Andrew “Pete” Vayda, passed away on January 15 at the age of 90. Vayda immigrated to New York with his mother from Hungary in 1939. He attended Columbia College and earned his B.A. in 1952, and subsequently earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1956. Vayda served as a professor in the Department of Anthropology […]
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Is this how life emerged from stuff that was anything but alive?
Yana Bromberg – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Bruce Clarke, Extension Specialist in turfgrass pathology, retires
Bruce Clarke – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
5 ways cornstarch can change your life, in and out of the kitchen
Paul Takhistov – Department of Food Science
Rutgers Professor Pamela McElwee Among Co-Chairs Named to Two New Global IPBES Assessments
Pamela McElwee, professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was among six new co-chairs named today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to lead work on two major new multi-year international scientific assessments. McElwee is one of three co-chairs to lead the […]
Rutgers Alumnus Frank Minch (CC’89) Named Director of NJDA’s Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources
Rutgers alumnus Frank Minch (CC’89) was named director of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources on December 22 by New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher. Minch, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Planning and Design from Rutgers, has been with NJDA since 2001. “I am pleased to […]
Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
How will NJ manage stormwater as climate changes, flooding increases?
Daniel J. Van Abs – Department of Human Ecology
Why the East Needs the West to Have Enough Water
The woes of Western water have made the Eastern news from time to time, usually when a major reservoir hits a record low level, snowfalls are badly deficient or a major fire is linked to the long-term drought conditions. But how many in the East really focus on this news, other than to marvel at […]
Your Hot Duck Guide
José Ramírez-Garofalo – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
