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
Developing a Restoration and Adaptation Plan for New Jersey’s Coast
A team led by Rutgers University is working with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to develop a Coastal Ecological Restoration and Adaptation Plan (CERAP) for New Jersey’s coastal marshes, estuaries and back-bays. The CERAP project team, which was awarded a $150,000 grant from NJDEP, includes the Rutgers University Center for Remote Sensing […]
Associate Professor Daniel Van Abs Gives to Scarlet Promise Grants
Daniel Van Abs sees how students grapple with affording a college education and wanted to help ease their burden. Daniel Van Abs, a Cook College graduate and Rutgers professor, has been making modest gifts to the university for more than 20 years. But he felt he needed to do more because of what he is […]
NJAES Leads New USDA Direct Marketing and Agritourism Project Targeting Mid-Atlantic Region
Rutgers University is partnering with New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State University, Farmer Direct Marketing Association, and other local stakeholders to lead a new project to expand value‐added marketing opportunities for small famers in the Mid‐Atlantic region of the U.S. Ramu Govindasamy, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, is […]
USDA Awards $149,000 to Climate Change Adaptation Fellowship Program
Marjorie Kaplan – Rutgers Climate Institute; Dan Ward – Dept. of Plant Biology/RCE; Janice McDonnell – Dept. of 4-H/RCE; Richard Lathrop – Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
USDA Awards $149,000 to Climate Change Adaptation Fellowship Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NE-SARE) program has awarded $149,000 to the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture. The award will support a yearlong fellowship program, of which Rutgers is a part, for agricultural advisers and farmers working in vegetable and small fruit industries to adapt to […]
Rutgers Culture of Health School Program Builds Nutrition and Fitness Literacy with Horizon Foundation Grant
In the field of health care, Rutgers has repeatedly proven itself to be a global leader—not only through groundbreaking coronavirus research but also through programs that advance personal health to build stronger, more resilient communities. A recent $100,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey puts that leadership in the spotlight by supporting a vital […]
Distinguished Prof. Ilya Raskin and Team Awarded Grant for Research on Healthful Compounds in Plants
Each year, the Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that will impact the health of communities at home and around the world. These grants help faculty pursue new ideas and to seed expanded research and funding. A recipient of a recent Global Health Seed Grant, Ilya […]
RCE part of Rutgers-led collaborative awarded $3.6M NIH grant to build infrastructure for minority aging research
Collaborative will bring together researchers and community leaders to increase engagement of black, Hispanic, and Asian older adults in New Jersey. A new collaborative led by the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research (IFH) has received a $3.6 million, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to increase participation […]
