Close to 50 Girl Scout Cadettes will join Rutgers faculty, staff and students in an event on Dec. 15 that connects the middle school girls with research currently being done on board the research vessel JOIDES Resolution, now sailing in the Pacific Ocean. The JOIDES Resolution is an ocean-drilling vessel that supports climate change, geology, […]
NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance Receives Grant from The Kresge Foundation
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance (NJCAA), an initiative of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy is the recipient of a two-year award in the amount of $399,973 from The Kresge Foundation. The NJCAA will study the impacts of precipitation, temperature, storm surge, […]
Finishing What He Started: Cancer Doesn’t Stop Golf Turf Management Student
After completing his first year of the two-year certificate program at the Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School, Keith ‘Skip’ Douglass returned home to Arizona and got some bad news: he had leukemia. He bravely battled the disease and seemed to recover. But just a few weeks before he was due back at Rutgers this […]
Continuing Education Class Leads Graduate Down New Path in Public Health
After graduating from Rutgers, Ruchi Pancholy worked on a variety of high profile public health campaigns in New York City. But she really dreamed of living in a tropical climate battling emerging infectious diseases. How would the Burlington County native get from the Big Apple to paradise? A summer class and training program, Environment & […]
SEBS Doctoral Student Jazzes up Weather Lesson in Murder Mystery for Young Adults
When a wealthy banker dies in a hailstorm, “weather detective” Kelvin McCloud and his 12-year-old nephew Henry Alabaster are called in to investigate. SEBS doctoral student in atmospheric science Michael Erb has published his first book, Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm, a murder mystery for young adults. Michael’s always been fascinated with weather and climate and […]
Conference Focuses on Obesity in New Jersey
On December 11, several national and statewide speakers will present the latest research and innovative techniques to battle the obesity epidemic and outline important next steps for New Jersey at a one-day conference that addresses obesity prevention. Rutgers Department of Family and Community Health Services (FCHS) and the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and […]
After the Storm, Not All Wood is Fit for Firewood
Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County agricultural agent, gives advice on preparing firewood from trees damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Read the article at MyCentralJersey.com.
SEBS 2012 Meteorology Graduate Lands Dream Job as TV Broadcaster
There are some students who enter college unsure of a career path, using the opportunity to select from the wide range of academic offerings until they find a niche that fits their talents and interests. Then there are those who, often from an early age, know exactly what they want to do and what they […]
Encyclopedia of Life Podcast Examines National Moth Week
It’s night in the woods. Numerous flashlight beams dart through the trees. Moonshiners? A cult? Neither. It’s Moth Night and a bevy of moth seekers armed with flashlights are illuminating the wondrous nocturnal Lepidoptera alighting on the trees. This scene can be witnessed often in East Brunswick, NJ. Thanks to local Moth Nights, sponsored by […]
Brian Schilling Receives Two Cooperative Extension 2012 Recognition Awards
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2012 received their awards at the joint department luncheon at the Cook Campus Center on Nov. 27. Brian Schilling, assistant extension specialist […]
