In New Brunswick, Rutgers scientists teamed up with the local school district to develop a series of Science Family Nights. Funded by Rutgers’ 4-H Department of Youth Development and Cooperative Extension, and AT&T, this series sets out to inspire and engage the next generation of science-informed students. Students and their families had...
Rutgers University Marine Field Station Outreach 2019
Rutgers Marine Field Station (RUMF) have significantly expanded our outreach activities in recent years. Along with our annual Open House events, which have attracted 1,450 visitors to the Station over the last three years, we have also expanded our programs for visiting college classes to include hands-on activities (bridgenet sampling,...
DMCS graduate students representing in D.C.
Three oceanography grad students (Heidi Yeh, Austin Grubb, and Brittany Schieler) spent two days in DC on a trip sponsored by the science policy and advocacy at Rutgers (SPAR) group. They took part in science policy and communication workshops at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They...
Janice McDonnell Featured on NJTV News: Science & Technology
Janice McDonnell and the ENIGMA (Evolution of Nanomachines in Geospheres and Microbial Ancestors) project led by Rutgers scientists, launched another interactive K-8 Family Science Night entitled “Exploring Life on Other Planets”, at the McKinley School in downtown New Brunswick, NJ. The Family Science Night event centered on a relatable curriculum...
Janice McDonnell Interviewed on News12 NJ
Janice McDonnell Interviewed on News12 NJ: Family Science Night was held at Great Brunswick Charter School in New Brunswick on April 4. The students were taught about outer space. The family night was funded through a grant from NASA and AT&T.
Shore Bowl 2019
The Shore Bowl is one of the 25 regional competitions of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Local high school teams (grades 9-12) compete head-to-head on rapid memory recall and critical thought questions. Questions focus on the ocean sciences (biology, physics, geology and geography), as well as other ocean-related subjects...
Polarizing your Science Impacts: Turning your Research into Science Stories and Take Your Science Stories to the Classroom
Good storytelling is a powerful way to bring public attention to our science – especially when it happens in remote areas like the Polar Regions. Stories about the changing poles are common, but don’t capture the complexity of the data. On January 10-11 a team from Rutgers University and the...
Catching Clownfish
Diving is well underway here in the Philippines - members of the Pinsky lab are back for another season studying metapopulation dynamics of reef fish, focusing on the yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii). We tag and fin-clip fish for genetic and mark-recapture studies. We've started with the northern sites in our...
Rutgers University Marine Field Station Outreach 2017
Recently, the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) in Tuckerton, NJ has connected with the public giving them hands-on experience with research, the opportunity to interact with scientists, and teaching them about the estuarine environment.A continuing education course sponsored through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Rutgers drew participants...
Project Converge
Science Research Context: Scientists from 5 institutions – Rutgers University, University of Delaware, Oregon State University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Polar Oceans Research Group – collaborated on a multidisciplinary project between 2013-2016. The team used a field study to investigate the impact of local physical processes on Adélie penguin foraging...