Author: Rutgers Subunit AFS

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) took place in Atlantic City, NJ this past August (19th – 23rd). It isn’t often a meeting with international reach visits your home turf and the Rutgers Student Subunit of AFS took this opportunity to […]

During the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, the Subunit hosted a Burger Night fundraiser at Tun Tavern Restaurant and Brewery in Atlantic City, NJ. Half of all burger sales were donated to the Subunit and participants also received $1 off handcrafted beers. Thanks […]

The Subunits at Rutgers University, Stockton University, and The Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES) convened this past April to discuss student opportunities at the AFS Annual Meeting being held in Atlantic City in August and to encourage interaction and future collaboration between the Subunits. […]

At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter held in Dover, Delaware, Rutgers Subunit Vice President, Sarah Borsetti, and Subunit member, Mike Acquafredda, won awards for the best student poster and oral presentations, respectively. Great job Sarah and Mike!