Rutgers University’s Food Innovation Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, along with Middlesex County, held their first annual NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference at the Rutgers College Avenue Student Center in June. The conference was designed to help promote the growth of New Jersey’s food technology sector by building awareness of its strength in food […]
Rutgers Nursery and Ornamental Research and Demonstrations
With the help of RAREC farm crew and funding through RCE leadership, Tim Waller (Cumberland, Nursery Crops) has been diligently working to bring four Quonset-style high tunnels back into production for nursery and ornamental related research and demonstrations. Initially, the high tunnels required partial demolition, new flooring, hip and foot boards, wiggle-wire channels, 6mil plastic […]
Rutgers Center for Vector Biology has revamped New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!
“New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!” is a citizen-led initiative aiming to create a tick map showing the distribution of tick species and tick-borne pathogens across New Jersey by zip code. Ticks encountered by those working, living, or traveling in the state will be identified from pictures submitted to the NJ Ticks 4 Science website. Ticks […]
Back in Bangkok: Rutgers Professor Resumes Summer Class in Thailand
As a public health scientist and professor at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Mark Robson prefers taking his students out in the field, which happens to involve a two-week trip to Thailand. After a three-year pandemic pause during which the program was conducted remotely, Robson has resumed his annual service-learning visit to the southeastern Asian nation known […]
2023 Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days
By all measures, the Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days held on July 25 and 26, 2023, were a resounding success. Faculty, staff and students in the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science were able to present their current research findings during three events over the two days, which attracted more than 537 people from Finland, Canada […]
Plant of the Month: Jack-in-the-Pulpit, a Flower Insects Would Die For!
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Most herbaceous plants are noted for their showy and colorful floral displays. In some cases, they may have the added benefit of attractive foliage that will help carry interest within the garden well beyond the flower display. However, it is far more rare for a […]
4-H Teams with Rutgers Scientists and Engineers to Train 54 Teenagers to Serve as STEM Ambassadors
Since 2009, the Rutgers 4-H Youth Development department has trained and supported teenagers from several of New Jersey’s biggest cities to lead STEM programming for youth through camps, libraries, and afterschool programs. This July, the program’s 15th cohort of STEM Ambassadors spent a week at Rutgers-New Brunswick to expand their own understanding of STEM topics […]
Tracy Anthony Receives Prestigious Senior Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation
Tracy Anthony, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, was awarded the Osborn and Mendel Senior Investigator Award by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation recognized the nutrition field’s top researcher, clinicians and educators during ASN’s annual flagship meeting on July 23. “I am very honored to receive this prestigious Senior […]
A Kitchen Challenge: Nudging College Students Toward Healthy Eating
Structured program, along with enhanced nutrition education and social support may be key drivers, Rutgers researchers find Is there a way to encourage college students to make healthier food choices in their daily diets? Yanhong Jin, a professor with the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological […]
There May Be Good News About the Oceans in a Globally Warmed World
Rutgers-led study suggests ongoing oxygen loss from the seas due to climate change may reverse in the future An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth’s oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed world. A Rutgers-led study published in Nature analyzing ocean sediment shows that ocean oxygen levels in […]
