The new hub will help improve the understanding and governance of co-evolving hazard developments and coastal processes Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey will lead a multi-university Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH) made possible by a grant through the National Science […]
Environmental Sciences
National Science Foundation Awards Rutgers a $750,000 Convergence Accelerator Grant
NSF invests $21 million to tackle two complex societal challenges: the networked blue economy, and trust and authenticity in communication systems and will fund 28 teams to fast-track solutions toward with a positive societal impact The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers a $750,000 Convergence Accelerator grant for the project, “Regional climate change projections […]
Alums Encounter Local Historic Farm Records and Publish Analysis of Window-in-Time Significance
Rutgers alum David Moskowitz (GSNB ‘16), a naturalist who completed his doctoral degree in entomology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is a broadly trained ecologist and senior vice president for EcolSciences, Inc. When Moskowitz, who is a resident of East Brunswick NJ, came across historic discarded records from a local New Jersey farm, […]
SEBS Faculty Win University Research Council Awards
Congratulations to Katherine Dawson, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Anita Bakshi, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and Pamela McElwee, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, on winning awards from the University’s Research Council. Established in 1943 as a faculty committee to advise the President on matters […]
SEBS First-Generation Students Get a Leg up Through Academic Mentoring Class
Knowing how to launch and navigate a successful college career is challenging even for the most astute students. For students who enter academia with little knowledge of what to expect, college can feel like a quagmire. This is often the case for first-generation students – those who are the first in their immediate family to […]
Wolfram Hoefer Receives Prestigious International Landscape Architecture Teaching Award
Wolfram Hoefer, associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, was recognized with the 2021 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). This competitive international award was presented on March 19 at the annual conference of CELA, the premier international organization for educators in landscape architecture. Hoefer, who […]
Microbes could pose health, ecosystem risks when rain brings them to Earth
Human health and ecosystems could be affected by microbes including cyanobacteria and algae that hitch rides in clouds and enter soil, lakes, oceans and other environments when it rains, according to a Rutgers co-authored study. “Some of the organisms we detected in clouds and rain are known to have possible impacts on human health and […]
Zen and the Art of the Remote Conference Meeting
By Mary Whelan, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. Organizing a creative remote meeting is a delicate maneuver. The resources available to us are limited, with attention being the scarcest commodity. Honestly, I cannot pay attention for a full hour, even when I am invested in the subject matter. Those of us who […]
Nuclear War Could Trigger Big El Niño and Decrease Seafood
Unprecedented warming in equatorial Pacific Ocean could last up to seven years A nuclear war could trigger an unprecedented El Niño-like warming episode in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, slashing algal populations by 40 percent and likely lowering the fish catch, according to a Rutgers-led study. The research, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, shows […]
Homegrown Faculty Reflect on Their Roots
Whether they returned to the school or never left, these faculty members are among a number who are also alumni. Reprinted from Explorations, Fall 2019 SEBS faculty hold degrees from universities across the nation and around the globe, but there are also a number of homegrown faculty who received their degrees when the school was […]