Until the Colombia peace agreement in 2016, armed conflict kept many farmers and ranchers from converting tropical forests into farm fields and pastures. Laura C. Schneider, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers-New Brunswick, is researching how the transition from war to peace is affecting these lands and promoting deforestation.
Rutgers-New Brunswick senior Nick Pellitta, Haoyang Yu, a 2015 Rutgers-New Brunswick graduate, and Mussab Ali, a senior at Rutgers-Newark, were named today as the university’s first Schwarzman Scholars, a prestigious global program designed to help students develop their leadership skills while pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs at one of the top universities in China. Read our story to learn more about the standout trio.
On the heels of World AIDS Day, Thomas Sokolowski, director of Zimmerli Art Museum, talks about how a small group of artists contributed to worldwide change. Read our Q&A to learn more about his part in the first Day Without Art in 1989 and the creation of the iconic red ribbon AIDS awareness symbol.
Meet Kat Reese and Maddie Warriner, two Mason Gross School of the Arts alumnae who found a unique path for their careers in the arts as part of The Equus Projects, a dance company that creates site-specific works combining performance with equestrian artistry.
Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer, has been working with students at the Mason Gross School of the Arts this fall as part of Jazz Assembly Days, a program that features weekly lectures and clinics from top artists. Check out this Q&A to find out how Palmieri is helping students perfect their work and to hear sounds from his master class.
The Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute helped one Elizabeth neighborhood quantify its heavy truck traffic and resulting pollution. Watch the video and read the story to find out how it led to policy changes to reduce childhood asthma.
Faculty at Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance human knowledge. Read our story to learn more about their work.
Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Center for Women’s Global Leadership is coordinating more than 6,000 organizations across 180 countries in one of the world’s most widely recognized and longest-running women’s rights campaigns. Read our Q&A to learn more about this year’s campaign, its connection to the #MeToo movement, and new efforts to push for change year-round.
Retailers need to get better at what they do or Jeff Bezos and company are going to run them out of business, says Rutgers Business School's Kristina M. Durante. Learn more about how technology and other factors have changed American consumer culture.
Studies show that a child’s success in school and later in life can depend on high-quality preschool programs, but a new report by the National Institute for Early Education at the Graduate School of Education shows that many state-funded preschool programs meet less than half of a set of predefined essential elements. The report helps newly elected decision-makers map out agendas to fulfill those essential elements for student success.
Learn about a breakthrough discovery by Rutgers scientists that could lead to the conversion of carbon dioxide into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products – while removing the main cause of global warming from the atmosphere. Read about the study overseen by Charles Dismukes, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers-New Brunswick.