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IFNH Participates in RWJF Health Forum for NJ Statewide Stakeholders
On June 20, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) hosted a new national initiative, Culture of Health Forum, at its headquarters in Princeton, NJ. This special forum for statewide stakeholders featured two panels of leaders and experts in the health field and focused on a discussion on how a culture of health in America can be […]
Beating the Bugs in the Bogs: Postdoctoral Student Studies Cranberry Resistance to Gypsy Moth
The gypsy moth is a destructive insect pest infesting New Jersey’s forests, destroying thousands of acres of trees. In the New Jersey Pinelands, the gypsy moth is also an occasional pest of cranberries. Gypsy moth caterpillars will readily eat the plants in outbreak years, when they are abundant in the Pinelands, like in 2007. The caterpillars prefer to […]
Rutgers Researcher Malin Pinsky Awarded Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Malin Pinsky, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has been awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for marine field work in the Philippines. Pinsky, who is also affiliated with the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is studying how […]
Tomatoes: Ripe for the Tasting
The summer issue of the Star Ledger’s Inside Jersey magazine features some of Jersey’s summer highlights. No New Jersey summer listing would be complete without mention of tomatoes and the Rutgers NJAES Great Tomato Tasting at Snyder Research Farm on August 27.
Rutgers Scientists Help Develop New Beach Water Monitoring System for NJ
After successfully developing interactive websites to assist the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in monitoring various aspects of water quality along the New Jersey coastline, the NJDEP’s Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring solicited Josh Kohut, associate professor of marine and coastal sciences and Lucas Marxen, assistant director of research technology at the Rutgers […]
REI Scientist Bob Kopp Co-Leads Report on Economic Risks of Climate Change
Rutgers Energy Institute associate director Robert Kopp served as co-leader on a prospectus, the first report to provide a national set of estimates of costs of climate change to key sectors of the state economies. Read more on Rutgers Today.
Student Filmmaker Documents Jim Simon’s Horticultural Innovation Work in Zambia
Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking recent graduate Jeanpaul Isaacs (SAS ’14, SC&I ’14) spent the final semester of his senior year working on a documentary on SEBS Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology Jim Simon’s work with African women farmers to develop markets for their indigenous crops in Zambia. Isaacs previous work was awarded best […]
The Call of the Wild: Rutgers Alumna Champions Wildflowers in NYC
Conservationist Mariellé Anzelone’s (CC’93, GSNB’00) efforts to showcase New York City’s native plant species included the launching NYC Wildflower Week. Anzelone shares the moment that sparked her interest in nature and it all goes back to SEBS Professor David Ehrenfeld’s class discussion of serotinous pinecones. Read more in Rutgers Magazine.
RCE Water Resources Program Partners on Green Infrastructure for Camden
Over the past four years, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program has partnered with the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority to address stormwater management issues throughout the City of Camden. Through this partnership and the efforts of the Camden SMART (Stormwater Management and Resource Training) Initiative, over 30 green infrastructure projects have been constructed capturing over 3 […]
