Starting this September, an effort will focus scientists, including those from Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and their institutions to cover gaps in ocean geography and operations that until now have prevented scientists from seeing how the different ecosystems along the coast interact, and how and when animals move between them. The observatory […]
What’s in Your Beverage? Healthy Dining Team Brings Nutritional Awareness to Campus
Every day, students grab a bite to eat from dining halls, vending machines, grease trucks, convenience stores or prepared meals in off-campus housing. Food purchasing decisions may be based on convenience, price or taste – but how much thought goes into how nourishing these food choices are? The Healthy Dining Team is a corps of […]
Using Film to Tell a Rutgers Scientist’s Story
For six weeks this summer, Anne Marie Carlton, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, led a multi-million dollar atmospheric study in the southeastern U.S., considered the largest air quality study in decades in America. While this world-class team was assembled to investigate various components of air quality over that region of the U.S., […]
Designing Around a Mission: Architects Detail Functionality of IFNH Building
The groundbreaking of the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) building on the George H. Cook Campus took place on August 30. In this video by Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking, the Institute’s architecture firm, Ballinger Architects, sheds light on the interpretation of the IFNH mission into a physical space.
Salmonella Found in Imported Spices from India and Mexico
Donald Schaffner is a distinguished professor and an extension specialist in food science at Rutgers University. His expertise is in quantitative microbial risk assessment and predictive food microbiology; in other words, he uses math and statistics to help people understand and help manage food safety risks. In his 24 years at Rutgers, Schaffner has educated […]
Incoming Students Participate in First SEBS Induction Ceremony
The rain on Labor Day 2013 did not dampen the spirits of the incoming freshmen and transfer students for the 2013-2014 academic year of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. They were warmly welcomed to the School and the campus in the inaugural First Year Induction Ceremony, which was held at the Nicholas Music […]
FIC-South Director Michael duBois Officially an IFT Fellow
Michael duBois, director of the Food Innovation Center (FIC) – South, was officially recognized as a 2013 Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) at an award ceremony at the institute’s annual meeting on July 13 in Chicago, IL. Only a small percentage of IFT members are so honored by their peers each year […]
John Worobey to Head New Jersey WIC Advisory Committee
Professor John Worobey, Department of Nutritional Sciences, was elected Chair of the WIC Advisory Committee for the State of New Jersey. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children that provides Federal support for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and […]
Cape May County 4-H Offers Youth Marine Science Exploration Activities
The Cape May County 4-H Youth Development Program is offering a series of free, hands-on marine science presentations at the Ocean City Library, September 24, 27 and 30 from 3–5 p.m. For more information, call the Cape May County Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program at 609-465-5115, ext. 610 or email Julie Karavan at […]
Burlington County 4-H Club Captures Award at National 4-H Film Fest
The 4-H Caring Canines Club of Burlington County captured first place in the Promotions Division at the 2013 National 4-H Film Fest but placed fourth overall out of 38 entries from eight states. 4-H volunteers, Linda Berk, Kim Tzap and Trish McCoy serve as the leaders of this winning 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Project […]
