The New Jersey Climate Adaption Alliance has received $400,000 from the Kresge Foundation to help New Jersey adapt to climate change. Read what’s in store for New Jersey as we face rising seas and temperatures.
Antarctic Science Documentary Includes Students’ Energy and Perspectives
An unusual Rutgers University program that involves undergraduates in making documentary films about science has released a three-minute trailer for a project that was filmed in the ice and beneath the frigid waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. The film…
Rutgers Leads Multi-Million USDA Grant to Fight Stink Bugs
The brown marmorated stink bug is a highly invasive pest that has caused significant agricultural losses in the Mid-Atlantic states and is spreading to Southern and Mid-Western states as well, since its discovery in the U.S. in the mid-1990s. Native to Japan, China, and Korea, this pest has caused significant damage in its adopted homeland […]
Professor Sarah Ralston Receives Fulbright to Teach and Conduct Research in Brazil
Sarah Ralston, associate professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers, has been selected for a 2013-2014 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant. A member of the Animal Sciences faculty at Rutgers since 1989, Ralston plans to travel to Brazil next spring to offer a course in “Equine Nutrition” to veterinary and zootechnology students at the […]
Rutgers Collaborates To Train Green Industry Workforce
The Rutgers University NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) and The Bilingual Group announced TRAIN YOUR WORKFORCE: English and Spanish for the Green Industry in New Jersey. The program is designed to build language skills of the wo…
OCPE Provides Workforce Readiness Training for New Brunswick’s Fresh Grocer
Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) provided new employees of the Fresh Grocer in New Brunswick with workforce readiness training. This training bridges the gap between employers and job seekers, preparing workers with the necessary skills to succeed. In this video, OCPE documents the process used to train Fresh Grocer new employees. Utilizing NJ Department […]
NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance Receives Grant from The Kresge Foundation
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance (NJCAA), an initiative of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy is the recipient of a two-year award in the amount of $399,973 from The Kresge Foundation. The NJCAA will study the impacts of precipitation, temperature, storm surge, […]
Horse Sense: Karyn Malinowski’s Unique Contribution to Equine Science
Rutgers Equine Science professor Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80,’86) has contributed to equine science in many ways. Read how one of her contributions leaves a legacy.
$1.2 Million Grant to Engage Citizen Scientists
Rebecca Jordan, associate professor in the departments of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and Human Ecology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is the principal investigator of a $1.2 million National Science Foundation Cyberlearning grant to engage citizen scientists in an online, collaborative, model-based learning program. The project is titled “Sustaining ecological communities […]
Wildlife Expert Receives USDA Grant to Study Bats and Bugs
Brooke Maslo, wildlife expert and assistant professor in the Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources was awarded a $34,501 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant to study how bats might help farmers combat the brown marmorated stink bug and other agricultural pests. Using DNA analysis of insect fragments in bat guano, […]
