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The New Jersey Arborists Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (NJAISA) held its annual “Work Day” on Cook/Douglass Campus late last year. NJAISA’s Work Day is an annual event in which professional arborists and urban foresters volunteer a day of work at a location selected by the chapter. The recipient organization pays a fraction […]
Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Professor Lena Struwe Launches Botany Depot – a Global Botanical Education Resource
Lena Struwe, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources and the Department of Plant Biology, has launched a new website called Botany Depot. It is a global website for creative ideas and materials for teaching botany in the 21st century for all ages, situations and levels. “I wanted to build an inspirational […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: John Cambridge (GSNB’16) (MPH’15) (SAS’11)
Explorations, the bi-annual magazine of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, features profiles of recent graduates who have launched successful careers and may well be on their way to making headlines for their work. The editors posed a series of questions about how their Rutgers experience influenced their lives. Here is one such profile […]
The 7th Annual GIS Awareness Event Brings Together Students, Faculty and Professionals With a Love of Maps
The field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which essentially involves viewing and analyzing the data in maps, was the focus of the Rutgers-style celebration of national #GIS Day on November 15. An evening that was ‘all about maps,’ the 7th GIS Awareness Event at Rutgers included lightning talks–less than 10 minutes–with speakers representing a variety […]
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 […]
Siobain Duffy Awarded Virology Society’s Junior Investigator Prize
DEENR associate professor Siobain Duffy and Duke assistant professor Stacey Horner were jointly awarded the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award at the 37th annual meeting of the American Society for Virology in Madison, Wisconsin on June 2017. These awards recognize investigators within 10 years of their PhD who have made significant contributions to the field […]
In Memoriam: Stephen A. Decter, Senior Associate Director of the Ecopolicy Center (Retired 1999)
Stephen A. Decter died on September 5, 2017, in Capital Health Regional Medical Center after suffering a sudden hemorrhagic stroke. Born in Newark, NJ, on June 21, 1937, the son of Rose Jacobson Decter and Harry Decter, he was pleased to have reached the age of 80 years. Steve was a loyal lifetime resident of […]
Appalachian Mountain Club’s AMC Outdoors Magazine Features Hutcheson Memorial Forest
Source: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources For more than 60 years, Mettler’s Woods, an old growth forest at Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center, has served Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources students and faculty as a classroom, research site, and natural wonder. While ancient oaks and hickory still tower above visitors, much […]
The Center for Resilient Landscapes: Supporting Improved Stewardship of Urban and Rural Natural Resources
The Center for Resilient Landscapes (CRL) is a new collaborative research effort of the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, and the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. The objective of the center is to focus on the development of social-ecological system resilience–from short-term recovery to longer-term restoration–and […]
Assistant Prof. Myla Aronson’s Urban Plant Research Featured in American Journal of Botany
Aronson’s research lands on the cover of the August 2017 issue! Urban vegetation provides important ecological services, but only certain plants can survive these harsh environments. Understanding how urban environments select for or against particular plant species would help in managing urban biodiversity, planning and executing sound ecological restoration, and predicting how climate change will […]
