Farmers and home gardeners may be as attracted to the new lines of catnip being released by Rutgers NJAES as cats are. The new varieties have larger leaves and flowers, which produce more of the essential oils that cats go crazy for. Rutgers Professor Jim Simon and doctoral student William Reichert have developed lines with […]
Alumni Story: Jessica Ware (GSNB ’08) – Chasing Dragonflies
Celebrated in art and literature over the centuries, dragonflies continue to fascinate people, and none more than Jessica Ware (GSNB-Entomology ’08). An assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Jessica credits her Canadian upbringing for her passion for dragonflies. “I thank my grandparents, Gwen and Harold […]
Rutgers Water Resources Program and Roselle Public Works Install Rain Garden at Local School
Students at the Grace Wilday Junior High School in Roselle, NJ, returned to school this September to a newly installed rain garden, a 2,000 sq. ft. construction in the school’s front yard, thanks to the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s (RCE) Water Resources Program, the Roselle Department of Public Works and its outgoing 8th grade class. Constructed […]
Study Indicates Low Vitamin D Level Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Population
In a study published Sept. 15 in JAMA-Neurology, Joshua Miller, professor of nutritional sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, found that older adults with low levels of vitamin D experienced rates of cognitive decline at a much faster pace than people with adequate vitamin D status. Miller’s study — conducted with […]
Prof. Joan W. Bennett Wins 2015 SIMB Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award
Joan W. Bennett, professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, received the 2015 SIMB Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award, funded by the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology, at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) in Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2-6. This SIMB award is named for Nobel Laureate Selman Waksman, […]
Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Laboratory: A Resource for Plant Professionals and Home Gardeners
Since the days of Rachael Carson and Silent Spring, plant health managers, green industry professionals, and home gardeners alike have been looking for ways to reduce the impact of pesticides in the food supply as well as the lawn and landscape. From outright pesticide bans, to highly specialized and precision integrated pest management systems, the […]
Rutgers Botanist Awarded Prestigious “Innovations in Plant Systematics Education Prize”
Lena Struwe, associate professor in the departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and Plant Biology and Pathology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers, was awarded the 2015 Innovations in Plant Systematics Education Prize for “novel and innovative resources for teaching plant systematics” by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Struwe […]
Why Don’t We Live on a Red Planet? New Research from the Bhattacharya Lab Suggests Answers
If you watched the movie, “Star Trek Into Darkness,” you might still remember the weird planet Nibiru that is covered with red plants. As absurd as it may sound, this could have been the situation on Earth. The question then is, “why are most grasses and plants green and not red?” A recent paper in […]
New Jersey Educator Donates Historic U.S. Soils Collection to National Agriculture Library
On Aug. 19, fifty people including staff from the University of Maryland, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agriculture Library (NAL), members of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists, Rutgers University, and the Firman E. Bear Soil and Water Conservation Society gathered at the NAL for a ceremony to convey […]
State-of-the-Art Radon Training Facility Built at Rutgers
Rutgers recently redesigned and constructed a cutting-edge radon training lab for hands-on learning. For over 25 years, the Eastern Regional Radon Training Center (ERRTC) at Rutgers University has been providing professionals throughout the country with training in radon measurement and mitigation. To offer students an even better learning experience, the ERRTC opened a brand-new, state-of-the-art […]
