Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2014 received their awards at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference at the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick on October 20. […]
Archives for November 2014
Rutgers Students Pioneer Role as On-Campus Nutrition Ambassadors
Once college students are immersed in a university dining environment with what seems like endless food options, they may not come up with the best selections. The Rutgers Healthy Dining Team are student ambassadors for the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) that encourage healthy eating in their peers. Read more from the Robert […]
What The Arctic Outbreak And Last Year’s ‘Polar Vortex’ Have In Common
The Arctic Outbreak, an unseasonable bout of frigid air that’s sweeping across the U.S. this week, is not the same as last winter’s so-called “Polar Vortex” event…A growing body of research led by Jennifer Francis, a research professor at Rutgers University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, suggests Arctic warming causes less drastic changes in temperatures between northern and southern climates, leading to weakened west-to-east winds, and ultimately, a wavier jet stream like the one that caused last year’s Polar Vortex event.
Rutgers scientists aren’t NJ’s only experts on cranberries: Meet the young “Cranbassadors”
What happens when you have an engaged scientist and an agriculturally-minded teacher and you put them together in a parent-teacher conference? The Cranbassadors program is the brainchild of NJAES Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology Peter Oudemans and Mullica Township teacher Barbara Rheault who wanted to connect students to the local agriculture of the Pinelands. Student […]
Salem County Agent Dave Lee Receives Two 2014 Rutgers Cooperative Extension Awards
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2014 received their awards at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference at the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick on October […]
Rutgers: Adding casino gambling to race tracks would benefit all of New Jersey
The Rutgers Equine Science Center released “2014 State of the New Jersey Horse Racing Industry”, a follow-up to the 2009 white paper which reported the impact of slot machines and video lottery terminals on the horse racing and breeding industry, agriculture, and open space. The authors of the current report, Dr. Karyn Malinowski, Director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Dr. Paul Gottlieb, Chair of the Rutgers Department of Agricultural, Food, Resource Economics, utilized indicators of horse racing industry health in comparison to two neighboring states where alternative gaming revenue supports horse racing. These indicators included: purse monies awarded, number of race days, races restricted to state-bred horses only, mares bred, and foals registered.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Awards Outstanding Student for 2014
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2014 received their awards at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference at the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick on October 20. […]
Rutgers Environmental Science Students Volunteer at Local “Freecycle” Event
Freecycling is a grassroots effort by people who are giving and getting used items for free and keeping usable stuff out of local landfills. The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (Friends EBEC), a nonprofit citizens group dedicated to local environmental education and conservation, has sponsored several Freecycling events for the past few years, […]
Lily Young Appointed Provost of Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Announcement from Richard L. Edwards, Chancellor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick To the Rutgers-New Brunswick Community: I am delighted to announce that I have appointed Dr. Lily Young, professor of environmental microbiology and dean of international programs at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), as Provost of Rutgers University–New Brunswick, effective October 1, 2014. As […]
Rutgers and Local Foundation Team Up to Bring FCHS Educator to Salem County
Rutgers’ Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) and the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation announced the establishment of a Health Educator position for Salem County, which has been without a FCHS health educator for over 20 years. FCHS, a unit of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), sought to establish this position in Salem County, […]