By Edwin W. Gano (SEBS’18) and Giovanni A. Caputo (SEBS’20), Department of Landscape Architecture Rutgers Gardens has been an integral and indispensable resource for Rutgers University — especially for the Cook and Douglass campuses who are closely associated with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Efforts have been made to make the Gardens more […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact and Options for Extension Professionals
By Barbara O’Neill, Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management Reprinted from Journal of Extension, February 2019, Vol. 57, No. 1 A major event affecting personal financial planning today is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that was signed into law in December 2017. Thus, a new “tool of the trade” for […]
ASLO honors Oscar Schofield with the 2019 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
Oscar Schofield, chair and distinguished professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, was honored with the 2019 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award by the Association for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The award honors a limnologist or oceanographer who has made considerable contributions to knowledge, and whose future work promises a continued legacy of scientific […]
The Connection Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Rutgers visiting scientist Jennifer Francis was the first to identify the consequences of shrinking Arctic sea ice If the world of climate science did not know about Jennifer A. Francis before March 29, 2012, it certainly knew about her afterward. On that day, the New York Times published a front-page story under the headline “Weather […]
Climate Change Shrinks Many Fisheries Globally, Rutgers-Led Study Finds
Researchers find losses as high as 35 percent in some regions Climate change has taken a toll on many of the world’s fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science today. Ocean warming led to an estimated 4.1 percent drop in sustainable catches, on average, for many […]
Kids Cook Monday Campaign Comes to Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
Kid’s Cook Monday, Tuesday, and every day of the week! The Monday Campaigns came to the Culture of Health Academy at the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health to film a promotional video highlighting the collaboration among the Monday Campaigns, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and the Center for Childhood Nutrition Research. Research has […]
Haskin Lab Awarded NOAA Grants to Enhance Coastal Bivalve Aquaculture
Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) was awarded a $592,390 NOAA Sea Grant to enhance bivalve aquaculture, which is important to the socioeconomic wellbeing of coastal areas that are depressed by the decline of wild fisheries. Principal investigator for the three-year project, “Enhancing bivalve aquaculture through species improvement and diversification,” is Ximing Guo, professor and […]
Lockwood Lab Says Protecting Small Forests Fails to Protect Bird Biodiversity
Forests need better management to maintain ecological integrity, Rutgers-led study says. Simply protecting small forests will not maintain the diversity of the birds they support over the long run, a Rutgers-led study says. Forests need to be carefully monitored and managed to maintain their ecological integrity. A major focus in conservation is acquiring forests – […]
Rutgers’ List of Campus Plants, Animals, Other Species May be First in World
More than 1,600 species spotted by Professor Lena Struwe and her team. American kestrel. Chinese mantis. Candleflame lichen. The highly diverse list of species spotted at Rutgers University may be unique globally. Indeed, more than 1,600 kinds of animals, insects, plants and other life forms have been reported so far at 24 Rutgers campuses and […]
Rutgers Scientists Discover Genes that Help Harmful Bacteria Thwart Treatment
Two genes may make staph infections resistant to copper, a powerful antibacterial agent. A Rutgers-led team has discovered two genes that make some strains of harmful Staphyloccocus bacteria resistant to treatment by copper, a potent and frequently used antibacterial agent. The discovery shows that Staphyloccocus aureus can acquire additional genes that promote infections and antibacterial […]
