Dr. William Goldfarb, of Pennington, NJ, died on April 10, 2024, at 86. Professor Emeritus of Rutgers University, Cook College, N.J., he is survived by his wife of 41 years, Illse, his daughter Catherine Heacox and his grandson, Griffin Cushing. He is predeceased in death by his father, Herman “Chubbie” Goldfarb, an entertainment lawyer and […]
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Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science Hosts 33rd Annual Turfgrass Symposium
Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science hosted the 33rd Annual Turfgrass Symposium on March 14, drawing close to 90 attendees to the hybrid event, including participants via Zoom from France, Finland, United Kingdom, and several U.S. states, like Oregon, Virginia, Texas, Maryland, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Keynote speaker was John Sorochan, Distinguished Professor in the Department […]
Anne Nielsen: A Childhood Interest in Bugs Leads to Career as a Woman in Science
Rutgers groundbreaking women researchers are making history and making a difference in the world every day. From serving as mission head for NASA’s next space telescope to creating nanorobots to target disease and studying the survival of orangutans in Borneo – one of our closest living relatives – they are advancing our understanding of the natural […]
Naa Oyo Kwate to Receive the 2024 Best Book Award in the Field of Urban Affairs
Naa Oyo Kwate, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, has been selected to receive the Urban Affairs Association’s (UAA) 2024 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award for White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation. It was among 64 books based on rigorous research on an urban […]
2023 NJAES Annual Report Available for New Jersey Stakeholders
The Office of the Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Laura Lawson, is pleased to announce that the 2023 NJAES Annual Report is available online and in print. The report, “Catalyzing New Jersey for a Healthy and Sustainable Future,” offers snapshots of the research and extension activities of the experiment station over the past […]
RUCOOL Receives The Oceanography Society Ocean Observing Team Award
Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) is the recipient of The Oceanography Society’s (TOS) biennial Ocean Observing Team Award. The RUCOOL team is recognized for its distinction in sustained ocean observing, applied scientifically and practically. RUCOOL is a leading innovator of new oceanographic technologies, a developer of integrated ocean observing and modeling networks, […]
How Climate Change May Be Affecting the Polar Vortex
In mid-January, we experienced a period of extreme cold, high winds, and a couple of inches of snow, reminding us we are very much in the peak of winter. These blasts of Arctic air and wind are common during New Jersey winters, but is something else happening in the atmosphere? Sitting in the upper troposphere […]
Rutgers University Scientists in Micronesia to Advance Food Security Initiatives
Rutgers University scientists James Simon, Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Biology, and Ramu Govindasamy, professor and chair, Department of Agricultural and Food Resource Economics, and Dena Seidel, science communication researcher, paid a courtesy call on Governor Stevenson A. Joseph, Pohnpei State, Micronesia. The Rutgers delegation was joined on the visit by Micronesian officials Hubert Yamada, […]
With Global Ambitions, Rutgers Engineers and Scientists Launch Wind Energy Research Center
Multidisciplinary collaboration involving three schools and multiple departments will combine efforts of environmental and marine scientists as well as engineers A Rutgers research project focused on offshore wind energy is poised to make New Jersey a global leader in the field in a little more than a decade. The effort being launched by Rutgers researchers […]
RUCOOL Awarded Gift to Enhance Global Exploration in the Caribbean Sea
Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has been awarded a $250,000 gift from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation to support climate, weather and ecosystem research and capacity building in the Caribbean Sea. “The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation has been an invaluable supporter of Rutgers and the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) […]
