Three years ago, administrative and faculty leaders at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station created a “beginner farmer” training program for people new to farming to address two related challenges: the aging of New Jersey farmers and the inexperience of many drawn to the profession. Supported by a grant from […]
Alumni Feature: Lara Vezard (SEBS’22)
Rutgers alumna Lara Vezard graduated from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2022, majoring in animal science on the pre-veterinary medicine and research track and minoring in sustainable global food systems. Upon graduation, Lara started a master’s program with Miami University, which is in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society. She attends […]
Food Science Professor Among the Women Changing the New Jersey Wine Industry
The future of NJ wine has a new force and Beverly Tepper, professor in the Department of Food Science where she directs the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory, is among the nine women featured in Edible Jersey. The state seal of New Jersey, created in 1777, depicts Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, holding a cornucopia overflowing […]
Rutgers Shellfish Researcher Investigates the Link between Horseshoe Crabs and Oyster Farming in the Delaware Bay
Marine ecologist Daphne Munroe, associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, has a deep respect for New Jersey’s Delaware Bay and its unique ecosystem that supports an abundance of life. Munroe, a shellfish researcher working out of the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in Port […]
Climate Change-Induced Drought May Transform Parts of the Amazon’s Rainforests Into Savannas
Professor Ying Fan Reinfelder in the Department of Environmental Sciences is co-author of a Rutgers-led study that indicates future changes, including a reduction to Earth’s ability to store carbon. A portion of Amazonian lowland rainforest – areas critical to absorbing carbon dioxide and buffering climate change – may morph over time into dry, grassy savannas, […]
National Hispanic Heritage Month: María Gloria Domínguez-Bello Highlighted by Rutgers Office for Research
This Rutgers Office for Research article features María Gloria Domínguez-Bello, Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology. National Hispanic Heritage Month honors Hispanic and Latino Americans, who represent a wide variety of cultures, beliefs, backgrounds, and nationalities, and who have made countless contributions to society and our communities. The Office […]
Grant Recipients Kay Bidle and Kimberlee Thamatrakoln Pioneer Research in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement for Carbon Dioxide Removal
On September 7, the Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced $24.3 million for research projects on marine carbon dioxide removal strategies that will find solutions to the present climate crisis. The funding comprises $14 million granted by the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act and is the largest climate investment in […]
Start-up Innovator Nuvvon Inc. Joins Rutgers EcoComplex’s WindIgnite Program
Rutgers EcoComplex, the university’s Clean Energy Innovation Center, and Nuvvon, a start-up innovator in the development of solid state battery materials, has announced a new partnership that integrates the company for Offshore Wind (OSW) applications. Through the EcoComplex’s WindIgnite Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator Program, Nuvvon and Rutgers will advance their shared goals and objectives […]
New Paper by SEBS Faculty Advances Our Understanding of the Links Between Wildfires and Air Quality
Xiaomeng Jin, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, is the co-principal investigator of a NOAA-funded study, published in Environmental Science & Technology. The new paper investigates the important air quality impacts of wildfires, and how new satellite instruments can elevate our understanding of those impacts. The new study is supported by the NOAA […]
Plant of the Month: Blackberry Lily—an Iris for Many Seasons
By Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission With this one plant, you can have a Blackberry, a Lily and even an Iris in your garden! Primarily native to China, the Blackberry Lily most strongly resembles a traditional ‘Iris’ during spring when the 18–24″ tall fans of sword-like leaves radiate from the rhizomes. […]
