Rutgers has launched the Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative to coordinate and build expertise in offshore wind research across the university community and to support workforce development pathways to employment in this industry. Leading the establishment of the collaborative is Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, director of the Office of Resource and Economic Development at Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment […]
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Rutgers Scientists Lead $3.2 Million Federal Grant to Develop Disease-Resistant Basil
James Simon – Department of Plant Biology
Some squirt fluid, others can fly: How to keep cockroaches out of your home and avoid infestation
Changlu Wang – Department of Entomology
SEBS-NJAES Scientists Lead $3.2 Million USDA Grant to Develop Disease-Resistant Basil
Scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick are leading a new $3.2 million study that aims to continue developing sweet basil plants resistant to downy mildew and an emerging bacteria that has decimated the crops of the culinary herb for more than a decade. The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture provided funding […]
Nationwide 4-H STEM Challenge highlights Rutgers’ pioneering ocean research
Rachel Lyons – Department of 4-H Youth Development
SEBS-NJAES scientists lead $3.2 Million USDA grant to develop disease-resistant basil
James Simon – Department of Plant Biology
Nationwide 4-H STEM Challenge Highlights Rutgers’ Pioneering Ocean Research
More than 300,000 youth nationwide are learning about Rutgers’ pioneering ocean research using underwater gliders to understand the effects of climate change as part of this year’s 4-H STEM Challenge. This is the first year Rutgers was chosen to develop the challenge in partnership with the National 4-H Council. “This is a great example of […]
2023 Annie’s Project Farm Risk Management Course for New Jersey Women Farmers
Rutgers Cooperative Extension presents a new online version of the popular Annie’s Project, offering New Jersey women farmers relevant and important farm risk management lessons to help them succeed. The six-week online training course, “Annie Goes Online: Risk Management On Your Kitchen Table,” will be held virtually on Zoom, one evening per week, on Jan. […]
Fact check: Misleading claim that high Northern Hemisphere snow cover means no global warming
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
6.7 Billion People Could Die in a Russia vs. U.S. Nuclear War
Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
