On April 8, RU AFS hosted a virtual workshop with RU Alum Joe Caracappa (now at NOAA NEFSC) to discuss good coding practices in R, and common packages/tools to tackling fisheries-focused datasets. [Screenshots coming]
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MAC AFS in Wilmington, DE
MAC AFS in Wilmington, DE was a success! Members Sam Alaimo, Hails Tanaka, and RU COOL member Jackie Veatch attended this year. Jackie won Best Student Oral Presentation and Hails won Best Student Poster Presentation. Check out the meeting schedule here:
RU AFS attends MAC AFS!
A majority of the subunit was able to attend the Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting of AFS! Many students presented oral presentations or posters, among which were: Elizabeth Bouchard (talk); Heidi Yeh (talk); Lauren Cook (talk; awarded best student oral presentation); our advisor, Daphne Munroe (talk); Alex […]
Fish Trivia + Prizes, Pizza and Presentation Nights!
We had a great time kicking off our semester this year with Oceanography Club, answering fishy trivia and awarding prizes (tumblers, canvas bags, and stickers) to everyone! Later in the semester, we practiced our MAC-AFS talks over pizza and got feedback from our peers before […]
Rutgers Day is BACK!
After Rutgers Day was cancelled two years in a row due to the global pandemic, RU AFS was able to participate in a Rutgers Day this past April! Kiernan Bates, president during this semester, made an incredible hand-drawn table banner for our spot in front […]
RU AFS hosts Science and Social Media Workshop
In March 2022, RU AFS hosted a Science and Social Media Workshop led by Rutgers’ very own Julia Van Etten, a PhD candidate in Ecology & Evolution and the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology. She is behind the popular (>32,000 followers) Instagram account @couch_microscopy, which […]
Introduction to GIS and CV Writing Workshop
While undergraduate and graduate students from Rutgers and Stockton Universities were preparing for their finals at the end of the fall semester, students from each NJ AFS Student Subunit came together for a joint Introduction to GIS and CV Writing Workshop weekend medley. First, students […]
Fish Printing at Rutgers Day
On Saturday April 27th, 2019 nearly 94,000 people attended Rutgers Day where the Rutgers Student Subunit offered a fish printing activity for guests of all ages. Fish printing, more formally known as Gyotaku, originated in Japan where fishermen would make prints of fish in order […]
Joint Meeting at Stockton AC Campus
Subunit members attended a Joint Meeting of the Stockton, MATES, and Rutgers Subunits last Sunday, April 14th at the new Stockton Atlantic City campus. Jeff Brust, a Fisheries Research Scientist for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, and Captain Jason Snellbaker of […]
Sunday Funday R Workshop
On December 9th, 33 attendees (18 undergraduate students and 15 graduate students) from 4 universities (Rutgers, Rider, Stockton, and Monmouth) attended the ‘Introduction to R course’ taught by Joe Caracappa at Rutgers University. This 5-hour course was aimed to introduce students to a new programming […]