NEWS

Peruvian Emigré a Role Model to Hispanic Women in STEM

Rutgers Focus - "Nancy Andia shared her passion for her chosen field through Society of Hispanic Engineers at Rutgers."

Female Professors Elected Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Rutgers Today - "Four Rutgers professors are among 84 distinguished researchers elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences this...

Alan Alda Wants Scientists to Cut out the Jargon

OMG! - "...award-winning film and television star is on a mission to teach physicians, physicists and scientists of all types to ditch the jargon and get their points across...

IWL GROW Mentoring Program Assistant Internship Opportunity

The Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) is pleased to announce a credit-bearing internship for the 2013-2014 Academic Year. The intern would begin late August 2013...

Summer and Fall 2013 Internship Opportunities at IWL

The Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL) is pleased to announce credit-bearing undergraduate internship for the Summer and Fall 2013 semesters. ...

Entrepreneur Bootcamp - April 23

You are cordially invited to attend the Entrepreneur Bootcamp that is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2013 from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm in the Busch Campus Student Multipurpose room, Busch Campus at...

Driving Force in Science: Gender, Symbolism, and Data

AAAS Member Central - "Any workforce consists of followers and leaders. The question of who leads Fortune 500 companies—only ...

Hillary Clinton Pushes for Women's Rights

News Day - "Hillary Clinton, at Women in the World conference, pushes for women's rights. Former Secretary of State...

Exciting News Coverage on Helen M. Berman

Helen M. Berman, Rutgers Board of Governors professor of chemistry and chemical biology,  from Rutgers is presented in the Courier News and Home New Today (cover of the Central Jersey section) as...

Jessica Ware from Rutgers University in NY Times Video

Click on Dragonflies: Dainty but Deadly   video presentation under the Media section in the middle of the page to see Jessica Ware's presentation.

Pi Day celebrated in Lebanon Township

NJ.com - "Lebanon Township’s Woodglen School sixth graders celebrated Pi Day on Thursday, March 14 because March is the third month of the year and the first two decimal places...

Math Careers Just don't Add Up for Women

BusinessNewsDaily– "Having skills suited for a variety of careers helps explain why few women pursue math and science jobs, new research...

Women Take Flight @ Rutgers in May 2013

Join SciWomen for this novel and exciting opportunity to enhance your personal and professional potential by participating in our Women Take Flight at Rutgers leadership...

RU Sociologist Explores Role of Multi-Racial Imagery in Media

Rutgers Focus-Rutgers doctoral student of sociology, Crystal Bedley, works to identify the underlying...

Judith S. Weis, PhD - My Brief Career in Show Biz

Judith S. Weis: Back in the 1970s, “Tang” ran a series of commercials featuring women scientists who had cute small children. This is the...

The Daily Targum Reports Back on the Health Science Research Symposium

The Daily Targum: "Women’s health was once a neglected field of research. When she began researching females, Virginia Cowen, the director of the University...

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Upcoming Events

Meet and mingle with your Rutgers and UMDNJ faculty colleagues at our integration celebration. Registration required by May 17th.
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: The Cove in the Busch Campus Center - Busch Campus
Partners: The Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rutgers and The Office of the Vice President for Research, UMDNJ.

My Story

Areas of Interest: Vulnerability, Adaptive Capacity and Resilience to Natural Hazards, Ecosystem Services and Drivers of Ecosystem Change, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Cartography, Geographic Information Systems, Mixed Methods, Participatory Research Methods, Puerto Rico, Caribbean
My Story: Growing up in the mountainous areas of Puerto Rico and being in constant interaction with nature aroused my interest in human-environmental relationships. How to achieve a balance between resource use, conservation, and increasing people’s knowledge and capacities of how to reach that balance has always been an interest to me-- particularly in marginal communities that do not have access to a lot of resources. My father is a farmer, so I was always exposed to and was curious about different processes of nature. Also, my family was always trying to teach us about social justice and the...