Speaker: James Oehmke, Rutgers University Abstract: Undernutrition remains a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality globally, particularly in sub- Saharan Africa. While interventions to treat acute undernutrition are often effective at the individual level, our study provides rigorous empirical evidence that undernutrition functions as a persistent, chronic condition at the population level in West Africa—persisting for decades even after ...

Speaker: Judith Weis, Dept. of Biology, Rutgers–Newark Abstract: The second edition of my book for the general public has come out recently, with chapters brought up to date and a new chapter on microplastics. There are many different types of pollution that may be found in the ocean and estuaries, including excessive nutrients, metals, oil, pesticides, other toxic chemicals, marine debris, microplastics, ...