The Atlantic surf clam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that started more than two decades ago. In a comprehensive study of surf clams collected from an area about 45 miles due east […]
Research
The Sentinel Mission: Charting New Paths in Ocean Exploration
Rutgers University and Teledyne Webb Research unveiled the Sentinel Mission in a remarkable display of academic and technological collaboration. This unprecedented initiative marks the beginning of an ambitious journey as Teledyne’s Slocum Sentinel Glider, “Redwing,” prepares for a historic round-the-world flight. Redwing is an acronym for “Research & Education Doug Webb Inter-National Glider.” The mission […]
A New Era Begins: SEBS Launches Redesigned Website
On May 1, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences launched its website rebrand, continuing a campaign dedicated to highlighting the school’s excellence, resources, facilities, access to research, and significant innovation through scientific exploration. The redesigned website simultaneously emphasizes the existing esteem of SEBS’ academic merit and research while embracing a new digital chapter. Phil […]
Early-Career Scientist Fiorella Prada Awarded Rutgers Global Grant
Fiorella Prada, assistant professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS), was awarded a two-year Rutgers Global Environmental Change Grant for the project, “Upwelling Systems: thermal refugia for reef-building corals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.” Corals of the eastern tropical Pacific live in a marginal and oceanographically dynamic environment. Along the Pacific coast […]
Rutgers Tests Renewable Energy System for Agrivoltaics Project on Cook Campus
University to test renewable energy system on a working farm with animals and crops Rutgers University has selected Sunzaun, a vertical solar system for farms developed by solar installer Sunstall Inc., for an agrivoltaics project at its farm on Cook campus. The farm at Rutgers University–New Brunswick operates as a hybrid of production farm, research […]
Students Turn Eating Areas on Campus into Living Laboratories
At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, even the cafeterias are being used as teaching tools. That’s because Rutgers–New Brunswick has been a part of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) – an international network of colleges and universities that use campus dining halls as living laboratories – since 2017. “A dining facility, be it a dining hall, […]
Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool Launches Nationwide to Digitize Crop Nutrient Management
Project partners, which included Rutgers Cooperative Extension, announced the nationwide release of its Fertilizer Recommendation Support Tool (FRST), a decision-aid that provides an unbiased, science-based interpretation of soil test phosphorus and potassium values for crop fertilization. The FRST project is a collaboration of more than 100 soil science and agronomic professionals representing nearly 50 universities, […]
Anne Nielsen: A Childhood Interest in Bugs Leads to Career as a Woman in Science
Rutgers groundbreaking women researchers are making history and making a difference in the world every day. From serving as mission head for NASA’s next space telescope to creating nanorobots to target disease and studying the survival of orangutans in Borneo – one of our closest living relatives – they are advancing our understanding of the natural […]
Naa Oyo Kwate to Receive the 2024 Best Book Award in the Field of Urban Affairs
Naa Oyo Kwate, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, has been selected to receive the Urban Affairs Association’s (UAA) 2024 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award for White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation. It was among 64 books based on rigorous research on an urban […]
2023 NJAES Annual Report Available for New Jersey Stakeholders
The Office of the Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Laura Lawson, is pleased to announce that the 2023 NJAES Annual Report is available online and in print. The report, “Catalyzing New Jersey for a Healthy and Sustainable Future,” offers snapshots of the research and extension activities of the experiment station over the past […]
