Grace Saba, assistant professor, is the lead principal investigator, and John Wilkin, professor, in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is co-principal investigator, of a $1,499,895 million project observing ocean acidification on the U.S. Northeast Shelf, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Gulf of Maine. The project, “Optimizing O cean Acidification Observations for Model Parameterization […]
Five New Jersey Students Attend Global Youth Institute of World Food Prize
Each year, 200 exceptional high school students from around the world are selected to participate in the Global Youth Institute, a prestigious youth education program hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. Selected students and their teachers/mentors travel to Des Moines, Iowa, in mid-October to attend this three-day event during which they interact with Nobel and World […]
Rutgers Oceanographers Set Precedent for New Program in U.S. Ocean Coring
This past summer, Samantha Bova, Rutgers post-doctoral researcher, and Yair Rosenthal, distinguished professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, led a team of 33 international scientists on a month-long ocean expedition to the Chilean Margin in the southeast Pacific aboard the JOIDES Resolution, a research vessel that drills into the ocean floor to […]
Distinguished Prof. Ilya Raskin and Team Awarded Grant for Research on Healthful Compounds in Plants
Each year, the Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that will impact the health of communities at home and around the world. These grants help faculty pursue new ideas and to seed expanded research and funding. A recipient of a recent Global Health Seed Grant, Ilya […]
Hunger Should Never Haunt a Child’s Life
David Krol is the medical director of Rutgers New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative, a program that helps children, families and communities live their healthiest lives by improving nutrition and physical activity. Krol has won multiple awards for his clinical, advocacy, and leadership efforts, including the […]
Rutgers Food Innovation Center Client Wins New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Award
Sandeep Agarwal, president & CEO of Pure Indian Foods, a client of the Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC), was the recipient of the Caspar Wistar Award for Growth, one of the New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards presented by the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce (MCRCC) and Einstein Alley, a private, non-profit economic development initiative […]
Urban “Annie’s Project” Farm Management and Business Training Course for NJ Farm Women and Veterans
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) will present a new, urban-focused version of the popular Annie’s Project held in three locations over the course of six weeks, one evening per week. Annie’s Project offers important farm management lessons to help women succeed and this newest course is extended to military veterans in New Jersey. The training course, […]
Rockettes’ Athletic Trainer Marissa Piloto (SEBS ‘14) Got Her Start With Rutgers Football
Athletic trainer Marissa Piloto still pinches herself when she stands in the stage wing of New York City’s Radio City Music Hall watching the Rockettes perform. “This is my dream job,” said Piloto, who is in her fourth season training the stars of the Christmas Spectacular. The 27-year-old is also head athletic trainer for the […]
Rutgers Research Project on Marine Debris Funded by NOAA
Rutgers was awarded a $320,000 grant from the NOAA Marine Debris Program to study the movement of microplastics from riverine to oceanic systems and the role this area may play as the entry point for microplastics into the food chain. The university was among four awardees of 2019 funding totaling $1.2 million focused on research […]
Prof. Josh Kohut Named Fellow of Marine Technology Society
Josh Kohut, professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, was named a Fellow of the Marine Technology Society (MTS). He was recognized for fundamental contributions in the development of novel technologies that allow for the sampling of marine systems. Kohut has been at the forefront of the deployment and operation of a range of […]
