Heidi Hausermann, professor in the Department of Human Ecology and recipient of a 2015-2016 Fulbright Scholar Grant for research in Ghana, took two Rutgers University students with her on a field trip to Africa this past summer. The students’ participation was made possible by funding from Rutgers Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs and […]
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Mark Robson Named Distinguished Service Professor by Rutgers Board of Governors
Mark Robson, (CC’77; GSNB’79, ’88; SPH’95) professor and chair of the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, has been named a Distinguished Service Professor by the Rutgers Board of Governors (BOG). Robson, who was presented with a resolution at the board meeting on Oct. 14 by BOG chair Greg Brown, was recognized for “sustained and […]
Solving the Cassava Crisis in East Africa
Think about all the potato dishes you eat: mashed potatoes with gravy, Hasselback potatoes with chives, french fries on the side. Now imagine if these dishes suddenly became a rarity due to a potato scarcity. This is essentially what’s happening in som…
Rutgers Scientist Michael Kennish is Editor of International “Encyclopedia of Estuaries”
Michael Kennish, research professor in the Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is the editor and a contributing author of the Encyclopedia of Estuaries, an international volume of the most comprehensive and multidisciplinary research knowledge and advances in estuarine science, to date. Newly published by Springer (Dordrecht, The Netherlands), it contains nearly 270 articles […]
Tracking a Rarely Seen, Endangered ‘Ninja’ Shark in the Philippines
Rutgers marine scientist Thomas Grothues’ expertise is featured in a Discovery Channel documentary on sharks that have developed adaptations to help them become effective predators. Read more at Rutgers Today.
How to Make it Rain in the Desert: UAE Fires Salt Rockets in Attempt to Seed Clouds and Trigger Much-Needed Downpours
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to squeeze every last drop of rain from its clouds by launching salt missiles into them from planes. The technique is known as cloud seeding, and its purpose is to increase condensation in the hope that it might trigger a downpour… A leading academic told how he got a mysterious phone call asking whether foreign countries could be triggering droughts or flooding. Professor Alan Robock, from Rutgers University in New Jersey, said: ‘Consultants working for the CIA rang and said we’d like to know if someone is controlling the world’s climate would we know about it?’ ‘Of course they were also asking – if we control someone else’s climate would they then know about it.”… The professor is one of many scientists from around the world are actively looking at manipulating the weather as a way of combating climate change. Professor Robock told the callers that any attempts to meddle with the weather on a large scale would be detectable.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Society Formed to Tap Nutritional Payload
The Spanish HQ’d Oleocanthal International Society (OIS) is comprised of scientists, nutririonists and players in the sector and research will look into the brain health and inflammation. It has been set up as a non-profit organization… Other EVOO ph…
Study Finds Last Time it Was This Warm, Sea Levels Were 20 Feet Higher
In a new research study, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences Ben Horton and an international team of scientists assessed evidence of higher sea levels in the past 3 million years to understand how polar ice sheets respond to warming. Using observations from the geologic record, supported by computer modeling, they found that during past […]
Investing in Global Food Security: Doctoral Student David Byrnes Named Kirchner Food Fellow
Rutgers doctoral student David Byrnes has been selected as one of three Kirchner Food Fellows for 2015-2016. The purpose of the Kirchner Food Fellowship program is to foster the development of individuals who have the practical skills and knowledge to make effective investments in emerging agricultural technologies that can address global food security. David Byrnes […]
Rutgers 4-H Hosts Azerbaijani Youth Learning About Democracy and Entrepreneurship
Over the course of three weeks in June this year, 18 youth and two adult educators from Azerbaijan participated in a Youth Leadership Program funded by the U.S. Department of State and facilitated by the 4-H programs of University of Delaware and Rutgers University. During this exchange program, which focused on the general themes of […]
