Thierry Besançon is the new assistant extension specialist in weed science in the Department of Plant Biology at Rutgers. He will spend the foreseeable future researching weed control in cranberry and blueberry, and developing sustainable weed management strategies for specialty crops working out of the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and […]
Douglass Psychology Child Study Center Partners with Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Rutgers Department of Psychology in which the Douglass Psychology Child Study Center will operate classes in the Culture of Health Academy. This partnership with The Academy, located at IFNH, will enable the Douglass Psychology Child Study […]
SEBS Scientists Genetically Boost the Nutritional Value of Corn Which Could Benefit Millions
Rutgers scientists discover way to reduce animal feed and food production costs by increasing a key nutrient in corn Scientists from the Department of Plant Biology and the Waksman Institute of Microbiology have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn – the world’s largest commodity crop – by inserting a bacterial […]
Study Co-Authored by Distinguished Prof. Alan Robock Says Large Volcanic Eruptions in Tropics Can Trigger El Niño Events
According to a study published online in Nature Communications and co-authored by Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences, explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events with dramatic global impacts on climate. Damage from volcanic ash at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines after the June 15, 1991, eruption of […]
Graduate Student’s Novel Research Secures Multiple Grants and ESA Presentation Award
Rafael Valentin, enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies’ Ecology & Evolution graduate program, has been awarded two graduate student research grants for his novel research utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) in terrestrial systems. Valentin, who is affiliated with both the Lockwood and Fonseca labs in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources (DEENR), received […]
Rutgers Hosts 13th International Turfgrass Research Conference, Attracting Attendees from 24 Countries
Excerpted from International Turfgrass, The Newsletter of the International Turfgrass Society (ITS), September 2017. By Bruce Clarke, Director, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science and ITS Immediate Past-President The 13th International Turfgrass Research Conference (ITRC) was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ from July 16-21, the first time since 1993 that the […]
The Doppler Effect: How StormTracker 4 Benefits Students, Researchers and the Tri-State Area
Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in the Spring 2017 edition of Explorations, the magazine for alumni and friends of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Since then, the NBC Storm Team visited Cook Campus, the home of the Doppler radar, and interacted with student meteorologists. The next time you visit the George […]
Kathleen John-Alder and Team Selected for the 2017 Professional Award of Excellence by the ASLA
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has given their 2017 Professional Award of Excellence in Research to a multi-national team of researchers, including team leaders Kathleen John-Alder, associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and Janike Kampevold Larsen from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and Tromsø Academy of Landscape and Territorial […]
Rutgers Scientists Explain Hurricane Sandy’s Odd Behavior
Four days before Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, scientists from the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences launched a data-collecting, submersible robot glider in front of the massive storm. The robot glider they used was one of a fleet that the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RU COOL) is deploying in […]
PARK(ing) Day: Bringing ‘Open Space’ to a Parking Spot Near You
On September 15, the Rutgers Landscape Architecture Club hosted its annual PARK(ing) Day event on Seminary Place at Rutgers College Ave Campus. By 7:30am, two parallel parking spaces had been transformed into a green space filled with a mixture of lush, woody and herbaceous plants. Wooden pallets were repurposed into benches and walls were placed […]
