Webinar: CEED 6th Annual Environmental Health and Justice Summit – Session III

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. ...

Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and the Conservation of Wild Bees

ENR-223 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

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 ...

Navigating Our Watershed in a Changing Climate – A Teacher Workshop on Watershed Awareness

Rutgers EARTH Center 42 Riva Avenue, South Brunswick, NJ, United States

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 ...

Workshop: Building Your Broader Impact Around Climate Change and Energy

Cook Student Center 59 Biel Road, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

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 ...

Webinar: Scale-dependent Landscapes of Fear: Case Studies with Carnivores

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 ...