Sengottuvelan Murugan, post-doc associate in the Department of Animal Sciences, received a prestigious Gallo Award for his outstanding cancer research at the 2013 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey, which was held at UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on May 23. This is the second year in a row that Murugan has received a Gallo Award. Each year, […]
Rutgers NJAES IPM Program Helps NJ Farmers Reduce Environmental Impact
New Jersey farmers, whether organic or conventional growers, have been introduced to alternative ways to control pests other than chemical pesticides. Rutgers Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for fruits and vegetables gives farmers the tools they need to keep pests under control, without solely relying on pesticides. View our Rutgers IPM image gallery below and […]
Landscape Architecture Students Engage in Enriching Summer Experiences
Think summer is a quiet time for students and faculty? Think again. Summer is a time for internships, research and educational travel opportunities for many of the faculty and students in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture. Summer internships are a valuable opportunity to apply knowledge from the classroom into direct experience. Over the past […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Bug That Moved Orchards
As the old Frank Sinatra song “High Hopes” goes, “anyone knows an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant,” unless, of course, “he’s got HIGH hopes.” So how could an insect move orchards? No high hopes needed, just piercing/sucking mouth parts that suck plant juices from twigs, branches, fruit and foliage. Such is the case […]
Beekeepers Buzzed About Rutgers Course
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Bees are critical for crop pollination. With some colonies dying off in recent decades due to mites and other problems, support of backyard beekeepers has become even more important. Bee enthusiasts learn how to keep hives healthier in a popular, hands-on “Beyond the Basics” beekeeping course, offered by Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Office […]
Global Warming, Development Lure Jellyfish to Barnegat Bay
The warm waters of the bay, enriched with nitrogen from environmental runoff, make Barnegat Bay inviting for jellyfish, so much so that in some areas, the water looks almost like jelly on the surface. Read what Mike Kennish of Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences has observed in the bay.
NPR’s Science Friday: ‘Moth-ers’ Shine a Light on Nighttime Beauties
Think moths are nothing more than drab, little brown fliers stalking your wool sweaters? The folks behind National Moth Week, July 20 – 28, want to change that perception. Rutgers University moth expert Elena Tartaglia describes the diversity of moths and the role that they play in nature, and gives some tips on how to become […]
Rutgers Alumna Promotes Nature in NYC
When referring to New York City as filled with diversity, it is not usually concerning nature. But to double Rutgers grad Marielle Anzelone, who earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences in 1993 and a master’s degree in ecology and evolution in 2000, that is precisely what comes to mind. Anzelone is well acquainted with […]
Rutgers Helps Farmers Fight an Old Enemy
Late blight, a serious disease that affects tomato and potato crops and caused by Phytophthora infestans, the pathogen largely responsible for the Irish Potato Famine in the mid 1800s, last threatened New Jersey’s tomato and potato industry in 2009. The disease, which has the potential to become a major problem because it can quickly kill […]
Northeast Cooperative Extension Directors Honor Rutgers Program
A Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension program designed to conduct research and outreach programming on the marketing and production potential of new ethnic crops for East Coast farmers was honored at the annual meeting of the Northeast Extension Directors held July 8 at Cornell University. The program, An Integrated Multistate Research […]
