Rutgers University – New Brunswick will soon serve as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions, according to a recent announcement from the Middlesex County institution’s leaders....
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Rutgers Team Wins HUD’s Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition
Students redesigned an existing public housing development to connect residents with each other and their neighborhood A team of Rutgers graduate students created an award-winning proposal to turn an aging public housing development in Ohio into a vibrant community,...
Rutgers study finds after Hurricane Sandy, NJ residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
New Jersey residents who were surveyed four months after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States in October 2012 expressed strong support for government policies to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes, according to a...
Robson to present 2014 Steinman-Bloustein lecture on sustainable agricultural development
Dr. Mark Gregory Robson, dean of agricultural and urban programs and professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and professor of environmental and occupational health at the Rutgers School of...
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance releases policy gap analysis report
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, formed in response to a diverse group of stakeholders to focus on climate change preparedness in New Jersey in key impacted sectors (public health; watersheds, rivers and coastal communities; built infrastructure;...
Rutgers/CUNY team awarded honorable mention in ULI Hines Student Design Competition
A team comprised of four Rutgers University and one City University of New York/Baruch College graduate students received an Honorable Mention for Context Analysis award as part of the 2013 Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The...
Rutgers’ NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance Receives $400,000 Grant from The Kresge Foundation
Funding will lead to the development of state and local climate change public policy recommendations The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance(NJCAA), an initiative of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and theEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning...