The 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference was a resounding success! The event, hosted by the IFNH Center for Health & Human Performance (CHHP) and presented by the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN), had the largest draw in its history with almost 400 people from around the country in attendance for the two-day event. […]
Rutgers Graduate Student Researchers Attend USDA Northeast Climate Hub GradCAP Workshop
Rutgers graduate students whose research focuses on climate change effects and adaptation in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture, attended a workshop at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine on March 19. The workshop capped a yearlong project offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub network. The project, Northeast Graduate Student […]
Rutgers Offers New Online Radon Measurement Training Required for National Certification
The Eastern Regional Radon Training Center (ERRTC), administered by Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education, is now offering the training program required for national radon measurement certification as a self-paced, online course. For the past 30 years, the center has provided classroom-based radon measurement and mitigation training on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus. This limited training […]
‘Tis the sneezin’ season once again, says allergy specialist Leonard Bielory
The spring season is welcomed by many of us for different reasons. But a New Jersey allergy expert says spring also has a down side: Allergies. Tree pollen comes first. Rutgers University allergy specialist Leonard Bielory explains that “each tree releases pollen in their own time, usually over a period of two to three weeks.” […]
Rutgers OCPE Helps the American Parkinson Disease Association Launch Online Training Program for Fitness, Health, and Wellness Professionals
The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has partnered with the Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) to create a highly-specialized training program for fitness, health, and wellness professionals. Available now, the course helps make exercise more accessible for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). OCPE was a natural choice to work with APDA after a successful […]
National Experts Featured at 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference Hosted by IFNH Center for Health and Human Performance, March 29-30
With over 250 participants in attendance in 2018, the 6th Annual Rutgers Human Performance Conference to be held on March 30, 2019 is projected to be the largest yet. Hosted by the Center for Health and Human Performance at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health and presented in conjunction with the International […]
NJAES is a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Innovation in New Jersey
For more than 100 years, investment in New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) research has sustained innovative work that strengthens economic viability and improves public health. NJAES researchers strive to gain a deeper understanding of our physical world, identify ways in which humans affect our planet and develop multi-dimensional solutions to address real-world problems. NJAES […]
The Connection Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Rutgers visiting scientist Jennifer Francis was the first to identify the consequences of shrinking Arctic sea ice If the world of climate science did not know about Jennifer A. Francis before March 29, 2012, it certainly knew about her afterward. On that day, the New York Times published a front-page story under the headline “Weather […]
Kids Cook Monday Campaign Comes to Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
Kid’s Cook Monday, Tuesday, and every day of the week! The Monday Campaigns came to the Culture of Health Academy at the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health to film a promotional video highlighting the collaboration among the Monday Campaigns, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and the Center for Childhood Nutrition Research. Research has […]
Haskin Lab Awarded NOAA Grants to Enhance Coastal Bivalve Aquaculture
Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) was awarded a $592,390 NOAA Sea Grant to enhance bivalve aquaculture, which is important to the socioeconomic wellbeing of coastal areas that are depressed by the decline of wild fisheries. Principal investigator for the three-year project, “Enhancing bivalve aquaculture through species improvement and diversification,” is Ximing Guo, professor and […]
