On November 8, the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR) held its 9th annual symposium under the theme, “Lipids in Membrane Organization and Translational Medicine.” The symposium, which was held at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus, was attended by more than 120 participants. The annual event […]
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Rutgers-designed Oyster Reef Structure Installed to Help Protect U.S. Military Base from Storms
U.S. Air Force officials installed a new kind of structure in the waters of St. Andrew Bay on the shore of the Tyndall U.S. Air Force Base in northwest Florida on Oct. 30 – the first section of a Rutgers University-designed “self-healing” reef made of custom-designed concrete modules and living oysters. The reef is designed […]
Six students of Environmental and Business Economics receive Agthe Scholarship
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (DAFRE) at Rutgers University held a luncheon on November 6 to celebrate the recipients of this year’s Emily H. and Erwin G. Agthe Endowed Scholarship. The $3,000 scholarships, open to full-time juniors and seniors majoring in environmental and business economics, are based on both merit and need. […]
Ferrero Invests in U.S. Hazelnut Farming with Research Grants to Rutgers and Oregon State University
Investments are the latest in an ongoing commitment to help researchers develop methods for growers increasing hazelnut productivity and sustainability in the U.S. and around the world Ferrero Hazelnut Company (Ferrero HCo), a division of global sweet-packaged food company the Ferrero Group, today expanded its investment in U.S.-grown hazelnuts with a research grant of $180,000 […]
Rutgers DMCS Staff Lead Data Literacy Workshop for Undergraduate-level Faculty
Fresh off the success of a multi-institutional workshop on oceanographic data literacy, Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) staff Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner have just completed another data literacy workshop, this time in Princeton, New Jersey. Nineteen undergraduate-level university faculty and staff were invited to the Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center on October […]
Elizabeth Coogan’s Inspiring Journey from Student to Turfgrass Management at Rutgers
Her office in Room 107 at the NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education at Rutgers University seems exactly where Elizabeth Coogan (SEBS’17 Plant Science) belongs. Sure, it’s right next to the copier, which is convenient. But it’s more about where Coogan has spent much of her life in this industry, starting as a student assisting […]
Rutgers Seeks Volunteers to Become Master Gardeners
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is seeking volunteers to train as Master Gardeners, who will help the school deliver horticulture programs and information to the public. Enrollees can expect to complete training and start service by the second week of January. Anyone interested in gardening and volunteer service can become a Rutgers Master Gardener by enrolling in […]
Pamela McElwee Participates in UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Pamela McElwee, professor in the Department of Human Ecology and affiliate of Rutgers Climate Energy Institute, was the lone Rutgers representative at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, when ended on November 2 in Cali, Columbia. Rutgers has been an observer organization since 2022 and McElwee participated in […]
Rishi Jaggernauth (SEBS’15): Embracing the Unexpected
Rishi Jaggernauth earned a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2015, with a concentration in Bioscience Policy and Management, along with a minor in Environmental and Business Economics. “Growing up, there was a strong emphasis on education in our household. My parents instilled in us the importance […]
Innovative Summer Climate Data and Literacy Workshop Stresses Connections to Local and Global Impacts and Community-based Partnerships
Middle and high school teachers from Belleville, Jersey City, Kearny, Neptune, Newark, and New Brunswick honed their climate change knowledge and made connections to local experts in a four-day Climate and Data Literacy summer workshop on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. With the recent incorporation of climate change into New Jersey’s K-12 Student Learning Standards across […]
