Rutgers marine scientist Thomas Grothues’ expertise is featured in a Discovery Channel documentary on sharks that have developed adaptations to help them become effective predators. Read more at Rutgers Today.
Rutgers Oyster Researchers Rank Amongst the World’s Most Productive
The scholarly excellence and vast collaborative network fostered by the oyster researchers at Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) in Bivalve, NJ, has propelled Rutgers to number three among the top 10 most productive oyster research institutions in the world. Its high ranking was further confirmed in a recent paper published in Aquaculture International, whose authors […]
Interactive Forensics Training Helps Professionals Solve Petroleum Contamination Cases
When a site is contaminated with petroleum products, there are many questions. How did it happen? When did it happen? And, most importantly, who is responsible for paying to clean it up? This fall, Rutgers University’s Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) will help professionals answer those questions in its completely revamped Environmental Forensics training […]
Rutgers-bred Dogwood Hybrids Formally Named After Legendary Breeder Elwin Orton and Rutgers University
Finally, two hybrid species of flowering dogwood developed by renowned Rutgers breeder Elwin Orton have been formally named after him and Rutgers University, which supported his prolific breeding career that spanned almost 50 years. The two Rutgers dogwood hybrids, Cornus × elwinortonii and Cornus × rutgersensis, were developed by Orton decades ago and have finally been […]
“Eating Fresh is Eating SMART” for Rutgers Entrepreneurship Agriculture Program
It was only 9 a.m. but the August sun was already blazing over Hort Farm 3 on the George H. Cook Campus. The Entrepreneurship Agriculture Program (EAP) interns didn’t seem fazed, though. Arlan Rodeo, a Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program student, simply rolled up his sleeves and continued to dunk bunches of amaranth into tubs […]
Jenny Carleo, ARMA Agent for Cape May County, Earns Distinguished Service Award
Jenny Carleo (CC ’99, GSNB ’03), agricultural and resource management agent for Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, was recognized with the 2015 Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The award honors members with at least 10 years of outstanding service to Cooperative Extension, who have been active […]
Nutrition Professor Publishes Book on Mediterranean Diet Pioneers, Ancel and Margaret Keys
Joseph Dixon, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has self-published a new book, Genius and Partnership: Ancel and Margaret Keys and the Discovery of the Mediterranean Diet. The book centers on physiologist Ancel Keys and his wife and co-researcher Margaret Keys, a biochemist, as they scour the world for clues to the causes […]
SEBS Nutritional Sciences Lab Hosts STEP-UP and RiSE Fellows
This summer, two undergraduates from outside of Rutgers came together in the lab of Tracy Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, for intense hands-on summer research experiences that will help shape their futures in science. Erica Steele, a rising senior from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, was a fellow in […]
Rutgers Bee-ginner’s Beekeeping Course Gives Many New Jersey Apiarists Their Start
On July 31, in a bill signing ceremony at the Rutgers Gardens Farmers Market in New Brunswick, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno signed three pieces of legislation passed unanimously by New Jersey lawmakers in support of beekeepers in the Garden State. “These bills collectively provide appropriate protection to New Jersey’s growing beekeeping industry, support the Garden […]
New Brunswick Community Farmers Market – “Community” is Our Middle Name
National Farmers Market Week (August 2–8, 2015) is a week-long celebration of our nation’s farmers markets, the farmers and ranchers who make them possible, and the communities that host them. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week recognizing the important role that farmers markets play in our local food economies. A perfect […]
