of […]
This is NOT Your Parents’ Dining Hall
No mystery meat here! Rutgers Dining Services serves up culinary delights that are healthy, minimally processed and fully customizable. What comes to mind when you think of a college dining hall? When Rutgers Dining Services executive director Joe Charette CC’77 looks back on his college dining experience it was something like this: a choice of […]
Rutgers Turf Student Conor Geisel Flies with Super Bowl LII Champion, Philadelphia Eagles
By Casey Sky Noon, Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) Rutgers Two-Year Turf Management Certificate Student Conor Geisel Talks About His Summer Internship with the 2018 Super Bowl Champions Winners of Super Bowl LII, the Philadelphia Eagles played hot while their grounds crew kept their home playing field warm. To be exact, the turf […]
Dynamic Duo
Shawn and Michelle Arent, who can collectively bench press a few hundred pounds, are the power couple behind the Center for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the Cook Campus. Michelle is the director of training and conditioning at CHHP, and Shawn is the center’s […]
Musser Foundation Presents Award of Excellence to Graduate Student Patrick Burgess
Patrick Burgess has been chosen to receive the Musser International Turfgrass Foundation Award of Excellence for 2018. The annual award is presented to an outstanding doctoral candidate of turfgrass science who has made significant and innovative contributions to turfgrass science research. This year’s award winner also receives a $35,000 cash award. The awards committee indicated […]
SEBS’ Richard Lathrop Says Threatened Shorebird Species Faces Increased Peril
Red knots fall below 10,000 in aerial surveys Scientists from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and elsewhere documented fewer than 10,000 red knot shorebirds in Chile in January, down from more than 13,000 a year earlier. “Clearly, this subspecies of red knots – listed as threatened in the U.S. and endangered in Canada – is still at […]
