High school students participate in global fight against hunger The New Jersey Youth Institute (NJYI), hosted by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is a transformative experience for high school students. Rutgers welcomed 177 students, 21 teachers/mentors, and 28 expert judges comprised of Rutgers staff, faculty and industry professionals to the Douglass […]
SEBS Professors Study the Microbiology of Arsenic-Contaminated Agricultural Soils in the Mekong River and Red River Deltas
Distinguished Professor Max Häggblom, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and professor John Reinfelder, Department of Environmental Sciences, visited Vietnam to initiate collaborative research on microbial arsenic metabolism in rice paddy soils with investigators at Can Tho University, College of Agriculture and Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology and Food […]
Rutgers NJHKI, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ and the Horizon Foundation for NJ Come Together to Volunteer at the Community Food Bank
Rutgers New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) is centered on the goal of making New Jersey kids the healthiest in the country and therefore focuses on health equity and community partnerships. The Horizon Foundation has supported NJHKI’s Culture of Health School Program for three years, providing funding to implement nutrition and physical literacy education to […]
Microscopic Chalk Discs in Oceans Play Key Role in Carbon Cycle by Propagating Viruses
Rutgers-led research finds biomineral structures formed by marine algae foment viral infection, contributing positively to capture CO2 A Rutgers-led team of scientists studying virus-host interactions of a globally abundant, armor-plated marine algae, Emiliania huxleyi, has found that the circular, chalk plates the algae produce can act as catalysts for viral infection, which has vast consequences for […]
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner to Play a Crucial Role in Effort to Revise U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, whose research focuses on nutrition education and health promotion, is appointed to government committee that will sort through the science Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is one of 20 nationally recognized experts appointed to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines […]
Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight
Fields of Devotion provides a window into the science behind developing disease- and climate change-resistant food crops When a devastating disease wiped out New Jersey farmers’ basil fields, growers turned to Rutgers scientists for help. Now the public will be able to follow the unique partnership between local farmers and Rutgers scientists in Fields of Devotion, […]
Rutgers and NJDA Report on Strategies for Urban Agriculture in New Jersey and Launch the Urban Agriculture Web Portal
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Office of Urban Extension and Engagement invite urban farmers and growers to explore, use and share the new Urban Agriculture Strategies for the State of New Jersey Report and its associated web portal. The portal and the report that frames the Garden State’s […]
Graphene Layers joins Rutgers EcoComplex’s WindIgnite “Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator” Program
Graphene Layers, a start-up innovator in the development of graphene-based solutions, and Rutgers EcoComplex “Clean Energy Innovation Center” and its WindIgnite “Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator Program,” announced a partnership aimed at advancing their shared goals and objectives in the fields of clean energy generation, sustainable development, and integrating graphene technology for Offshore Wind (OSW) […]
Clean-tech Company Princeton NuEnergy, Incubated at Rutgers EcoComplex, Awarded $12M Grant
Rutgers EcoComplex supports PNE at its Clean Energy Innovation Center in Bordentown Princeton NuEnergy Inc. (PNE), a New Jersey-based innovative clean-tech company incubated at the Rutgers EcoComplex “Clean Energy Innovation Center” in Bordentown, NJ, has been awarded a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). PNE is focused on recycling, repurposing and commercializing lithium-ion […]
Rutgers Powers Up for Offshore Wind Energy Research
Rutgers researchers recently shared their expertise in offshore wind energy with each other and those expected to play a key role in New Jersey’s effort to help the nation fight global warming by shifting to offshore wind energy. “We’re well positioned to support needs of the offshore wind industry,” said Denise Hien, vice provost for […]
