Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotics and other applications. The study is in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers used a new DNA sequencing approach to study the genome […]
Provisioning Garden is the Newest Living Laboratory on the Cook Campus
Students returning to the George H. Cook Campus this fall were greeted with a new garden installed at the Cook Office Building (COB) across from the popular Skelly Field on Dudley Road. The Provisioning Garden showcases plants that contribute provisioning services to assist humans and wildlife in some way—as food, fuel, fiber, medicine, and habitat. […]
Oceanography Interns Shine at Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Lab
The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences runs an NSF-funded summer oceanography internship program called Research Internships in Oceanography (RIOS), which is currently guided by professor Josh Kohut. The program, which has hosted 183 undergraduates from all over the US for the past 15 years, hosts interns in the study of a range of topics, […]
Rutgers Distinguished Professor Yair Rosenthal Elected 2019 AGU Fellow
Rutgers distinguished professor Yair Rosenthal, a member of the faculty at Rutgers since 1997 with joint appointments in the departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He joins 61 other colleagues who will be recognized for their “scientific eminence […]
Excessive Alcohol Consumption May Alter DNA and Lead to Stronger Cravings
It’s no secret that excessive drinking is bad for your health. Now evidence indicates that it may even alter your DNA and lead to stronger alcohol cravings, according to a Rutgers study appearing in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Researchers—led by Dipak K. Sarkar, distinguished professor and director of the endocrine program in the Department […]
Rutgers Professor Publishes Fourth Edition of Bestselling Marine Science Book
Mike Kennish, professor emeritus in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is the author of the newly published fourth edition of the marine science book, Practical Handbook of Marine Science. The volume adds a new, in-depth section devoted to “Climate Change and Climate Change Effects” and includes highly revised sections on Estuaries, Beaches, Barrier […]
Rutgers STEM Ambassador Program Inspires New Cohort of New Jersey High Schoolers
This year’s Rutgers STEM Ambassador program, an interactive, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiative for mostly 9th and 10th grade students in a campus setting, drew about 60 participants from Atlantic, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties. Chad Ripberger, Rutgers 4-H agent from Mercer County, and Janice McDonnell, 4-H SET agent, […]
National Farmers Market Week 2019: NBCFM Celebrates 10th Season Serving City Residents
As National Farmers Market Week is celebrated across the U.S. this year from August 4–10, the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market (NBCFM), one of two seasonal markets operated by Rutgers University–New Brunswick, celebrates its 10th season serving city residents. Based at 178 Jones Avenue, NBCFM was launched in 2009 with the support of a grant […]
Food Science Doctoral Candidates Win Important Fellowships
Regina O’Brien and Neeta Yousaf, doctoral candidates in food science in the School of Graduate Studies, both won important fellowships to support their research. O’Brien received the North East -Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) Graduate Student Fellowship Award of $15,000 for the project, “Increasing consumer acceptance of baby leafy greens grown in a controlled […]
Michael Acquafredda Named 2020 NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Finalist
Michael Acquafredda, doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution in the School of Graduate Studies, is among 69 national finalists in the 2020 class of the NOAA and Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. Named after one of Sea Grant’s founders and former NOAA Administrator John A. Knauss, the fellowship is […]
