The Lester Collins Auditorium, dedicated in 1957 following the death of the noted New Jersey fruit grower and former president of the Rutgers Board of Managers, can be found in Blake Hall on the George H. Cook Campus of Rutgers University. Originally known as the Horticulture Building, it was named Blake Hall in 1958 after […]
Archives for April 2013
Rutgers 4-H Teams up to Offer Engineering and Science Workshops for Afterschool Staffers
Do you conduct science and engineering programs in your afterschool programs? Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development, the New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition (NJSACC) and the Network for New Jersey’s Afterschool Communities have partnered to offer a Design It! and Explore It! workshop series for afterschool program staff. Design It! and Explore It! are engaging, […]
Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health Building Construction Contract Approved
Construction of the new home for the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health will begin this year, following approval of the construction contract by the Rutgers Board of Governors. Read more about the building project.
Rutgers-designed Environmental Park in Voorhees Hosts Earth Day Kite Flying Event
Kite-flying competition to headline event at the former South Jersey landfill transformed by an award-winning design from Rutgers landscape architecture graduate students EDITOR’S NOTE: Members of the media may contact Beth Ravit, Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability, by phone at 201-774-1614 (cell) or by email at ravit@envsci.rutgers.edu or Wolfram Hoefer, Rutgers professor of landscape […]
Shore towns must prepare for even higher seas
Chip McLenna has noticed gradual changes over the years in Margate, with the bay seeming to be higher and tidal flooding occurring more often. So when Hurricane Sandy sent several feet of water into his home, McLenna, 45, knew rebuilding would mean goi…
Canada’s cod, and many other depleted fish, unlikely to recover
Canada’s once bountiful cod stocks are not likely to bounce back, according to an international study on the dangers of overfishing. "Here we are more than 20 years after the cod was effectively depleted, and according to our analysis, the recovery…
Study shows depleted fish stocks can come back from the brink
Nature is a lot more resilient than we sometimes think. A study by Rutgers marine scientists published recently in Science shows that species of fish that have been overfished for decades can often be brought back more easily than expected once fisheri…
Rutgers Documentary Garners Garden State Film Festival Award
Thailand Untapped: The Global Reach of Engineers Without Borders, a documentary featuring the experiences of three Rutgers engineering students who traveled to Thailand in 2010 with the hope of fixing a rural village’s failing water system, has won the 2013 Home Grown Documentary Short award from the Garden State Film Festival. The 37-minute film features […]
RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education
Small Steps to Health and Wealth™, a national Cooperative Extension program developed by Rutgers educators to motivate Americans to take action to improve both their health and personal finances, has been recognized as the Adult Education Program of the Year for Money Management by the Institute for Financial Literacy. The SSHW program, created by Barbara […]
Seaside Heights gets help from Rutgers
Months after the floodwaters subsided, Mayor Bill Akers still is treading water in a sea of questions he can’t answer. Scientists with the Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences hope their expert advice can help Akers and the borou…