by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture. With the chilly temperatures of winter well entrenched in our Gardens, evergreen foliage clearly plays an important role in providing interest throughout this season. Conifers serve an important role in providing the bones for the garden, but there is still a need for detail plantings […]
FCHS Raises Awareness for American Heart Month with Love Your Heart Webinar Series
Taking care of your heart, as well as being holistically healthy, has never been more important in our lives than right now. With so much going on in our lives recently, Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) of Somerset County is raising awareness by offering a free webinar series throughout February called Love Your Heart. […]
Big Differences in How Coral Reef Fish Larvae are Dispersed
Rutgers-led research could help scientists improve conservation of species How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons – a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists improve conservation of species. Right after most coral reef fish hatch, they join a […]
How to Identify Heat-Stressed Corals
“Coral hospital” tool could help safeguard reefs facing climate change Researchers have found a novel way to identify heat-stressed corals, which could help scientists pinpoint the coral species that need protection from warming ocean waters linked to climate change, according to a Rutgers-led study. “This is similar to a blood test to assess human health,” said […]
They Get What They Give
Whether they’re helping the campus community or their neighbors in town, these students are on a mission to give back. Rutgers University Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club (RUSEPRC) Ash C. Dunlevy SEBS’21, vice president of the RUSEPRC, knew he wanted to join the club before he even started as a student. “I had come to […]
Haworthiopsis: A Plant for Many Generations!
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture With its short days and cold temperatures, January is a good month to turn your focus to indoor gardening and expand upon your houseplant palate. It is a wonderful way to bring the garden indoors, so to speak. However, simply because the plant is labelled […]
COVID-19 Pandemic had Big Impact on Commercial Fishing in Northeast
Rutgers study shows resilience among fishermen facing market disruptions With restaurants and supply chains disrupted due to the global coronavirus pandemic, two-fifths of commercial fishermen surveyed from Maine through North Carolina did not go fishing earlier this year, according to a Rutgers study that also documented their resilience and adaptation. Of those who kept fishing, […]
Rutgers graduate students receive awards at 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting
The American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America hosted thousands of scientists, professionals, educators, and students from around the world at their virtual Annual Meeting. This year’s International Annual Meeting, “Translating Visionary Science to Practice,” previously to be held on November 8-11, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona, was offered virtually November 9-13, 2020. […]
Planning Ahead Protects Fish and Fisheries
Effective planning for climate change helps avoid conflicts over ocean uses Conservation of fish and other marine life migrating from warming ocean waters will be more effective and also protect commercial fisheries if plans are made now to cope with climate change, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science Advances. “Sticking our heads in the sand […]
Rutgers entrepreneur, SEBS alumnus Juan Salinas, makes a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank
A Rutgers graduate’s sensational pitch for a deal to help grow his tasty plant-based nutritional snack secured a startling $400,000 investment from entrepreneur Mark Cuban on the latest episode of Shark Tank. Juan Salinas (CC ’91, GSNB ’94, GSNB ’00), who founded P-nuff Crunch, has undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees from Rutgers in food science […]
