Every year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) names its newest Fellows: researchers from around the world who have been nominated by their peers for their outstanding scientific work. Fellows are recognized for achievements across disciplines, from research and teaching to technology and administration. This year, 10 Rutgers faculty members were […]
Achievement, Acclaim, and the AAAS
Every year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) names its newest Fellows: researchers from around the world who have been nominated by their peers for their outstanding scientific work. Fellows are recognized for achievements across disciplines, from research and teaching to technology and administration. This year, 10 Rutgers faculty members were honored […]
In Memoriam: Stuart R. Race (GSNB ’55 and ’57), Extension Specialist in Entomology
Stuart R. Race passed away May 31, 2017, at the age of 90. Race was an extension specialist in entomology at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick from 1965 until retiring in 1993. He published many research studies and was well known among the New Jersey farm community […]
Eat Berries to Improve Brain Function
Note: Fresh local berries are in season during the spring and summer in New Jersey – strawberries from Mid-May to mid-June, and blueberries from mid-June until August. By Karen Ensle Ed.D., RDN, FAND, CFCS, Family & Community Health Sciences Educator, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County Eating berries is healthful and may help your brain […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: What Gym Membership is to Fitness, Community Supported Agriculture is to Local Healthy Eating
So many people recognize the merits of committing to a regular exercise regime through gym membership. Fitness centers offer an array of equipment – variety you couldn’t duplicate in a home gym, and are frequented by people with similar goals that can offer support and advice on training. Paying for a membership adds to the […]
Rutgers Study Finds that Stony Corals Continue to Make Rock Even Under Adverse Conditions
Stony corals may be more resilient to ocean acidification than once thought, according to Paul G. Falkowski, a distinguished professor who leads the Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. “They will probably make rock even as the ocean becomes slightly acidic from the burning of fossil fuels.” The Rutgers team, including […]
Ahoy There, Matey! Rutgers Environmental Stewards Take Their First Boat Trip on the Raritan River
By Michele Bakacs, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, May 2017 As the 2017 Rutgers Environmental Steward classes entered their final month, and with the warm weather upon us, the Middlesex County class took to the water. On May 3, Stewards got a rare opportunity to see the Raritan […]
Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs Says Professor Donald Schaffner!
Rutgers study indicates that hand washing for 10 seconds eliminates harmful bacteria Donald Schaffner, distinguished professor and extension specialist in food science, says their study found that cool water removes the same amount of harmful bacteria as hot. In the study, published in the June issue of the Journal of Food Protection, high levels of […]
Michael J. Kennish is the Recipient of the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael J. Kennish has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the coastal and marine sciences field Marquis Who’s Who—the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles—has cited Michael Kennish for his outstanding contributions to the field of estuarine, coastal, and marine sciences. The award recognizes in particular his seminal research of anthropogenic […]
A New Endowed Chair, A New Frontier
For Liping Zhao, world renowned researcher and the School’s new Douglas and Linda Eveleigh and Dennis and Linda Fenton Endowed Chair in Applied Microbiology, the study of the human microbiome brings to mind the Indian parable of the blind men and the elephant: in the story, each blind man touches and studies a different part […]
