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Community Engagement and Research Development experts from over 15 universities reviewed the Rutger-designed ARIS Broader Impacts (BI) Toolkit in the November Special Issue of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES). This 13-article edition dives deep into the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Broader Impacts merit criterion, showcasing the transformative and capacity building resources of […]
Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers Science Webinar Plunged Into Ocean Exploration
More than 265 students from across the U.S. dove into the mysteries of the ocean and explored how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can address global environmental challenges during a virtual event hosted by Rutgers University’s Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS). The students from the FIRST LEGO League, participated as part of their […]
Announcement: Josh Kohut is New SEBS Dean of Research/NJAES Director of Research
Announcement from Laura Lawson, Executive Dean and Executive Director, SEBS/NJAES I’m delighted to announce that Dr. Josh Kohut, Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, has accepted the position of SEBS Dean of Research/NJAES Director of Research, effective January 1, 2025. Please join me in congratulating him on this new role and giving […]
Rutgers-designed Oyster Reef Structure Installed to Help Protect U.S. Military Base from Storms
U.S. Air Force officials installed a new kind of structure in the waters of St. Andrew Bay on the shore of the Tyndall U.S. Air Force Base in northwest Florida on Oct. 30 – the first section of a Rutgers University-designed “self-healing” reef made of custom-designed concrete modules and living oysters. The reef is designed […]
Rutgers DMCS Staff Lead Data Literacy Workshop for Undergraduate-level Faculty
Fresh off the success of a multi-institutional workshop on oceanographic data literacy, Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) staff Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner have just completed another data literacy workshop, this time in Princeton, New Jersey. Nineteen undergraduate-level university faculty and staff were invited to the Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center on October […]
Innovative Summer Climate Data and Literacy Workshop Stresses Connections to Local and Global Impacts and Community-based Partnerships
Middle and high school teachers from Belleville, Jersey City, Kearny, Neptune, Newark, and New Brunswick honed their climate change knowledge and made connections to local experts in a four-day Climate and Data Literacy summer workshop on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. With the recent incorporation of climate change into New Jersey’s K-12 Student Learning Standards across […]
Paul Falkowski Among International Academic Leaders to Unveil Plankton Manifesto to UN General Assembly
Paul Falkowski, Distinguished Professor in the departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, was one of the specialists from a core international academic team to present to the United Nations General Assembly to officially launch the Plankton Manifesto–a call for immediate global recognition and action to protect one of Earth’s most […]
Post-Doc Wants to Help People Understand Hurricanes and Improve Prediction of Dangerous Storms
Joe Gradone has been recognized for his ability to make science accessible and relevant to diverse audiences New Jersey native Joe Gradone grew up less than 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, but his fascination with oceanography first surged while studying geology as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado. “It took me going to a […]
Angelina Shanley: A Marine Conservationist in the Making
On the outside, Angelina Shanley is a transfer student from upstate New York with a seeing eye dog. In her heart, though, she’s an environmental conservationist – more specifically, an ocean and marine life conservationist. Shanley was studying environmental science at Siena College, outside Albany, when, like many first-year students, she decided to change majors. […]
Distinguished Professor Elisabeth Sikes Elected an AGU Fellow
Elisabeth Sikes, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Marine and Coasts Sciences, was elected as an AGU Fellow, joining a select group of 54 individuals in the 2024 Class of Fellows. AGU, the world’s largest Earth and space science association, bestows this honor annually to a select number of individuals who have made exceptional contributions. […]
