Rutgers-New Brunswick inaugurates state-of-the-art agrivoltaics research and demonstration project for simultaneous production of food and solar energy Federal, state and university officials are inaugurating a research and demonstration project at Rutgers University-New Brunswick with the purpose of advancing a technology that could produce renewable energy while making farms more sustainable. The New Brunswick project, part […]
Rutgers Feeds the Future Celebration Launches Initiative and Honors Supporters
University leadership announced the Healthy Harvest Initiative, which will establish a hub for community and student food security, and honored alumni donors Robert and Harriett Druskin and corporate partner Johnson & Johnson for longstanding support in fighting hunger. With a backdrop of red barns bathed in setting sunlight, chickens clucking in their pens, and […]
Rutgers Awarded $1.1 Million NSF Grant to Support Researchers in Advancing the Societal Impacts of Research
Rutgers Associate Professor and 4-H Youth Development STEM Agent Janice McDonnell is a collaborating partner of the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) who was awarded $1.1 million of a $9.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build capacity in supporting research impact. While researchers around the world are working to […]
SEBS Team Receives Funding for Solving Oceanic Challenges: Harnessing Seaweed for Feedstock of the Future
A multi-institution Sargassum Biorefinery (SaBRe) team, which include researchers from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is working to develop a Sargassum seaweed biorefinery process that ultimately turns a nuisance seaweed into animal feed and other valuable bioproducts. The funded project titled, “Sargassum seaweed as a future renewable feedstock for sustainable biomanufacturing,” is […]
Apple and 4-H Bring Technology to a New Generation of Learners
4-H, the largest youth development organization in the U.S., reaching more than 6 million young people across the country, has expanded its programming to include greater access to technology, thanks in part to support from Apple and its Community Education Initiative (CEI). Since Apple launched CEI in 2019, the programming has provided coding, creativity, and […]
Soil Health is Always a Good Investment
By William Errickson, agricultural agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Monmouth County As nursery growers, we ask a lot of our soils. They work for us 365 days a year and never take a break. Since crop growth and plant health are literally rooted in the soil, we need to consider what qualities make a soil ideal […]
Rutgers to Lead $16 Million in Climate Projects Along New Jersey Coast
Rutgers University researchers will lead several components of a $72.5 million federal initiative to fortify New Jersey’s coast against climate change and extreme weather events. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the grant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey program. The five-year initiative seeks to enhance […]
Rising Temperatures and Poor Air Quality Signal Future Impacts
A Rutgers-led report details 2023 climate trends for New Jersey Canadian wildfires that severely impacted the air quality in New Jersey and other regions of the United States in June 2023 provide a glimpse into how climate change may affect future environmental conditions in the state, according to a new report released by researchers at […]
If There’s Something Strange Growing in Your Yard, Who You Gonna Call? Master Gardeners
Up-to-date, science-based horticulture advice from Rutgers experts is a phone call away for state residents Are weeds conquering your victory garden? Have critters turned it into a dine-and-dash buffet? Sound advice is available for New Jersey residents through the Rutgers Master Gardeners program, which operates helplines throughout the state. Rutgers master gardeners are trained volunteers who […]
Rutgers Entomologist Seeks Environmentally Friendly Ways to Thwart Crop Damage
In 2003, Anne Nielsen became the first doctoral student in the U.S. to study the brown marmorated stink bug, which was beginning its ascendancy as an invasive species notoriously damaging to crops. Working with her mentor, Rutgers entomologist George Hamilton, Nielsen traced the stink bug’s life cycle and origins. By the time the stink bug […]
