Last time we saw Kristina Mayberry Guttadora (Plant Biology, ’99) she was lugging huge bags of collard greens that had been gleaned from farmer Jim Giamarese’s field and was loading them on a truck for area food banks. Kristina is program director of Farmers Against Hunger, and since taking over in June 2011 has tirelessly […]
New Rutgers Study Explores Mosquito Prevalence on Outdoor Physical Activity and Links to Childhood Obesity
The incidence of overweight children has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., with obesity rates having nearly tripled to almost 20% over the last 30 years. Besides simply eating too much, childhood overweight is associated with low levels of physical activity. While less time for physical education in schools and more time spent in sedentary […]
Former Fulbright Fellow Alison Golinski Goldberg Receives Ph.D. from Rutgers
Alison Golinski Goldberg (Endocrinology & Animal Biosciences) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, “Evolutionary plasticity in the pleiotropic regulation of sexually dimorphic traits in gekkotan lizards” on April 3. Goldberg’s advisor was Professor Henry John-Alder, chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources.
The View Down Under
Take leading Rutgers researchers making a global impact, capture the drama and excitement of their work, and have students work on the film to learn about the science—and get hands-on filmmaking experience. The result? Lots of learning—and award-winning films. Read more about the filming of Antarctica: Beyond the Ice .
Learned it Through the Grapevine
While New Jersey has a reputable winemaking history, it is also seeing a surge in the establishment of new wineries around the state, and now boasts three regions that are official American Viticultural Areas. A handful of recent graduates from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) have carved out careers for themselves at […]
New Brunswick Community Farmers Market Celebrates Fifth Year with Additional Location
As it enters its fifth season, the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market has more fresh things to offer than just the produce. Now, in addition to its primary location at Jones Avenue, there is a second location in the heart of downtown New Brunswick, at Kilmer Square Park. Also new is a fresh arrival of […]
Simple Steps to Keep Mosquitoes from Breeding in Your Yard
Rutgers Department of Entomology shares these procedures to help prevent mosquitoes from becoming a backyard nuisance.
Mosquito Menace: Rutgers Research Helps Reclaim Our Backyards
Every year, during the third week of June, mosquito control awareness gains nationwide focus as the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) sponsors National Mosquito Control Awareness Week to focus the public’s attention on the work of suppressing mosquito and other vector-transmitted diseases. This national campaign focuses the spotlight on mosquito control and the role of the AMCA, […]
IMCS Welcomes Two New Oceanography Faculty Members
Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Science (IMCS) added two new faculty members this summer, Ben Horton, an internationally recognized scientist on sea-level and global change, and Kim Thamatrakoln, who joins as a new research faculty member. Horton’s interests are in understanding and integrating the mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past so […]
IMCS Student Research Reveals Protein Involved in Production of Coral Skeletons
By identifying various proteins from corals that could be involved in forming their external skeletons and searching for genes that could potentially assist with production of the skeletal mineral calcium carbonate, Tali Mass, postdoctoral researcher at SEBS and colleagues in Paul Falkowski’s laboratory, develop an understanding of how coral build their skeleton. Read more about […]
