Monica Bricelj, visiting research professor with the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, had the opportunity this past May to co-teach an intensive two week workshop in Scientific Writing, with Canadian linguist Karen Englander at CICESE, a research institute in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Briceli had spent the previous year in Ensenada, […]
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Grounded in 4-H and Graduating with Honors: Kristen Johnson (SEBS 2017)
When Kristen Johnson (SEBS 2017) entered Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences as a freshman, she already had a collection of endeavors and accomplishments under her belt as a lifelong participant in 4-H. One could surmise that if she came into her academic career running, after an outstanding record of achievement at Rutgers, she […]
The Center for Digestive Health of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health at Rutgers University and ProDigest (Belgium) Join Forces to Advance Digestive Health Research
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) and ProDigest, a company that develops unique laboratory models of the complete gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals in Belgium, announced a new strategic collaboration in the area of “digestive health.” As part of this collaboration, ProDigest’s Simulator of Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®) was […]
Rutgers Environment & Public Health Summer Program Launches Alumnus on a Global Health Journey
From Rutgers to a remote Panamanian village to a graduate school in London, England: see the twisting and turning path to success taken by one EPH student. Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming Waking up in London each morning for the past year has been a bit of a dream for K.C. Murray. He attends intensive classes […]
Jack Rabin (CC’78) NJAES Associate Director for Farm Programs Retires
Jack Rabin’s retirement celebration took place Friday, December 9, 2016 at the Cook Student Center and capped a nearly 34-year career. Rutgers faculty & staff, New Jersey farmers & politicians, and friends of Jack Rabin’s came from near and far to wish him well. The celebration began with talks and presentations and ended with food […]
Scott Glenn to Receive International Oceanography Award
Scott Glenn, distinguished professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and co-director of the Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, was named winner of the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Oceanography Award for “outstanding contributions to the field of oceanography.” Glenn, who was honored for his career developing and deploying new technologies that have […]
Mark Robson (CC’77, GSNB’79, ’88): A Loyal Son Makes a Global Impact
The extensive career of Mark Robson, specialist in entomology and professor in the Department of Plant Biology (CC’77, GSNB’79, ’88), is profiled in the Fall 2016 edition of the 1766 Magazine, a publication of Rutgers Alumni Association.
Rutgers Ocean Gliders Soar Under the Waves
More than 300 ocean gliders from Rutgers are exploring the world beneath the waves to gather critical information about the last frontier on Earth — the oceans. LiveBIG (the Big 10 Network) has produced a video that profiles the gliders’ underwater circumnavigation of the globe.
Professor Robin Brumfield Brings Suzanne’s Project Overseas to Help Women Learn to Farm
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Farming Magazine Robin Brumfield, professor of farm management at Rutgers University, took a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Project called Annie’s Project and as the result of a feasibility study she did, changed the program to fit Turkish conditions and renamed it Suzanne’s Project in honor of Brumfield’s daughter. […]
Siobain Duffy and Mark Robson Recipients of Inaugural New Brunswick Chancellor Awards for Faculty Excellence
The inaugural Rutgers-New Brunswick Chancellor’s Awards for Faculty Excellence were announced in September. The awardees represent a range of Rutgers faculty members, at all stages of their careers, whose exceptional work in their particular areas has been recognized by their peers. Each award recipient receives a certificate acknowledging their outstanding contribution and a gift to […]
