Students at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC) will be able to seamlessly transfer and earn an undergraduate degree in animal sciences at Rutgers, thanks to a new articulation agreement between the two institutions. Under the agreement, students in the animal science track who graduate with an associate’s degree in environmental science at LaGCC […]
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New agreement for CUNY undergraduates to transfer to Rutgers
Aparna Zama – Department of Animal Sciences
Rutgers Scientists Identify Substance That May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Research could provide clues to extraterrestrial life A team of Rutgers scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism – a set of core chemical reactions that first powered life on Earth – has identified part of a protein that could provide scientists clues to detecting planets on the verge of producing life. The […]
Warning about critical threshold for global warming
Robert Kopp – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Here are 7 spring pests to look for in NJ as temperatures warm up
Changlu Wang – Department of Entomology
Rutgers Hosts 2023 World Food Prize New Jersey Youth Institute
High school students participate in global fight against hunger The New Jersey Youth Institute (NJYI), hosted by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is a transformative experience for high school students. Rutgers welcomed 177 students, 21 teachers/mentors, and 28 expert judges comprised of Rutgers staff, faculty and industry professionals to the Douglass […]
SEBS Professors Study the Microbiology of Arsenic-Contaminated Agricultural Soils in the Mekong River and Red River Deltas
Distinguished Professor Max Häggblom, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and professor John Reinfelder, Department of Environmental Sciences, visited Vietnam to initiate collaborative research on microbial arsenic metabolism in rice paddy soils with investigators at Can Tho University, College of Agriculture and Hanoi University of Science and Technology, School of Biotechnology and Food […]
How a Landmark Biodiversity Treaty Will Change Life on the High Seas
Cymie Payne — Department of Human Ecology
NOAA’s spring outlook is out. Here’s what to expect for N.J. weather.
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Scientists think Nickelback helped kickstart life on Earth
Paul Falkowski and Jennifer Timm — Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences