Laura Steeves, postdoctoral researcher at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, collaborates with NOAA Fisheries to understand how a species important to New Jersey will respond to changing ocean conditions. “The Atlantic surfclam is a shellfish species recognized for their large shells that wash up on beaches along the east coast of the United States. I’ve been […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team Partners with Ohio State in Consumer Food Waste Education Project
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Food Waste Team is partnering with The Ohio State University, which was awarded a $2.5 million Pilot Consumer Education Campaign on Food Loss and Waste grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RCE’s Food Waste Team has a strong record of success in implementing food waste education and reduction initiatives […]
International Court Issues Unanimous Advisory Ruling on Case Involving Climate Change Obligations of Nation States
On May 21, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the request submitted to the Tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. ITLOS is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. […]
USDA and Rutgers Announce Distance Learning Grant for Food and Agricultural Education
On April 26, USDA and Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural experiment Station (NJAES) leadership announced a $232,378 Distance Learning grant at the university’s Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) in New Brunswick. Rural Development State Director Jane Asselta was joined by NJAES Executive Director Laura Lawson, and NJAES senior associate directors Peggy Brennan-Tonetta, Wendie Cohick and Brian Schilling […]
Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear – and Rebound
The Atlantic surf clam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that started more than two decades ago. In a comprehensive study of surf clams collected from an area about 45 miles due east […]
The Sentinel Mission: Charting New Paths in Ocean Exploration
Rutgers University and Teledyne Webb Research unveiled the Sentinel Mission in a remarkable display of academic and technological collaboration. This unprecedented initiative marks the beginning of an ambitious journey as Teledyne’s Slocum Sentinel Glider, “Redwing,” prepares for a historic round-the-world flight. Redwing is an acronym for “Research & Education Doug Webb Inter-National Glider.” The mission […]
Jeffrey Bluestone CC’74, GSNB’76: A Pioneer in Immunology
Editor’s note: Jeffrey Bluestone was inducted into the university’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni on April 25, 2024. Jeffrey Bluestone, an internationally regarded immunologist whose work has brought hope to people dealing with diabetes, cancer, and other diseases, traces his love of research to his senior year at Rutgers. Bluestone CC’74, GSNB’76 was a biology major […]
Rutgers Tests Renewable Energy System for Agrivoltaics Project on Cook Campus
University to test renewable energy system on a working farm with animals and crops Rutgers University has selected Sunzaun, a vertical solar system for farms developed by solar installer Sunstall Inc., for an agrivoltaics project at its farm on Cook campus. The farm at Rutgers University–New Brunswick operates as a hybrid of production farm, research […]
NJAES-funded Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Creativity is essential in every step of the scientific process, asserts a team of Rutgers researchers. To illustrate their point, they have put together a short film showing how biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers converge and brainstorm at every stage of the scientific effort to better understand the carbon cycle in the ocean. The […]
Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science Hosts 33rd Annual Turfgrass Symposium
Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science hosted the 33rd Annual Turfgrass Symposium on March 14, drawing close to 90 attendees to the hybrid event, including participants via Zoom from France, Finland, United Kingdom, and several U.S. states, like Oregon, Virginia, Texas, Maryland, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Keynote speaker was John Sorochan, Distinguished Professor in the Department […]
