2017 Student Polar Research Symposium
On June 8th, young students gathered at the Cook Student Center for a day of Polar Ice presentations. As a part of the Science Investigations (Sci-I) Project, students from grades…
Researchers Joseph Looney and William Schroer maintain lab experiments on disease in oysters. Credit: Tal Ben-Horin
World Oceans Day: Marine Diseases Hidden Beneath the Waves Incur High Economic, Ecological Costs
The Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory was recently featured in an article by the National Science Foundation:Find related stories on the NSF, National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Agriculture's…
Corals Can Grow “Bones” In Acidic Water
Climate change is a big problem for corals, the colony-forming animals that provide a home to an estimated 25% of marine life. Ocean acidification in particular, caused as the ocean…
Mesohux 2017 Bergen, Norway
Kim Thamatrakoln and Kay Bidle, with some of their students and post docs, as well as scientists from other universities, are currently running a mesocosm experiment at the University of…
Michael J. Kennish Receives 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael J. Kennish has been endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the coastal and marine sciences field Marquis Who’s Who—the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles—has cited…
Stanley Ko
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, I spent most of my time playing handball like most teenagers in Brooklyn. Although I studied science in high school, I had not…
Congratulations Class of 2017!
On May 15, friends and families came together to celebrate the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences' Class of 2017 convocation. Over 750 degrees were awared and the ceremony was…
Jackie Specht Receives NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship
A big congratulations to Jackie Specht who has landed a NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship. In August she will begin working with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to identify new…
Dr. Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award Given to the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
The Water Resources Association (WRA) of The Delaware River Basin bestowed the Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award on the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) at its 35th Annual…
RUCOOL Gains New Jersey Senate Recognition
The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, also known as RUCOOL, was commended in Senate Resolution SCR-144 by the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee on March 13…