New Jersey needs to plan for at least a 3-foot sea level rise by 2100, Rutgers researchers warn Whether to buy or build a home at the Jersey Shore has become more complicated and personal for Kenneth Miller – a Rutgers expert in sea level change and global warming – since Superstorm Sandy struck New […]
Multimedia Project Honoring Native American History and Culture in New Jersey Wins Public Humanities Award
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) awarded the top prize in the inaugural Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities to a multimedia project headed by Anita Bakshi, assistant teaching professor in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture, and co-created with the Ramapough Lunaape Nation Turtle Clan. The award-winning project, “The […]
Announcement: Mazen Shehat is the SEBS & NJAES Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration
Announcement by Laura Lawson, executive dean of SEBS and executive director of NJAES. Dear SEBS and NJAES community, It is my great pleasure to share the news that Mazen Shehat will soon join our administration as the new Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration. His first day is December 5. The Sr. Associate Dean […]
Rutgers Ecologist Brooke Maslo Heads Bold Experiment in Building Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities
An effort led by Brooke Maslo aims to redevelop property purchased through New Jersey’s Blue Acres initiative to protect flood-prone parts of the state In the Watson-Crampton neighborhood of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, meadows, marshlands and forests form a green, undeveloped crescent on the community’s eastern edge. At first glance, the acres of open space look like […]
Data-Visualization and Mapping Tools Help New Jersey Communities Plan for Climate Change
The expanded suite of apps will assist decision-makers to predict and prepare for future events and conditions New Jersey residents and planners alike have a new set of decision-support tools to help prepare their communities for climate change, thanks to a suite of data-visualization and mapping tools developed at Rutgers University’s New Jersey Climate Change Resource […]
RU COOL Marks 30th Anniversary at the Forefront of Climate Change Research and Ocean Discovery
Rutgers, NOAA and glider maker mark RUCOOL milestone For 30 years, Rutgers’ Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has taken the lead in pioneering research that has changed our understanding of the oceans and the way information is collected. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Rick Spinrad joined Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and marine […]
Delma Yorimoto is New FCHS Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. I am delighted to welcome Delma Yorimoto to SEBS/NJAES-RCE as our new Family and Community Health Sciences Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County. Delma will lead our produce prescription, nutrition security and food policy efforts in Hudson County in this role. She will […]
Rutgers Rising Memorial Service Held for First Time Since 2019
On September 22, the SEBS/NJAES Office of Alumni and Community Engagement hosted the Rutgers Rising Memorial Service to remember recently deceased alumni, faculty and staff from the school and the experiment station. Nearly 100 faculty, staff, alumni, family and friends attended the event held at the Cook Student Center to pay their respects and celebrate […]
How Rutgers Is Forging the Next Generation of Climate Change Problem Solvers
Training program created in wake of Superstorm Sandy brings graduate students from varied disciplines together to solve real-world climate problems As a child, Dan Blanco watched low-income neighborhoods in his native Chicago flood during storms while the more affluent enclaves did not. Now, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in atmospheric sciences at Rutgers so […]
Spice Containers Pose Contamination Risk During Food Preparation
A government-funded study on the potential for cross-contaminating kitchen surfaces with pathogens during food preparation has pointed to an unlikely culprit for spreading sickness: spice containers Detailing findings in the Journal of Food Protection, Donald Schaffner, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who co-authored the study in collaboration with […]
