Julia Van Etten – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Students
Restoring the Arbor Trail
Tucked on the back of the Rutgers University Inn on Cook campus lies a hidden and once forgotten gem: the Arbor Trail. Four years ago, senior environmental planning and design major Elliot Nagele was walking along the inn’s lawn and noticed this hidden Rutgers relic overgrown with weeds, leaves and tree stumps. Intrigued, Nagele, went […]
A New Community in an Old Forest: Loss of Songbirds Leads to Community Shift in an Old Growth Forest
It all started with a happy accident. When cleaning out a basement lab at Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF), the Lockwood Lab discovered several boxes of old bird banding records. These records provided an in depth look at what birds were present in the forest during the 1960s and 1970s. With this information in hand, the […]
HOUSE RULES: Helyar House – Cooperative Living, Est. 1968
Helyar House is a cooperative living community on the George H. Cook Campus where house members band together to work, live, and learn in a more affordable on-campus residence. They plan, prepare, and serve their own meals. They work cooperatively to clean and maintain their space. They study hard. And they have some fun along […]
In a protected forest, why did the birds disappear?
Jeffrey Brown – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
A New Way to Predict Sea Breezes May Benefit Offshore Wind Farms
Rutgers-led team uses new technique to make wind a more reliable energy source The proposed, multimillion-dollar offshore wind farms industry may benefit from a Rutgers-led study that used sophisticated forecasting to understand sea breezes and make them a more predictable source of energy. The behavior of offshore sea breezes, and how the ocean influences them, […]
Offshore wind power: Rutgers helping understand sea breezes
Greg Seroka – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers helps offshore wind firms predict coastal breezes
Greg Seroka – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Student Turns Microorganisms Into Art, Becomes Vital Part of Genome Research
Julia Van Etten’s “Couch Microscopy” gains mass Instagram following A doctoral student in ecology and evolution is turning microorganisms into art, and her hobby into a powerful tool for genomics studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Julia Van Etten’s Couch Microscopy Instagram page has attracted close to 18,000 followers in a year and a half, thanks […]
Rutgers Student from Scotch Plains Turns Microorganisms Into Works of Art
Julia Van Etten – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
