Q&A with Rutgers Professor Robert E. Kopp, coauthor of “the most up-to-date comprehensive report on climate science on the planet” The Climate Science Special Report, released last week by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, details the science behind global warming and its current and potential impacts on the American economy, communities, public health and […]
Rutgers Holds 10th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop on “Gut and Metabolic Disease”
By Jeannette Mullins and Kathy Manger, Department of Animal Sciences “Gut and Metabolic Disease” was the theme of the 10th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop held on October 11 at the Busch Student Center. The workshop was sponsored by the Rutgers Endocrine Program; Department of Animal Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological […]
Prof. Jim Simon Awarded New Brunswick Chancellor’s “2017 International Impact Award”
James “Jim” Simon, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Biology, was awarded “The 2017 Chancellor’s Award for International Impact” at the Chancellor’s Celebration of Faculty Excellence on October 17. Chancellor of Rutgers–New Brunswick, Debasish “Deba” Dutta, presented Simon with a plaque “in recognition of his more than twenty-five years of collaborative research in sub-Saharan […]
IFNH Student Ambassadors Present Research at National Conference in Chicago
On October 21, the student ambassadors of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) flew to Chicago to attend the four-day Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE). The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics celebrated its 100th anniversary in Chicago, Illinois, where more than 16,000 registered dietitian nutritionists, nutrition science researchers, policy […]
Sabbatical-ing Out Loud: This Professor’s Leave Will Benefit Thousands Financially
During her sabbatical O’Neill, distinguished professor and extension specialist in Financial Resource Management, planned to research and curate an exhaustive list of online financial resources for her own purposes and did not initially plan to share them widely. Her work as an extension specialist, however, involves financial education and she has worked for years to […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: Marc Valitutto (CC’02)
Explorations, the bi-annual magazine of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, features profiles of recent graduates who have launched successful careers and may well be on their way to making headlines for their work. The editors posed a series of questions about how their Rutgers experience influenced their lives. Here is one such profile […]
SEBS Scientists Say Sea-Level Rise Will Make Flooding Much Worse in New York City
Floods that once occurred every 500 years on average could average every five years after 2030, even though hurricanes may steer further offshore As the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy nears, scientists Andra Garner and Benjamin Horton from the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Robert Kopp, director of Rutgers Energy Institute, have some […]
TRACING THE PALIMPSEST: Before Livingston Campus was Camp Kilmer
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18). Driving along Cedar Lane where it meets Road 1 and the southern border of Rutgers’ Livingston Campus, there is a series of one-story buildings that sit next to the pronounced curve in the road. These buildings currently serve as warehouses and administrative offices for the university. However, their original purpose was […]
Getting the Best from the Fall Harvest of Fruits and Vegetables
By Kathleen T. Morgan, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Chair, Family and Community Health Sciences Every season brings its own delights when it comes to first fruits and vegetables. When Spring and Summer arrive in New Jersey, we carry the first, bright red strawberries home like precious gems. Who can’t remember that first bite into a fresh […]
Faculty for a Sustainable Future: Alvaro Toledo
Alvaro Toledo is the new assistant professor in the Department of Entomology. His primary focus here at Rutgers will be to establish a research program on Lyme disease, ticks and the vector-borne pathogens at the Center for Vector Biology. He will be investigating the role of cholesterol in the development of Lyme disease. Toledo received […]
