Economic Impact

Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study that found as temperatures warm, predator-prey interactions will prevent species from keeping up with the conditions where they could thrive.

According to groundbreaking research from Rutgers University–Camden, South Jersey families receiving assistance from the Whole Families Approach, a program that pools social-service providers together in an effort to offer improved support, have experienced better outcomes than non-participants.

Rutgers University and Tel Aviv University (TAU) signed a memorandum of understanding that will further the collaboration between the two research universities and establish a presence by TAU at The Hub, a 550,000-square-foot, $665 million project in New Brunswick, NJ.

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, have proven that businesses both big and small have the ability to survive and thrive.

Rutgers ranks among the biggest contributors to a historic crowdsourced computing effort to search for COVID-19 treatments.

Universities play an important role in inspiring diversity among new generations of entrepreneurs and innovators to improve the innovation ecosystem. Providing underrepresented researchers with access to opportunities and networks can bring the needed change to better reflect the diversity of our nation and to tip the scale toward equity and inclusion in innovation.