Robert M. Goodman – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Prof. Ilya Raskin and Collaborators Awarded Global Health Grant to Help Seed Expanded Research in Indonesia
The Rutgers Global Health Institute, with support from Rutgers Global, awards Global Health Seed grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that will impact the health of communities at home and around the world. In April, Ilya Raskin, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Biology, along with collaborative partners at Rutgers School of Arts […]
Graduate Student Alex Shumaker Wins Competitive Grant for Coral Microbiome Project
Alexander Shumaker, doctoral candidate in Microbial Biology in the School of Graduate Studies and a member of the Debashish Bhattacharya lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, has been awarded the 2017 PacBio SMRT grant for his proposed research on the coral microbiome. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc (PacBio) is the leader in long-read […]
Miami could be underwater in your kid’s lifetime as sea level rise accelerates
Robert Kopp – Rutgers Climate Institute, Rutger Energy Institute, Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Rutgers Awarded $360,000 HUD Grant to Reduce Residential Health Hazards
Entomologist Changlu Wang, associate extension specialist in urban pest management in the Department of Entomology, and researchers in the Urban Entomology Lab he leads, were awarded $360,000 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to investigate patterns of pest infestation and pesticide use in low-income housing in New Jersey. The Rutgers researchers will […]
Rutgers Raritan River Consortium Funds Work in the Raritan River, Basin And Bay
The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) has awarded a combination of eleven mini-grants and internships to support research by Rutgers faculty, staff and post-doctoral researchers on Raritan River, basin and bay resource issues. This is the 2nd year of the program to support work by Rutgers affiliates in the Raritan Region. Projects and recipients include: […]
Agribusiness Training for the Next Generation
This spring, The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation endowed $1 million to develop a new agribusiness scholars program at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. In addition, the Foundation recently announced a challenge grant matching all donations up to an additional $250,000. Named the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars Program, it will equip high […]
Rutgers Part of Multi-State Team Awarded $5.4 Million Grant to Promote Greater Adoption of Low-Input Fine Fescue Turfgrass into Landscapes
Several faculty from the Department of Plant Biology are part of a multi-state and multi-institution team to be awarded a $5.4 million USDA grant to increase the use of well-adapted fine fescue cultivars that have the advantage of reduced inputs of water, fertilizer, mowing, and pesticides into sustainable landscapes. Rutgers portion of the grant is […]
Graduate Student’s Novel Research Secures Multiple Grants and ESA Presentation Award
Rafael Valentin, enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies’ Ecology & Evolution graduate program, has been awarded two graduate student research grants for his novel research utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) in terrestrial systems. Valentin, who is affiliated with both the Lockwood and Fonseca labs in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources (DEENR), received […]
Katrina. Sandy. Harvey. The debate over climate and hurricanes is getting louder and louder.
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
