Rutgers Shellfish Breeding Program Enters the Genomic Era

The Rutgers shellfish breeding program, an ongoing project supported by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fishery Service, is testing a high-density DNA chip for genomic selection, which is expected to greatly reduce the breeding cycle and increase selection efficiency. “Oysters are...

Rutgers Installs New HF Radar Station

Rutgers installed a MARACOOS sponsored 13 MHz High Frequency radar in Holgate, NJ this past spring.  The property holder is Long Beach Township, a long partner in HF radar ocean observing.  This is the fourth HFR station the township has agreed to host.  The station is currently collecting surface current...

Congratulations to Sam Alaimo

Congratulations, to Samantha Alaimo who has been selected to participate in the inaugural NJ Wind Institute Fellowship Program at Rutgers University. As a fellow, she will receive a stipend in the total amount of $30,000 in support of her research assistantship with Travis Miles and Josh Kohut. Sam applied as...

U.S. Embassy Kolonia

As part of our deep and enduring partnership, the U.S. Embassy Kolonia welcomed scientists from Rutgers University who are currently conducting a baseline assessment in support of Green Climate Fund-resilient food security for farming households across the FSM. The United States has contributed one billion dollars to date to the...

Jackie Veatch

While my brothers played with our Nintendo Game Boy, I was tinkering around with my dad’s graphing calculator looking for patterns in how I added and multiplied numbers together… and that’s when I knew that math and science were going to be part of my life. In High School I...

Congratulations to Janice McDonnell and her team for new national 4H challenge promoting Ocean literacy and conservation

About the 2022 4‑H STEM Challenge Designed by Rutgers University, Explorers of the Deep, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of ocean exploration—with robots! Young people learn how to use science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to explore Earth’s Ocean and how it relates to all life on the planet. The...

Celebrating Rutgers Marine Field Station with new Apparel Collection

University Communications and Marketing has introduced a new initiative to showcase points of pride at Rutgers through a limited-edition collection of retail merchandise, only available online and at the University Bookstore. We’re excited that SEBS and NJAES has been selected to kick off the series! The Special Collection for 2022 features...