The SEBS Office of International Programs, in partnership with The Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers), is hosting a career panel on Friday, November 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Foran Hall, Room 138A, on the George H. Cook Campus. The focus of the panel supports the Rutgers Biennial Theme – […]
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Remembering Dr. David Barker, Epidemiologist and Pioneer
Rutgers faculty, postdocs and students who attended the 4th Annual Pioneers in Endocrinology Workshop, “Developmental Programming of Adult Disease” in September 2011, remember listening to the riveting presentation of David J. P. Barker, M.D., then professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Southampton, UK. His 2011 lecture at Rutgers, titled “Chronic Disease Originates in […]
IMCS Plays Role in International Integrated Ocean Observatory
Starting this September, an effort will focus scientists, including those from Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and their institutions to cover gaps in ocean geography and operations that until now have prevented scientists from seeing how the different ecosystems along the coast interact, and how and when animals move between them. The observatory […]
Wrightstown academic honored for lifetime of achievement
Not all career paths are obvious right from childhood, but in the case of Mark Robson, it’s pretty much a straight line. Start with happy years growing up on a family farm in Jacobstown. Continue with studies at Rutgers University and degrees in agricu…
Mark Robson Wins International Leadership Award
Rutgers Professor and Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs Mark Robson (CC’77; GSNB’79, ’88; SPH’95) recently received the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Commission on International Initiatives (CII) annual meeting in Park City, Utah. The award recognizes Robson’s career of outstanding contributions to further international education […]
Farming must be seen as a business – U.S. specialist
Rutgers University Professor, Dr Robin Brumfield said Guyanese farmers must begin applying entrepreneurial techniques and view their production enterprises as businesses. Brumfield, a specialist in farm financial management and greenhouse production, w…
Female shadehouse farmers doing ‘cost of production’ training
Female shadehouse farmers will be the beneficiaries of "cost of production" training which will enable them to calculate costs, returns and profitability and plan for niche marketing. Dr. Robin Brumfield, a Professor of Rutgers University in th…
Thawing the Mysteries of the Arctic
When most people think of the Arctic tundra, they think of a vast frozen land with few signs of life. But when Max Häggblom, professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, thinks of the tundra, he imagines a secret world, unseen by the naked eye, teeming with possibilities.
SEBS Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Borlaug Fellowship for Global Food Security
David Byrnes, a graduate student in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is the recipient of a U.S. Borlaug Fellowship in Global Food Security for 2013-2014. This program is funded by the United States Agency for International Development to study and manage the global landscapes in […]
Letting Go of Our Nukes
President Barack Obama recently called on Russia to join the United States in negotiating a mutual reduction in strategic nuclear warheads that would leave each country with slightly more than 1,000. The number would be up to one-third less than what b…
