A network of undergraduate professors is creating a new edition of an open-source online laboratory manual, full of free educational data activities for anyone to use in undergraduate or graduate oceanography classes. Developed by the Ocean Data Labs project, each chapter of the online lab manual focuses on different oceanographic concepts typically taught in an […]
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Landscape Architecture Professor Anette Freytag: Academia Can—and Must—Reach the Public
The International Landscape Architecture platform, LANDEZINE, featured Rutgers faculty Anette Freytag in May. Here is the interview, reproduced with permission. Professor Anette Freytag is a relentless researcher, moving between academia, activism, and public engagement. She taught at ETH Zurich, the University of Basel, and the Technical University of Innsbruck before joining Rutgers University, where she is […]
Plant Breeders Stage a Dogwood Revolution, Creating Hardy Varieties That Sparkle
With the advent of Memorial Day, the treescape in the Northeast has turned mostly green again, the ornamentals’ early spring flowers long dried and scattered. But there’s an exception. The vivid pink Scarlet Fire® dogwood tree, produced through decades of research by Rutgers University-New Brunswick plant breeders, is just starting to bloom. Introduced to consumers […]
Couple Teaches the Importance of Bee-Positive Environmental Practices
A Rutgers research duo conveys the critical importance of honey bees to students and the public through teaching and research Michael Haberland stood at the edge of a towering granite cornice on a boom lift high above a playground in Paterson, N.J. He was there to remove a massive honey bee hive that threatened the […]
Henry Bignell Recognized as 2025 Alpha Zeta ‘Teacher of the Year’ at SEBS
Henry Bignell, teaching instructor in the Department of Animal Sciences, was named the 2025 Teacher of the Year by the Rutgers Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, the national honor and service fraternity for agriculture and environmental studies. The award was named in memory of Barbara Munson Goff, former director of the Cook General […]
Rutgers Botanist Builds Bridge Between Science and Art in MoMA Exhibit on Hilma af Klint
A year ago, Rutgers botanist Lena Struwe received a call from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York asking her to participate in a research collaboration investigating a set of recently discovered botanical drawings by Hilma af Klint, the esteemed early 20th century artist from Sweden, whose oversized abstract paintings were hidden for […]
Extreme Monsoon Changes Threaten the Bay of Bengal’s Role as a Critical Food Source
After examining 22,000 years of rainfall patterns, Rutgers researchers warn that climate conditions may reduce fish stock New research involving Rutgers professors has revealed that expected, extreme changes in India’s summer monsoon could drastically hamper the Bay of Bengal’s ability to support a crucial element of the region’s food supply: marine life. The study, published […]
Mapping Mercury Contamination in Penguins of the Southern Ocean
Rutgers research sheds light on the prevalence of mercury pollution in the world’s polar regions In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned Silent Spring, alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds – the bald eagle in particular – that spurred people to action. Six […]
NJ State Senate Resolution Recognizes Rutgers SEBS Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab for Increasing Public Trust in Science
The Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’ Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab has been honored by the New Jersey State Senate in a joint legislative resolution that describes the lab as having “established a model worthy of emulation and set a standard toward which others might strive.” On March 30, the SEBS science […]
Rutgers Farm Health and Safety Working Group Conducts “Stop the Bleed” Training
Two “Stop the Bleed” training sessions for the New Jersey agricultural community were recently conducted by the Rutgers Farm Health and Safety Working Group. The sessions included a presentation on the ABCs of bleeding control and hands-on practice with pressure application, wound packing and use of a tourniquet. This training is timely as blood loss […]
