George Eager (business specialist, Animal Sciences) retired on July 6 and was feted at a Log Cabin barbeque attended by department faculty, staff, and students as well as colleagues from Martin Hall. Department Chair Carol Bagnell and former chairs Larry Katz and Dipak Sarkar thanked Eager for his efforts in turning the administrative affairs of […]
Archives for 2012
In Memoriam: C. Reed Funk (1928-2012)
C. Reed Funk (1928-2012) George Hammell Cook Emeritus Professor It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. C. Reed Funk. Reed passed away the morning of Thursday, October 4 after a brief battle with pneumonia. He was 84 years old. Funk joined the faculty at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station […]
Equine Science Center Hosts Youth Groups
The Rutgers Equine Science Center (ESC) hosted an Open House on July 11 for more than 100 youth participating in the 4-H Urban Youth Science Day. About 30 teens from the Public Health Research Institute Center – International Center for Public Health at UMDNJ were also in attendance for an engaging morning of equine science. […]
Mild weather will continue through October
The warm temperatures that kept September’s temperatures above normal for a second year in a row will continue into October, keeping cold fronts currently moving out of the Rocky Mountains from chilling down the East Coast. According to the office of t…
Gene-Modified Cow Makes Milk Rich in Protein, Study Finds
Scientists have altered the genes of a dairy cow to produce milk that’s rich in a protein used in numerous food products and lacking in a component that causes allergies in humans…The study can be seen as a proof-of-concept that tinkering with nutrit…
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Jersey Apples in 2012 – Luck was a Lady
Atlantic City isn’t the only place for gambling in New Jersey. Gambling takes place each season in our rural settings, on our farm fields and orchards. With unpredictable weather and fluctuating markets – every season is a toss of the dice, but in 2012 in New Jersey apple orchards – luck was a lady. Read […]
Suzanne’s Project: Rutgers Partnership Helping Women Farmers in Turkey
Suzanne’s Project is a partnership between Rutgers, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and Akdeniz University in Turkey to empower Turkish women farmers through specialized training in enterprise skills and production methods.
Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award Re-Imagining America’s National Parks
A team of graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers earned top honors in a national student design competition sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and the U.S. National Park Service. “The objective was to create a ‘Park for the People’ that promotes reverence for place and advances social, economic […]
Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award
Students earn top honors in competition to re-imagine America’s national parks
N.J.’s most-hated insects: scary stink bugs, deadly bees, misunderstood mosquitoes
Insects can be scary, like stink bugs, even deadly, like mosquitoes. There have been 33 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in New Jersey residents this year, and one elderly Burlington County man died this month. But mosquitoes aren’…
