Announcement by Josh Kohut, SEBS Dean of Research and NJAES Director of Research Dear SEBS/NJAES community, I am very excited to announce that Janice McDonnell will serve as the SEBS/NJAES Associate Dean of Research Impact, effective July 1, 2025. The Associate Dean of Research Impact is a new position in the SEBS Office of Research […]
Announcement: David Hlubik is the New RCE Agent in Burlington County
Announcement by Nicholas Polanin, chair of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, NJAES Please join me in welcoming David Hlubik to the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE). David’s new role is effective July 1. He is affiliated with the Burlington County office of RCE in Westampton, NJ, and joins […]
Carey Williams Honored with Outstanding Educator Award by National Society
Carey Williams, equine extension specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director for extension at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, has been honored with the “Outstanding Educator Award” by the Equine Science Society. Presented on June 6 at the conclusion of the society’s three-day biennial symposium in Fort Collins, CO, the award recognizes […]
Announcement: Hassan Mahmood Warriach Joins Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Warren County
Announcement from Nicholas Polanin, chair of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, RCE Please join me in welcoming Hassan Mahmood Warriach to our Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) at Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE). He starts on July 1 in RCE’s Warren County office in Belvidere, NJ, joining the team to support commercial […]
OCPE’s Rosemary Mahony Goes the Extra Mile for Recovery Support Groups
Rosemary Mahony, department administrator at the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) was honored by the Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) at Rutgers University. Mahony was presented with ADAP’s Lisa Laitman Recovery Champion Award in May at Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center. Bestowed each year on those who have gone above and […]
Announcement: Matthew Newman is the New Chair of the Department of 4-H Youth Development
Announcement by Laura Lawson, SEBS executive dean and NJAES executive director I am happy to share the news that Matthew Newman, 4-H agent in Monmouth County since 2016, and County Extension Department Head in the county office since 2019, will serve as chair of the Department of 4-H Youth Development, starting July 1, 2025. Matthew […]
Jeff Grob CC’85: Destined to be a Landscape Architect
Jeff Grob graduated with a degree in landscape architecture from then Rutgers Cook College in 1985. Today, he’s a senior associate at Stantec, an international company that provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and more for infrastructure and facilities projects. After more than 40 years of experience as a […]
Announcement: Hanh La Joins RCE as New Senior Program Administrator – Impact Assessment and Management
Announcement from Kathleen Howell, director of administration, Rutgers Cooperative Extension I am pleased to share that Hanh La will be joining Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a new Senior Program Administrator – Impact Assessment and Management, effective July 1. In this role, Hanh will provide statewide leadership and support to strengthen Cooperative Extension programming […]
Researchers Find Climate Change Threatens Global Food Supply
Climate change is putting the global food system at risk, even as farmers try to adapt, according to a study conducted by a Rutgers-New Brunswick professor and other researchers in a national collaboration. Publishing their findings in Nature, the researchers found that every 1-degree Celsius increase in global mean surface temperature (about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) could reduce […]
Rutgers Turfgrass Program Successfully Takes Tyler Robb Out of the Weeds and Onto the Green
As a high school student, Robb didn’t even know turf management was a career option. Now the Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School alumnus is living the dream and spreading the word. “I’m not a golfer,” confesses Robb, lead assistant superintendent at Grove XXIII, a private golf course owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan. “But […]
