Climate change is a pressing 21st century issue when it comes to flooding and amplification of water quality degradation due to increase in extreme precipitation events. Delaware River is the one of the longest rivers in the east of Mississippi, which starts from Hancock of New York, passes through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and finally […]
Rutgers Awarded $20M NSF Grant to Lead Regional Large-Scale Coastlines and People Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub
The new hub will help improve the understanding and governance of co-evolving hazard developments and coastal processes Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will lead a multi-university Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) made possible by a grant through the National Science […]
National Science Foundation Awards Rutgers a $750,000 Convergence Accelerator Grant
NSF invests $21 million to tackle two complex societal challenges: the networked blue economy, and trust and authenticity in communication systems and will fund 28 teams to fast-track solutions toward with a positive societal impact The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers a $750,000 Convergence Accelerator grant for the project, “Regional climate change projections […]
Rutgers Leads Effort to Tackle Coastal Climate Crisis Through $20M NSF Grant
Universities join together to provide the research to work towards more resilient, sustainable coastlines Rutgers will take the lead – with a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation – to develop a plan with universities throughout the country to protect coastal areas increasingly threatened by extreme weather caused by climate change. The university […]
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Rare Holly Forest In Sandy Hook, N.J.: ‘The Shoreline Is Migrating Inland’
Norbert Psuty – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers Is Among 35 State Higher Education Institutions Receiving Grants to Help Populations Hardest Hit By The Pandemic
Rutgers has received more than $3 million in federal funding to help low-income students and those from historically underrepresented communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The university is among 35 state higher education institutions receiving $28.5 million in “Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge (OMIC)” grants to develop system-wide reforms that will stop declining enrollments in populations […]
Rutgers receiving grants to help hardest hit by pandemic
Cara Cuite – Department of Human Ecology
RCE receives USDA-NIFA Funding to Promote Vaccine Education in Rural America
There is significant concern among farmworkers and farmers about on-farm transfer of the COVID-19 virus. The ability to connect with vaccine providers has proven difficult for those language and technology/internet barriers, and those without established relationships with health care providers. In addition, undocumented farmworkers are less likely to have a health care connection and are […]
SEBS Faculty Win University Research Council Awards
Congratulations to Katherine Dawson, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Anita Bakshi, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and Pamela McElwee, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, on winning awards from the University’s Research Council. Established in 1943 as a faculty committee to advise the President on matters […]
Something in the Air: The wizard of wine, and grape growing, Gary Pavlis
Gary Pavlis – Rutgers Cooperative Extention
