Five Rutgers students participated in the Green Teams summer internship program of the PSEG Institute of Sustainability Studies at Montclair State University. Among the five Rutgers students were two SEBS undergraduates, Denia Cai Shi, Department of Plant Biology, and Dustin Wang, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. The ten-week interdisciplinary paid internship program hired […]
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
Marine and Coastal Sciences professor, Benjamin Horton, and colleagues have found the key to thousands of years of Indian Ocean tsunami activity in a cave in Indonesia. After the devastating 2004 tsunami that his the Indian Ocean, researchers—including Horton—asked themselves if a tsunami of this magnitude had ever happened before and, more important, would it […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Offers Tips on Hay Safety and Preventing Barn Fires
Barns and other structures used for storing hay are especially at risk of fire, and the toll financially and in the loss of human and animal life can be devastating. Summer is one of the most common times of year for such fires to occur. Winter fires can also result from heating lamps, rodents chewing […]
Rutgers and Oysters: ‘Perfect Together’
Edible Jersey’s High Summer Edition focuses on oysters, highlighting Rutgers role in three stories. SPECIAL REPORT: Oysters In this piece, Edible Jersey describes the oyster as Jersey’s mascot and a powerful environmental steward. It chronicles the rise, and fall, and rise of the Delaware Bay Oyster, aquaculture development, the problems the industry faces due […]
Project PORTS: Ten Years in the Bag
Funny thing about oysters; once attached, you may be stuck on them for life! The excited fourth graders at D’Ippolito School in Vineland, New Jersey, raced across the school grounds to a small area beside the ball field where the surf clam shells were haphazardly stacked in a pile. Eagerly greeted by Rutgers University Haskin […]
Donald Schaffner Says Salmonella Strain Could Hold Key to Beating Cancer
Bacteria typically blamed for serious food poisoning Salmonella is now being used to fight cancer. Scientists have found a way to manipulate the powerful bacteria, and they say it’s showing promise. Donald Schaffner—extension specialist, distinguished professor in the Department of Food Science—has studied the dangerous germ for more than a decade. “It’s responsible for many, […]
If it’s Summer 4-H is Bringing Science to Urban High School Students
Annual 4-H Summer Science Program was held July 10-14 on the Cook Campus More than 60 urban high school students from seven New Jersey Counties participated in hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities for a week alongside Rutgers faculty at the 9th annual 4-H Summer Science Program on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. The […]
Master Gardeners’ Journal: The secret life of fireflies
By Meredith Bogert, correspondent and Rutgers Master Gardener for Burlington County. I saw the first fireflies in my garden about two weeks ago, and I knew summer had officially arrived. Just for fun, I did some research to learn more about them and thought I’d share what I learned with you: First of all, fireflies […]
Middle Schoolers Develop Leadership and Community Service Skills at the 4-H Youth Leadership Institute at Rutgers University
4-H members representing eight counties took part in the New Jersey 4-H goLEAD Youth Leadership Institute held in June at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. goLEAD (generation-on Leadership, Education, and Development) is an innovative approach to equip middle and high school aged youth with invaluable 21st century skills that will allow them to change themselves […]
Rutgers Energy Institute Contest Proposals Help Reduce Energy Use on Campus
The Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) annually challenges Rutgers undergraduates to develop innovative and implementable plans for reducing energy consumption on the New Brunswick campus with its Energy Innovation Contest. The contest, now in its 10th year, represents the REI’s longstanding commitment to education and outreach. REI associate director, Kevin Lyons, from Rutgers Business School Department […]
