“Have you heard of the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals?,” asked keynote speaker Jonas Haertle, head of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Secretariat of the United Nations Global Compact Office. A majority of the more than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Cook Student Center on October […]
Assistant Professor Ethan Schoolman Receives 2017 Sustainability Award from Higher Education Association
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced Ethan Schoolman, currently in the Department of Human Ecology, as the recipient of the Campus Sustainability Research Award for outstanding achievements and progress toward sustainability. AASHE bestows its prestigious awards on the institutions and individuals that are helping to lead higher education to […]
Rutgers Faculty and Staff Achieve National and Regional Awards at 2017 NACAA Conference
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) is the professional organization for Extension educators and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and natural resources, 4-H youth development, community development, administration, aquaculture and Sea Grant, and related disciplines. Each year, NACAA recognizes members for outstanding work programs, communications, and service through its awards […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: Wm. Christopher Alston (CC’10)
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 […]
Faculty for a Sustainable Future: Thierry Besançon
Thierry Besançon is the new assistant extension specialist in weed science in the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers. He will spend the foreseeable future researching weed control in cranberry and blueberry, and developing sustainable weed management strategies for specialty crops working out of the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and […]
Douglass Psychology Child Study Center Partners with Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Rutgers Department of Psychology in which the Douglass Psychology Child Study Center will operate classes in the Culture of Health Academy. This partnership with The Academy, located at IFNH, will enable the Douglass Psychology Child Study […]
In Memoriam: Daniel Kluchinski (1963 – 2017)
Daniel Kluchinski, 54 of Rocky Hill, NJ passed away on October 16 with his husband at his side after an incredible fight with cancer. Dan is survived by his husband of 29 years–W. J. “Brad” Bradhering, his parents–Joseph and Florence Kluchinski, his brothers (and sister-in-laws) Dave (Dawn) and Don (Carol) Kluchinski and six nieces and […]
SEBS Scientists Genetically Boost the Nutritional Value of Corn Which Could Benefit Millions
Rutgers scientists discover way to reduce animal feed and food production costs by increasing a key nutrient in corn Scientists from the Department of Plant Biology and the Waksman Institute of Microbiology have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn – the world’s largest commodity crop – by inserting a bacterial […]
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Atlantic County Bloom in PA Hort Society Contest
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) celebrates the accomplishments of gardeners in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware with its annual PHS Gardening and Greening Contest. The competition invites backyard gardeners, community gardeners and those passionate about greening their public spaces to enter. For three years in a row, the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Atlantic County’s (RMGAC) […]
Study Co-Authored by Distinguished Prof. Alan Robock Says Large Volcanic Eruptions in Tropics Can Trigger El Niño Events
According to a study published online in Nature Communications and co-authored by Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences, explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events with dramatic global impacts on climate. Damage from volcanic ash at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines after the June 15, 1991, eruption of […]
