From the roof of the Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in the Chicago suburbs, an 83-year-old retired doctor finds troubling evidence of why so many people are sneezing and itching their eyes…"I noticed something changing." says Leonard Bielory, an …
Archives for May 2013
Atlantic County produce auction house one of nation’s oldest
Felix Donato’s great-grandfather was a farmer who helped start the Landisville Produce Cooperative 100 years ago so growers in the region could match their crops with buyers. But Donato, 42, who manages it today, is not a farmer. He has an economics an…
Rutgers Hosts Ocean Days Event for School-age Kids
For three packed days in April, over 400 students from public, private, and informal science education programs across New Jersey came to the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick for “Rutgers Ocean Days,” an annual event celebrating the ocean as well as the scientific accomplishments of the students from grades 3-12. This year’s event was […]
Rutgers conference highlights climate change preparedness, adaptation
On May 22, a diverse group of public and private New Jersey leaders gathered at Rutgers University to engage in a dialogue about enhancing capacity in the Garden State to better plan for and adapt to a changing climate. Organized by the New Jersey Clim…
Insect bites: Cooking with cicadas, New Jersey’s newest crop
Much as foodies in New Jersey look forward to the first ramps of spring or the arrival of blueberries in midsummer, Thais enjoy predaceous diving beetles in June and a feast of mole crickets and water beetles in December. Come March, it’s open season o…
Alba Vineyard is Toast of NJ Wine Competition
Alba Vineyard of Milford is the big winner in this year’s New Jersey Wine Competition Awards, taking home six gold medals and earning the title Winery of the Year. In all, 140 medals were presented to 24 producers, representing the best of the Garden S…
George H. Cook Scholars Class of 2013
The George H. Cook Scholars Program is a senior honors thesis program. In this video, the 2013 scholars present their theses, speak about their experience, and share what they learned about themselves.
“Bare-bones” Equine Research at Rutgers
In 2012, the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences celebrated the addition of its most unique member of the equine research herd, an authentic articulated horse skeleton! Carey Williams and Sarah Ralston, professors in the Department of Animal Sciences, were instrumental in acquiring the equine skeleton, which was purchased […]
Rutgers Helps Grow Community Apple Orchard in New Brunswick
A new community apple orchard at the Shiloh Community Garden in New Brunswick, NJ, practically sprouted overnight in late April. A group of volunteers from Elijah’s Promise, New Brunswick Community Food Alliance and local residents as well as staff and faculty from various departments at Rutgers, planted an orchard of 40 apple trees in one […]
Seaside Heights business owner teams up with Rutgers on Sandy educational facility
After superstorm Sandy destroyed the boardwalk business she ran for 30 years, Patty Hershey is reopening with a bigger and better facility that will offer both some familiar fare and a unique interactive exhibit. Hershey renovated her Big Top Arcade to…