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Rutgers Is Making STEM Breakthroughs, One Student at a Time

A 4-H youth development program changes perceptions, making students insiders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics Role models, often parents or other close family members, serve as crucial sources of inspiration for students engaged in making career choices in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), according to research studies. A...

Congrats to RUCOOL’s own Oscar Schofield for winning the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Sustained Research Excellence Award!

Congrats to RUCOOL's own Oscar Schofield for winning the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Sustained Research Excellence Award! SEBS Executive Dean Laura Lawson and Dean of Research & Grad Education, Wendie Cohick, were on hand present the award. One of Oscar's many projects has studied climate change in...

Science-in-Action Storytelling Highlights Impact of Rutgers Research on Communities at SEBS Event for Alumni and Friends

Have you ever wondered what steps Rutgers science teams take to understand and solve complex environmental challenges? Rutgers alumni and friends were treated to a screening of original short science-in-action stories featuring SEBS scientists on November 28 at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. This event gave...

Rutgers Scientists Observe Unusual Ocean Conditions Possibly Linked to Mortality in Marine Life off New Jersey

This article was authored by Grace Saba, associate professor, and Josh Kohut, professor,  faculty in Rutgers University’s Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. From late April to late September, Rutgers researchers used underwater robots, called gliders, to track ocean water quality along...

Congrats to Leah!

For being selected as a 2024 NCAR Advance Studies Program Bridge program! In the month long program she’ll get to spend a week at NCAR exploring research collaborations and opportunities for the future!

All the Fish We Cannot See

The ocean has a way of upending expectations. Four-story-high rogue waves peak and collapse without warning. Light bends across the surface to conjure chimeric cities that hover at the horizon. And watery wastelands reveal themselves to be anything but. So was the case for the scientists aboard the USS Jasper...

USDA-NIFA Grant Supports Storytelling Project for N.J. Youth

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — What does the future hold for food security through agriculture and marine technologies? New Jersey high school students will discover the answers as part of an innovative USDA-funded 4-H afterschool program that provides youth with immersive science learning through digital storytelling, made in trusting partnership with...