Rutgers University’s Food Innovation Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, along with Middlesex County, announce the New Jersey FoodTech 2024 Conference, which will be held on June 26 at the Rutgers College Avenue Student Center, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference costs $50 with registration by June 24. Registration is free for Rutgers […]
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Rutgers Marine Scientists Partner with New Brunswick School District for “Science Family Night”
On April 18, McKinley Community School in New Brunswick welcomed 11 undergraduate students, graduate students, staff and faculty from Rutgers University in a night of STEM learning. This program was designed to inspire and engage the next generation of science-informed students and to break down barriers to science learning and engagement through a fun family […]
A New Era Begins: SEBS Launches Redesigned Website
On May 1, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences launched its website rebrand, continuing a campaign dedicated to highlighting the school’s excellence, resources, facilities, access to research, and significant innovation through scientific exploration. The redesigned website simultaneously emphasizes the existing esteem of SEBS’ academic merit and research while embracing a new digital chapter. Phil […]
Plant of the Month: Woodland Peonies for Great Seasonal Drama
Peony may honor a mythical Greek physician for the gods, but these woodland peonies honor months of drama for the garden. Woodland peonies, with attractive single flowers in spring and dramatic seed displays come fall, the beauty of Paeonia japonica and Paeonia obovata – as they are known commercially – remain unknown to many gardeners. Their vibrant flowers range […]
Rutgers SEBS Hosts 2024 EOF Graduation Ceremony
On April 19, the SEBS Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) celebrated graduates of 2024 at Rutgers University’s Jersey Mike’s Arena. The EOF program provides financial assistance and support services to New Jersey students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The honorees included graduating EOF students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement throughout their college careers. 1,466 graduates […]
Students Turn Eating Areas on Campus into Living Laboratories
At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, even the cafeterias are being used as teaching tools. That’s because Rutgers–New Brunswick has been a part of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) – an international network of colleges and universities that use campus dining halls as living laboratories – since 2017. “A dining facility, be it a dining hall, […]
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 […]
Start-up Innovator W2 Climatech Joins Rutgers EcoComplex’s WindIgnite Program
Rutgers EcoComplex, the university’s Clean Energy Innovation Center, and W2 Climatech, a start-up focused on developing eco-friendly anti-icing technology for wind turbines, announces its participation in the Rutgers WindIgnite Offshore Wind (“OSW”) Supply Chain Accelerator Program. Through this partnership, W2 Climatech and Rutgers will advance their shared goals and objectives in the fields of renewable […]
Daylight Savings: A Never-Ending Debate
On March 10 at 2 a.m., our clocks will finally spring forward by one hour, giving us an extra hour of sunlight in the evening. The winter can be psychologically and emotionally taxing, with extreme cold, snow, and only about 10 hours of daylight. However, we see the literal and figurative light at the end […]
Plant of the Month: Adonis – No Mere Mortal of a Flower
By Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission The late winter blooming Adonis amurensis or Pheasant Eye, is a member of the Buttercup Family, or Ranunculaceae, with 20 to 30 species found throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia. Pheasant Eye is known for its beautiful golden-yellow flowers that appear before winter’s snow has vanished, yet […]