Fall 2022 Issue
Get all the latest news on everything NAMS.
September 2021- August 2022
Highlights
Program Gives High School Students In-Person STEM Lab Time
π§ͺ Tasmia Haque and Sadia Rahman, rising seniors at Egg Harbor Township High School, and Noor Elmasri, a rising senior at Atlantic City High School, were selected for the program, which provides research opportunities for underrepresented students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.
Stockton to Monitor New Mill Creek Oyster Reef π¦ͺ
Christine Thompson, assistant associate professor of Marine Science, and students will track the growth and survivorship of the oysters and how they improve water quality. The oysters were planted by Dale Parsons, a fifth-generation oyster farmer of Parsons Seafood in Tuckerton.
π Student Research Connects Rising Seas with Flood Severity
Rachel Fisher, a senior Sustainability Program major at Stockton University, researched connections between rising sea levels and flooding along the New Jersey coast. Fisher pulled together relevant points from existing research as well as reviewed long-term data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tidal gauges in Atlantic City and Cape May to document sea level rise.
Stockton Names New Deans for Two Schools
π’Amanda Norvellwill head the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Stockton Student Teacher Earns State Recognition
πJalynn Pagano '22 was one of 15 student teachers selected as New Jersey Distinguished Clinical Intern of the Year.
π° In the News: The Press of Atlantic City, Patch.com
Ocean Wind I Expands Partnership with Stockton
New Jersey's first offshore wind farm project, Ocean Wind 1, announces expanded partnership with Stockton that supports the project's monitoring and mitigation efforts related to the North Atlantic Right Whale and other marine wildlife.π³
π° In the News: New Jersey Business Magazine, NJBIZ.com, The Press of Atlantic City
π₯οΈ Family of the late Marine Science Professor Rudy G. Arndt Donate Boat
The R/V Rudy G. Arndt, a shallow draft research vessel, was formally dedicated in a ceremony at Breezeβs Dock Bar & Grill on May 24, 2022.
Retiring Faculty Member Matthew Landau Gets the Last Word
Matthew Landau gave a 15-minute "Last Lecture" in the Campus Center.
Stockton gets $500,000 STEM Grant π΅
Stockton will receive money from the federal government to support its coastal resiliency and management programs and provide STEM educational and career opportunities for middle- and high school students in South Jersey.
π Tomato Research Project Also Feeds the Homeless
Stockton University student Courtney Weber and Professor Joseph Trout are using weather data and Stockton Sustainable Farm to study the best variety of tomatoes to grow in urban gardens. Their results also produced a crop that was turned into 25 homemade casseroles for Saint John's Hospice in Philadelphia.
π° In the News: Downbeach.com, Bronx News 12, Philly Voice
π In Case You Missed Itβ¦
Gordan Grguric is honoring his father and sharing his love of fishing through a newly endowed $200,000 Silba Distinguished Scholarship, which will subsidize students who are doing research in marine science. The scholarship will award two $3,500 grants per year.
π° In the News: Press of Atlantic City, Downbeach.com, The Galloway Patch, Shore Local
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Funds for Two Geology Students' Field Trip
Dr. Jeffrey Webber and students Steven Tapanes and Allison Reid spent about a month in a remote wilderness classroom in a real-life research project to create a geologic map of a region in the Flint Creek mountain range.
Second USDA Grant to Build Maple Syrup Industry in South Jersey
In November 2021, the project was awarded a second grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for nearly $500,000 over three years to begin building a maple syrup ππ₯ industry in South Jersey.
Second Largest NIH Grant in Stockton's History!
Dr. Michael Law '00 was awarded a $375,629 NIH grant. It is an opportunity for Stocktonβs undergraduate students to conduct research in a real-life laboratory setting while also being paid for their experience.
β‘οΈ Over 350 Attend Cannabis Career Fair and Business Expo
Vendors representing all aspects of New Jerseyβs developing cannabis industry offered advice, internship opportunities and some job offerings at the Cannabis Career Fair and Business Expo at Stockton University Nov. 17, 2021.
Atlantic White Cedar to Make a Comeback on Campus
π±Trays of cedar seedlings grown by Pinelands Nursery and donated by New Jersey Audubon filled the bed of a
pick-up truck parked along Vera King Farris Drive. Drs. Olson and Caccamesi helped to get the seedlings off the truck and into the ground.
Middle Schoolers Learn Fishing π£ for the Future
Dr. Adam Aguiar and students in his Ecology and Saltwater Fishing class taught students how to tie knots and cast a fishing rod.
Stockton University supports Coastal Resilency Institute and Marine Science Center(CRI/MSC) π«π’
The Institute will be located in the Absecon Inlet, Gardner's Basin area, in Atlantic City.
ππTwo-time NAMS graduate and animal care specialist Melissa Laurino '15 / M.S. '18 was recently featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer discussing her dream job watching the dolphins π¬ off of Cape May.
π’ A Record Rescue
The Diamondback terrapin "head start" program at Stockton University's vivarium made headlines internationally and caught the attention of Jimmy Fallon, who mentioned the terrapins on the Tonight Show. β¨
π Assistant professor of marine science Christine Thompson spotted a dorsal fin followed by a tail finswaying side to side while conducting field work from a research vessel.
- Program Gives High School Students In-persn STEM Lab Time
- Researchers Fish for Answers to Striped Bass Migration and Stock Origins
- Stockton Student Teacher Earns State Recognition
- Rescued Terrapins to the Marsh
- Radio Times: The Regional Roundup
- The leading universities and colleges with cannabis student organizations
- Institution in the global north hoard fossils from Brazil, study says
- Artifacts from Revolutionary War Vessel on Display at Maritime Museum
- The era of the reusable bag begins in New Jersey
- New Jersey single-use bag ban: Everything you should know as law takes effect
- NJ Cannabis Insider Awards 2022: Excellence in Education Winner Revealed
- New Jersey single-use bag ban: Everything you should know as law takes effect
- Stockton gets $500,000 grant for coastal zone management research
- Artifacts from Prviateer Vessel on Display at Maritime Museum
- Ocean Wind | Expands Partnership with Stockton
- Students Soak Up Science and Visit Campus at Sciencepallooza
- Stockton Partners with Meet AC
- What is the Greenest State in the Nation?
- NJ plastic bag ban: We did just fine wthout them before the '80s. A brief history.
- Ready or Not...the ban on singleuse plastic bags is less than two months away.
- With NJ legal week market to open soon, Stockton U. career fair connects cannabis job seekers with employers
- Interest in cannabis industry budding at Stockton
- N.J. Food Democracy urges food system action in new reports
- Stockton received $500K grant for coastal management research and education
- Secretary Fisher tours Stockton University's maple sugaring operation
- Undergrads Present Research at Science and Math Symposium
- 43 Kind-Friendly Things To Do This Weekend
- The Dark Side of Teeth Whiteners
- 2022's greenest states
- California Ranks Fifth Among Greenest States
- Things to do this weekend April 8-10
- Stockton gets $500,000 grant for coastal zone management research, education
- The Reional Roundup: May 2, 2022
- N.J.'s plastic bag ban starts in a month. Stores will start reminding you soon.
- Resist urge to stocktpile before N.J. plastic bag ban starts. Here's how to prepare.
- New Jersey preparing for bag ban: What you should know before it takes effect
- Stockton offers taste of syrup season at Basto
- State agriculture secretary lauds Stockton's maple syrup work after tour
- Stockton gets $500K grant for coastal zone management research, education
- Stockton gets $500,000 grant for coastal zone management research, education
- Stockton Maple Project Expands
- Tomato Research Project Also Feed the Homeless
- Mapping History
- Gracie Buondonno - Choose Stockton
- Students Learn the Chemistry of Art
- Inaugural State of Food System Symposium to be held Friday
- GOOD News: Stockton University Repopulating Atlantic White Cedar Trees on Galloway Campus
- Studies continue at Hammonton Lake
- Stockton Receives Grant to Build Maple Syrup Industry in South Jersey
- Stockton University students use tomato research to feed dozens of Philadelphia people in need
- Stockton eyes summer 2022 tomato crop with sustainable farming research
- Student's research helps gardeners and feed homeless in Philadelphia
- Renewed Plan Will Protect Barnegat Bay
- Stockton Nets $500K Grant To Expand Maple Syrup Project
- Federal grants keeps South Jersey university's maple syrup prodction flowing
- Stockton gets second $500K maple syrup grant
- Maple Grant project at Stockton University awareded $500K in funding
- Stockton U receives another grant for maple syrup production
- Stockton University Starts New Agri-Indusry: Sugar Maple Harvest
- Stockton gets second $500,000 grant to expand maple syrup production project
- Stockton Virtual NJ State of Food System Symposium Dec. 3; Event is Free and Open to the Public
- Strategies to Elicit Engagement in Online Labs
- Cannabis job fair to help Stockton students, general public get into new industry
- Stockton Receives $500,000 Grant to Build Maple Syrup Industry in South Jersey
- Stockton conference focuses on cannabis jobs
- Stockton Institute for LIfelong Learning offers mini-courses
- Atlantic County: Gaba inducted into Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame
- LBT Shellabration brings bay farmers, bay fans together in Brant Beach
- N.J. cannabis career fair at Stockton U. to bring together industry as legal market prepares to open
- Sample issue: A guide to navigating N.J.'s cannabis industry
- New Angles for Success: Mentoring Underrepresented Youth
- Atlantic White Cedar is Taking Root for a Comeback at Stockton
- Coastal Resiliency Institute Proposed for Atlantic City
- Three Local High School Students Spent the Summer Getting Hands-on Research Experience at Stockton
- At the Jersey Shore, experts are fishing for answers: Where are the stranded sea creatures?
- Tuckerton Oyster Restoration Site Doubles in Size
- Shark Sightings: Why are we seeing more at the Jersey Shore?
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