Sarah Lindley Smith – Department of Human Ecology
Archives for December 2020
Rutgers Cooperative Extension to Present Healthy Eating Program Jan. 14
Chris Zellers – Family and Community Health Sciences
COVID-19 had big impact on commercial fishing in Northeast
Sarah Lindley Smith – Department of Human Ecology
Oyster buyback program revitalizes growers, rebuilds reefs
Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
COVID-19 Pandemic had Big Impact on Commercial Fishing in Northeast
Rutgers study shows resilience among fishermen facing market disruptions With restaurants and supply chains disrupted due to the global coronavirus pandemic, two-fifths of commercial fishermen surveyed from Maine through North Carolina did not go fishing earlier this year, according to a Rutgers study that also documented their resilience and adaptation. Of those who kept fishing, […]
Ag Scholar Nick Brennan (SEBS ‘21): Graduating with More than the Basics of Business
For Environmental and Business Economics major Nick Brennan, Fall 2020 is the last semester for this graduating senior. With a January graduation date, Brennan surmises that instead of his long-anticipated final walk out of his very last exam in December, it will instead be replaced by “the last Zoom call I leave, or the last tab I close.” Despite the different scenario that COVID-19 has imposed on many of the milestones in our lives, Brennan considers himself […]
MGC Speaker’s Program Via Zoom: ‘Plants for Winter Interest’
Bruce Crawford – New Jersey State Horticulturalist
Is Philadelphia going to have a White Christmas this year? The larger question is: Why do we care?
Steve Decker – Department of Environmental Sciences
Changlu Wang and Urban Entomology Lab Win 2020 Governor’s Excellence Award
Changlu Wang, extension specialist in entomology, and his Urban Entomology Lab, is a winner of the 2020 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in the Healthy and Sustainable Communities category, for their work in urban pest management. Wang and lab colleagues, who have collaborated with communities in more than 20 cities in New Jersey to conduct research, […]
Department of Environmental Sciences Wins Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences (DES) was named winner of the 2020 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award, in the Environmental Education (Educator Led) category, at a virtual ceremony held on Dec 14. This award category recognizes “an educator, student, group of students, or class that has planned and implemented a project or program with measurable, positive […]