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A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked the Atmospheric Science program at Rutgers 5^th in the nation in Faculty Scholarly Productivity. The Environmental Sciences program is ranked 6^th in the nation.

Have you ever thought that you would like to make a difference? Well here is your chance. Rutgers Cooperative Extension is seeking five (5) Environmental and Resource Management County Agents. Each Agent will provide leadership in developing educational programming and conducting research to address New Jersey's environmental problems with a particular focus on water resources protection, watershed and stormwater management, low impact development and water reuse. These are tenure track faculty positions and require three years of experience along with a bachelor's and master's degree from an accredited institution in environmental science, environmental planning, natural resource management, environmental engineering, or related field.

A copy of the formal position announcement may be found at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/jobs/ . This is a unique opportunity to join a winning team and help the residents of New Jersey solve their environmental problems.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, environmental scientist is the top job in science in terms of growth (25%, or 21,000 new jobs by 2016).

The Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to conduct innovative research involving the atmospheric processes that control the spatial and temporal distribution liquid water in non- and weakly precipitating low-level, liquid phase clouds. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of the representations of cloud microphysics in Regional Climate Models, as well as some knowledge of remote sensing. A Ph.D. in the Atmospheric Sciences or closely related field (physics or engineering) is required. Please send your C.V., a brief statement about your research interest, and the names of three references to m.miller@envsci.rutgers.edu.

Sustainability Engineering and Planning/Urban Buildings

Graduate Research Assistantships are available immediately to work on sustainability engineering and planning projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation at Rutgers University. Research projects combine field- and simulation-based studies to investigate the potential for achieving sustainable design in the provision and use of energy and water systems in urban buildings.

Gedi Mainelis will be presented with the 2008 Research Excellence Award. The 15th Annual Celebration of Excellence Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center. This is an important annual event where we honor students, faculty, staff, and alumni who help to strengthen our community.

Also, Ph.D. student Yevgen Nazarenko (working with Gedi) was awarded the Air Pollution Educational and Research Grant (APERG) Scholarship by the Air and Waste Management Association!

The Rutgers Noise Technical Assistance Center (RNTAC) receives continued funding for its unique mission: training enforcement officers, businesses, and citizens about noise measurement and law. "Nobody does what we do," says Eric Zwerling, RNTAC's director since 1991. This sole training center for noise enforcement, originally contracted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has improved the quality of countless lives.

Brian Thompson (NBC4) learns about ozone measurements from Bob Porcja at the DEP/Rutgers photochemical assessment monitoring site. Bob is part of Dr. Barbara Turpin's air pollution program. Monica Mazurek and Paul Lioy of the Rutgers Environmental Sciences graduate faculty are interviewed about the changing ground level ozone standard.

DES launches a newsletter. Environmental News can be downloaded here. Alumni and Friends are welcome to Sign up to join our mailing list for future issues of the newsletter.