Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family & Community Health Sciences
Archives for May 2021
Bridgewater Resident Named Fellow of Ecological Society
Steven Handel – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
2021 cicadas: When are the Brood X cicadas coming to N.J.? Latest predictions.
George Hamilton; Anne Nielsen – Department of Entomology
Senior Story: Nadia Fedoryka (SEBS’21) Finds her Path to Education, Close-knit Communities at Rutgers
When Nadia Fedoryka came to Rutgers four years ago, she wasn’t sure the direction she should take but knew she had time to figure it out. She loved science but wanted to know what makes individuals tick. Understanding the economy, she thought, would help her in life and whatever career she chose. So Fedoryka decided […]
Senior Story: For Food Science Major Parker Herrera (SEBS’21), It’s All Connected
Not knowing exactly what your career path will be can be stressful for college students. But for food science major Parker Herrera, it’s an opportunity to do what he enjoys: experiment. He loved his part-time job at The Spice & Tea Exchange in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where he helped create and sell custom spice blends and […]
Comprehensive Atlas of Reef-Building Coral’s Cells Created
Debashish Bhattacharya – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Join the Feed a Family 5K and Help Feed New Jersey Families
This June, Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Department will host its first annual virtual Feed a Family 5K and Wellness Walk. FCHS is partnering with Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) to raise funds that will stock NJ food pantries with nutritious foods and help families learn easy, tasty ways to use that […]
9 Ways to Grow the Biggest, Reddest, Juiciest Tomatoes Ever
Rick VanVranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
LA Graduate Student’s Art Installation Connects and Documents Ecological Change in Abbot Farm Marshlands
In March 2021, Zoe Orlino, a graduate student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, installed a series of bricolage art pieces at the Abbott Farm Marshlands in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. As the culmination of her thesis research on design, making and representation, these handcrafted pieces reveal the hidden story embedded in the […]
Return to SEBS: Online Learning Leads to New Alumni!
A SEBS Academic Programs Initiative welcomes back former SEBS and Cook College students to complete their degree When Rutgers University pivoted to fully online courses for the fall semester of 2020, SEBS Academic Programs staff realized that this might be the perfect opportunity for former students who were missing a few courses to graduate. Too […]