District 38 Senator Robert Gordon (D) Assemblywoman Joan M. Voss (D) Assemblywoman Conchetta Wagner (D) Rutgers People in District 38   3,824   Alumni   1,222   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   1,047   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   62   Faculty/Staff   6,155   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 38

• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current and offering citizens opportunity for professional advancement (Little Ferry)
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Science-based information and outreach in such areas as master gardening and 4-H youth development (Fair Lawn, Paramus, Saddle Brook, Teterboro)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 38

• Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics: Intensive four-week program encouraging talented students to consider careers in the mathematical sciences (Fair Lawn)
• Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Paramus)
• Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Professional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Cliffside Park, Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Paramus, Teterboro)

Did You Know?

Rutgers’ Environmental Research Clinic (RERC) is engaged in four interdisciplinary studies in the Hackensack Meadowlands District. The first is a characterization of contaminants (historic and current) that are affecting the freshwater Kearny Marsh system, which has been designated by the NJ Audubon Society as one of the best freshwater bird habitats in the state. The second study is to determine the benefits and drawbacks of establishing a regional utility to manage stormwater in an effort to alleviate flooding in the Hackensack Meadowlands. In the third study, RERC is engineering a treatment plan to recover usable “gray water” from landfill leachate generated by the Meadowlands landfills. This water will become the irrigation source for public golf courses planned for closed landfill sites. Rutgers plant biotechnology faculties are developing turfgrass species that can use this recovered water as an irrigation source. A fourth study will determine whether oyster larvae are currently present in the Hackensack River and if adult oysters can survive for up to a year in various locations of the river. The Rutgers Environmental Research Clinic is also working with the NY/NJ Baykeeper in Raritan Bay to support their oyster restoration efforts and is collaborating with the Bloustein School on the Sustainable Raritan Project. Furthermore, the RERC has just completed a study for the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (Manalapan) to help them dispose of their reed bed sludgematerial in the most cost effective manner.

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