Professor Olaf Jensen, specialist in fisheries management, co-authored study Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, rather than assuming that having a certain abundance of fish assures how much can be sustainably harvested. That’s because the potential harvest of fish is only closely linked to abundance […]
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Projesi Sona Erdi (Suzanne’s Project ended)
[NOTE: Article is in Turkish.] Suzanne’s Project organized by Akdeniz University Korkuteli Vocational School, the Municipality of Korkuteli, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey was held January 21 29, 2013. The project lasted approximately …
Partnership to Train Turkish Women Farmers Extends to the Municipality of Korkuteli
Robin Brumfield, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics and extension specialist in farm business management, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, will be in Turkey from Jan. 21-29 to train 20 Turkish women farmers how to sustain and scale profitable agricultural businesses. Brumfield will be joined by Professor Burhan Özkan, professor and specialist in […]
Rutgers Marine Institute and Filmmaking Center Team up on “Antarctic Quest”
There is an urgent need to improve science communication to the general public. Too often research narratives fail to illustrate the excitement, challenges and passion required to explore the planet. As such, the Rutgers University Film Bureau is partnering with the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coast Sciences to create a multi-tiered documentary film project […]
Celebrating 60th Anniversary of Selman Waksman Nobel Prize
Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology hosted a symposium and dinner event on December 11-12, 2012 on the New Brunswick, NJ, campus in honor of the 60th anniversary of Selman Waksman receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Chinese Professors Visit Rutgers as Part of Two-week Agricultural Tour of NJ
On November 28, the Rutgers University Equine Exercise Physiology Laboratory on College Farm Road opened its doors to a delegation of Chinese agricultural faculty visiting from Beijing. The delegation consisted of 20 top professors of agriculture in China who vied for the limited spots available for a two-week tour of several New Jersey facilities to […]
Continuing Education Class Leads Graduate Down New Path in Public Health
After graduating from Rutgers, Ruchi Pancholy worked on a variety of high profile public health campaigns in New York City. But she really dreamed of living in a tropical climate battling emerging infectious diseases. How would the Burlington County native get from the Big Apple to paradise? A summer class and training program, Environment & […]
Damning evidence no match for dam pushers
By normal standards, the scrapping of two controversial dams planned in a protected area should have been a done deal by now…In the case of the two dams in Cat Tien National Park, "the private developer wants to benefit economically from the cons…
Plant biologist Jim Simon wins prize for scientific excellence for African agricultural research
An internationally recognized expert on horticultural, medicinal and aromatic plants, Jim Simon, professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, was awarded a Scientific Excellence Award by the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) during a ceremony held in conjunction with World Food Prize events in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 16. […]
Rutgers Students Attend Annual Research Symposium at University of São Paulo in Brazil
Five students from Rutgers traveled to Brazil to participate in the 20th annual Simpósio Internacional de Iniciação Científica presented by the University of Sao Paulo (USP). The Rutgers students joined over 3,600 USP students in presenting posters on their research at this four-day undergraduate scientific research symposium held from October 22–25. Students had the opportunity […]
