On September 22, the SEBS/NJAES Office of Alumni and Community Engagement hosted the Rutgers Rising Memorial Service to remember recently deceased alumni, faculty and staff from the school and the experiment station. Nearly 100 faculty, staff, alumni, family and friends attended the event held at the Cook Student Center to pay their respects and celebrate […]
How Rutgers Is Forging the Next Generation of Climate Change Problem Solvers
Training program created in wake of Superstorm Sandy brings graduate students from varied disciplines together to solve real-world climate problems As a child, Dan Blanco watched low-income neighborhoods in his native Chicago flood during storms while the more affluent enclaves did not. Now, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in atmospheric sciences at Rutgers so […]
Education, appreciation, beginner farmers find home at Rutgers’ Cream Ridge Farm
William Hlubik, Bill Errickson, Brendon Pearsall, Linnea Eberly, Alex Sawatzky – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Lauren Erriskcon – Rutgers Gardens
Spice Containers Pose Contamination Risk During Food Preparation
A government-funded study on the potential for cross-contaminating kitchen surfaces with pathogens during food preparation has pointed to an unlikely culprit for spreading sickness: spice containers Detailing findings in the Journal of Food Protection, Donald Schaffner, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who co-authored the study in collaboration with […]
What happens when a neighborhood disappears? A look inside Woodbridge’s post-Sandy transformation
Brooke Maslo – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Urban Forestry Professor Jason Grabosky on Why Leaves Change Color
What is the chemistry that causes all those beautiful hues to appear in the fall. Jason Grabosky, a professor in Urban Forestry in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, explains the process that makes the leaves change color, the factors that influence the shades that we see and the importance of simply taking the time to stop […]
Sandy’s legacy: NJ faces imminent peril in flood plains | Editorial
Christopher C. Obropta – Department of Environmental Sciences; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Sustainability is a key missing ingredient in White House hunger plan
Sara Elnakib – Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Rutgers NJAES research puts autumn leaves to good use
Joseph Heckman – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
How to Spot Early Signs of Bedbugs and Prevent an Infestation, According to Pest Experts
Changlu Wang – Department of Entomology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
