On January 11, Shake Shack opened its North Brunswick location and designated $1 from every sandwich sold on opening day to support nearby Rutgers Gardens, the 180-acre botanic garden of Rutgers University. Shake Shack reached out to Rutgers Gardens to partner in the grand opening of its new location in North Brunswick – its 19th […]
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With Global Ambitions, Rutgers Engineers and Scientists Launch Wind Energy Research Center
Multidisciplinary collaboration involving three schools and multiple departments will combine efforts of environmental and marine scientists as well as engineers A Rutgers research project focused on offshore wind energy is poised to make New Jersey a global leader in the field in a little more than a decade. The effort being launched by Rutgers researchers […]
RUCOOL Awarded Gift to Enhance Global Exploration in the Caribbean Sea
Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has been awarded a $250,000 gift from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation to support climate, weather and ecosystem research and capacity building in the Caribbean Sea. “The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation has been an invaluable supporter of Rutgers and the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) […]
Paying it Forward: Food Science Alumnus’ Gift Will Support Next Generation Graduate Students
Ramanathapur Gundachar Krishnamurthy arrived in the United States in August 1961 from his native India to pursue an advanced degree in Food Science at Rutgers University. Fueled by discipline, a firm sense of duty and a scholarship, he turned this academic opportunity into a life-changing stepping stone for himself and his family. Krishnamurthy completed his […]
Virginia Zrebiec (CC’76) Still Enthusiastic About Learning at Rutgers Almost 50 Years Later
Virginia Zrebiec is as enthusiastic about learning as when she was an undergraduate at Rutgers several decades ago. A plant science major, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Cook College she is once again an engaged member of the student body on the George H. Cook campus. Virginia, who returns to Rutgers […]
Brooke Maslo Helps Develop Comprehensive Guide to Making Flood-Prone Areas More Resilient to Climate Change
For years, Rutgers ecologist Brooke Maslo has studied how to redesign flood-prone landscapes so they can best protect the communities they border from the ravages of swollen brooks and rivers and rising seas. State and federal programs that enable the acquisition of flood-prone properties from willing homeowners at fair market value and then clear the […]
Science-in-Action Storytelling Highlights Impact of Rutgers Research on Communities at SEBS Event for Alumni and Friends
Have you ever wondered what steps Rutgers science teams take to understand and solve complex environmental challenges? Rutgers alumni and friends were treated to a screening of original short science-in-action stories featuring SEBS scientists on November 28 at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. This event gave 160 audience members a front-row […]
Ines Rauscenbach Selected for National Leadership Cohort in Microbiology
Ines Rauschenbach, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, is among the inaugural cohort of scholars for the newly-established Microbiology Leaders Evolving and Accountable to Progress (MicroBio-LEAP) Project announced by the American Association for Microbiology (ASM). MicroBio-LEAP is a new project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), that will train leaders in […]
Rutgers Scientist Timothy Waller Offers Tips on How to Choose the Perfect Christmas Tree
If you are heading to a farm or the local lot after the Thanksgiving weekend to pick out your perfect Christmas tree, Timothy Waller, an evergreen researcher, has some advice for you. Waller, an agricultural agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, has been working on Christmas tree disease management and variety demonstrations as part […]
Rutgers Innovators Named Edison Patent Award Recipients in Agriculture, Forensic Science Categories
Basil varieties that are resistant to the deadly downy mildew disease. A computational tool that calculates the probability of the number of contributors in a DNA profile. These two innovations share two things in common: both were developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and both received Edison Patent Awards at the Research […]