Speaker: Jennifer Senick, Rutgers Center for Green Building; Gediminas Mainelis, Rutgers University. Abstract: This project, funded by the National Science Foundation and in partnership with the community of Elizabeth, NJ, seeks to protect Seniors during life-threatening summer heatwaves, while taking into account poor outdoor and indoor air quality. It also supports community efforts for kids by providing STEM education opportunities. ...

Speaker: Andrew Reinmann, Hunter College  More information here. 

Speaker: Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University.  Abstract: Human well-being relies on ecosystem services, yet ecology lacks a clear understanding of how biodiversity affects ecosystem services in the real world -- that is, in naturally assembled communities studied at large spatial scales. In the first part of this talk I will share my lab's work on this topic, for which we use ...

Abstract: Join us for an interactive teacher workshop, Navigating Our Watershed in a Changing Climate, designed to empower educators with the knowledge and tools to integrate watershed education into their classrooms. This workshop, focusing on the Lower Raritan Watershed and climate change, will equip you with a deep understanding of watersheds, their importance, and practical strategies to inspire and educate ...

Speaker: Eric Smith, Santa Fe Institute. More information here. 

Speaker: John Krasting, GFDL. More information here. 

Speaker: Pedro Val, CUNY Queens College. More information here. 

Speaker: Ashley Dawson, College of Staten Island. More information here. 

Do you want to move beyond the basics of a graduate student or developing a website for your next National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal's Broader Impacts plan? Would you you like to explore engaging ways of developing a Broader Impacts project that benefits society? We invite Rutgers scientists in all career stages to participate in this workshop. Our goal is to ...

Speaker: Remington Moll, University of New Hampshire Remington Moll is an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Managements at the University of New Hampshire, USA. There he leads a research group that studies the spatial community, and population ecology of carnivores and their prey, with a focus on how these species respond to anthropogenic pressure and how human-induced landscape change.  More ...

Join the Rutgers University Student Assembly and the Office of Climate Action for a sustainability town hall. We will share updates on climate action at the university, ways to get involved, and answer audience questions. More information here. 

Speaker: Brian Lovett, USDA ARS  More information here.