Micro to Macro The Future of the Raritan Friday, June 8, 2018 Kathleen W. Ludwig Global Village Learning Center, Douglass Honors College, New...
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Raritan Scholars Looking for Internship Proposals for Fall 2018
The Raritan Scholars program is a great opportunity to engage Rutgers students in a substantive internship as well as an opportunity for you to...
New Jersey 2040 Water Demand Study for Public Community Water Supply Systems
A new study by Dr. Dan Van Abs provides a variety of water demand scenarios for New Jersey's 584 Public Community Water Supply (PCWS) systems,...
Anaerobic Biodegradability of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Raritan River Sediments
Professor Max Häggblom and his team of researcher received a R3C mini-grant to investigate the biodegradability of pharmaceuticals and personal care...
Save the Date: Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference – June 8
Save the Date: Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference. The 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony will be held...
Second Round of Mini-grant and Internship Awards Announced
The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) has awarded a combination of eleven mini-grants and internships to support research by Rutgers faculty,...
Undergraduate Profiles Water Column for NJDEP Project
This summer, Rutgers undergraduate student Laura Wiltsee, advised by Dr. Josh Kohut, worked with the New Jersey Department of Environmental...
Students Collect NJDEP Qualified Data on R/V Rutgers
A new research vessel, R/V Rutgers, has given undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic programs at Rutgers the opportunity to...
Students Gain Watershed Management Experience Through Raritan Scholars Project
The Raritan Scholars program provides Rutgers students with internships related to watershed management in the Raritan River watershed. The program...
Flourometer Model: Turner
A fluorometer is used to estimate the amount of phytoplankton (plant-like, microscopic organisms) in the water. This is typically done by measuring...
Recent Products
First, Do No Harm: Algorithms, AI, and Digital Product Liability
The ethical imperative for technology should be "first, do no harm." But digital innovations like AI and social media increasingly enable societal harms, from bias to misinformation. As these technologies grow ubiquitous, we need solutions to address unintended...
Focus Group Synthesis for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
This project is a component of a research-informed white paper focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities in New Jersey. This report shares the key findings from three focus groups with people...
Research Summary of State Policies for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
First, we discuss federal policies that increase public recreation access to the outdoors, in order to understand how states have used this context to inform their own efforts to increase outdoor access. Using policy examples from twelve states (Alaska, California,...
Access to Nature for People with Disabilities: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities
This white paper explores the physical and mental health benefits of outdoor recreation and nature, focusing on those with disabilities. The paper has four sections. Section 1 examines the physical health benefits of access to outdoor recreation and nature, such as...