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Alumni, friends, and family gathered to honor six graduates selected by the Cook Community Alumni Association (CCAA) for their career accomplishments, community service, and leadership. The ceremony was held on April 30, 2017. Undergraduate alumni receiving the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award were Michael Hlubik CAES’70; Kerry Kirk Pflugh CC’80; and Marc Kollar CC’95, freelance media and […]
Human Ecology
Faculty Research: How do Human Populations Affect the Environment
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of Explorations. At the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, faculty research often focuses on science’s most pressing questions. But in the Department of Human Ecology, these questions are further complicated and enhanced by an additional component: the human element. How do human populations […]
Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Saves Students Nearly $1.6 Million
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Rutgers Today. Three of the recipients of the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project grants are faculty at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. They include Xenia Morin, Natalya Voloshchuk and Jill Lipoti, with projected savings for their students of $23,945.00. What is the Open and Affordable […]
Rutgers Environment & Public Health Summer Program Launches Alumnus on a Global Health Journey
From Rutgers to a remote Panamanian village to a graduate school in London, England: see the twisting and turning path to success taken by one EPH student. Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming Waking up in London each morning for the past year has been a bit of a dream for K.C. Murray. He attends intensive classes […]
Learn how Professor Emeritus Bonnie McCay’s lifelong research on fisheries may help us better manage “The Commons”
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18). To understand what “the commons” is and the importance of maintaining it, first recognize the commons as a general term describing any system where the resources are used and perhaps owned jointly, in common, rather than separately and in private. The term was popularized by Garett Hardin’s 1968 article, “Tragedy of […]
Associate Professor Daniel Van Abs (CC’77) and Alumna Brittany Musolino (SEBS’14) Win Prestigious Environmental Excellence Award
Congratulations to Brittany Musolino (SEBS’14) and Daniel J. Van Abs (CC’77), associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, for winning the 2016 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. The awards ceremony and luncheon were held on December 7 at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. Established in 2000 by then-Governor Christine Todd Whitman and the […]
Morris Museum Presents the Research and Collection of the Late Professor George E. B. Morren
The People of Northern Papua New Guinea The Morris Museum is currently presenting an exhibition on the people of Northern Papua New Guinea from the research and collection of the late George E. B. Morren (1939-2011), pioneering anthropologist and one of the first faculty members hired by Rutgers to develop a program in Human Ecology. […]
Rutgers Scientists Say Sandy Exposed our Coastal Vulnerabilities
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in The Press of Atlantic City. Associate professors Daniel J. Van Abs (CC’77) and Karen M. O’Neill, Department of Human Ecology, are co-editors of a book on the aftermath of Sandy called “Taking Chances: The Coast After Hurricane Sandy” and were part of a panel at Rutgers University’s […]
Rachael Shwom and Cara Cuite Receive National Science Foundation Grant
Rachael Shwom and Cara Cuite, Department of Human Ecology, are part of a multi-university team that received a grant in October 2016 from the National Science Foundation, through their Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water program. The total grant was for $2,983,358, and Rutgers is receiving $419,184 for the project: Reducing Household […]
Former Governors Kean and Florio Point to Rutgers Report for Acting Now to Protect NJ’s Water Supply from Impacts of Climate Change
Throughout this century, climate change is projected to modify New Jersey’s weather patterns, hydrology, ecosystems, and water supply resources and utility systems. A white paper providing an overview of anticipated climate change implications for the state’s water supply and possible management responses to address these concerns, was released by the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance […]
