"Growing Lives One Seed at a Time" is a unique gardening initiative involving the partnership of Rotary International and Rutgers University in the five counties throughout Central Jersey. The partnership is focusing on providing opportunities …
Archives for 2012
Rutgers Partners in Hard Core Financial Education Boot Camp
Launches new website designed to promote financial literacy
New Brunswick Community Farmer’s Market Open Every Thurs. & Sat. Into October
For the past four years, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Rutgers University have teamed up to provide the New Brunswick community with a local farmer’s market located at Jones Avenue and Georges Road. The New Brunswick Community Farmer’s Market, a …
Stormwater Management Program held in Camden
Amy Boyajian, Hae-An Chyun (Water Resources Program), Maggie McCann (RCE of Camden County), staff from The Nature Conservancy, and the LEAF interns from The Nature Conservancy participated in the “Stormwater Management in the City of Camden” educational program that included the installation of a rain garden in the front of Woodrow Wilson High School, Camden, […]
Thai Alumnus Prasert Chitapong Wins Dennis Fenton Alumni Award
Mark Robson (Entomology; dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs) traveled to Thailand to present the 2012 Dennis Fenton Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement to Dr. Prasert Chitapong on behalf of the Cook Alumni Association and Executive Dean of the school Robert M. Goodman. Chitapong has had a very distinguished career since graduating from Rutgers, returning […]
Eric Powell Honored for Service to the Fishing Industry
Eric Powell, who served as the director of the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) from 1995 through 2010, was honored at a special luncheon sponsored by the fishing industry at the Lobster House in Cape May, NJ, on August 14. Powell recently accepted the position of Director of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of […]
Annual Tomato Tasting at Snyder Farm
On August 29, the 2012 Great Tomato Tasting at the Clifford E. and Melda C. Snyder Research and Extension Farm drew an estimated crowd of 1,400 to sample more than 100 varieties of tomatoes along with basil, peaches, apples, melons, honey and more. New to this year’s event was a chef demonstration and tasting by […]
Staff Spotlights
In this issue, we spotlight Clint Burgher, Roseanne Vaccaro, and Danelle Miley! Clint is a Research Farm Manager in the Animal Care department and is located in Bartlett Hall. Roseanne is a Business Assistant II in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (DAFRE) and is located in the Cook Office Building. Danelle works […]
Williams Presents Lecture at Hambletonian Continuing Education Seminar Veterinary Conference
Carey Williams (Animal Sciences) presented a lecture titled “Antioxidant Research and its Applications for Use in Exercising Horses” at the Hambletonian Continuing Education Seminar Veterinary Conference at the Sheraton Meadowlands Conference Center on August 3. Equine Science Center staff members Tiffany Cody and Anne Molnar presented a vendor table with information throughout the conference. Center […]
Landscape Architecture Students Produce Designs for Reclaimed South Jersey Landfill
The 37 acre landfill on Centennial Boulevard in Voorhees Township, NJ, is the focus of joint efforts among the township, the Voorhees Environmental and Cultural Education Foundation (VECEF) and the Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability (CUES) to turn the former South Jersey landfill into an environmental park. The task of coming up with conceptual […]
