The Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School, part of the Office of Continuing Professional Education, is a world-class learning center that has trained more than 5,000 successful greenskeepers in the art and science of golf course and turf management. School alumni represent all 50 states, 18 countries, and 6 continents as industry leaders working to […]
Associate Prof. Pamela McElwee Wins International Prize for Best Academic Book on Southeast Asia
Forests are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam, authored by Pamela McElwee, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, won the EuroSEAS Book Prize for the best academic book on Southeast Asia published in the social sciences. Based on more than 20 years of McElwee’s travel and research in Vietnam, McElwee’s book […]
The Puppy Maestro
Alumna Peggy Gibbon is the director of canine development at The Seeing Eye, the well-regarded guide-dog school where she has worked for 30 years and has “the best job in the world.” Peggy Gibbon is used to hearing that she has the best job in the world. “A lot of people are dog lovers, so […]
Rutgers Alum Gene McAvoy (CC ’74, GSNB ’81) Elected VP of National Association of County Agricultural Agents
At the 102nd Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) held in July in Salt Lake City, Utah, Rutgers alum Gene McAvoy was elected as NACAA vice president. NACAA is the professional organization geared toward Extension educators and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and […]
Rutgers and International Business Innovation Association to Launch Food Incubation Network
The International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) are launching the Food Business Incubation Network (FoodBIN) at an inaugural conference at Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, on September 13-14. “FoodBIN is a global network of food business incubators, accelerators, and shared-use kitchens that will serve as […]
SEBS Green Team Interns Help Develop Sustainable Solutions for Waste Management
Five Rutgers students participated in the Green Teams summer internship program of the PSEG Institute of Sustainability Studies at Montclair State University. Among the five Rutgers students were two SEBS undergraduates, Denia Cai Shi, Department of Plant Biology, and Dustin Wang, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. The ten-week interdisciplinary paid internship program hired […]
National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Announces Rutgers Grad Student David Sanders as 2017 Scholarship Recipient
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation announced that David Sanders has been named a recipient of the NSCA’s Challenge Scholarship for 2017. Sanders was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This program awards $1,500 to NSCA members seeking either an undergraduate or graduate degree in […]
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
Marine and Coastal Sciences professor Benjamin Horton and colleagues have found the key to thousands of years of Indian Ocean tsunami activity in a cave in Indonesia. After the devastating 2004 tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean, researchers—including Horton—asked themselves if a tsunami of this magnitude had ever happened before and, more important, would it […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Offers Tips on Hay Safety and Preventing Barn Fires
Barns and other structures used for storing hay are especially at risk of fire, and the toll financially and in the loss of human and animal life can be devastating. Summer is one of the most common times of year for such fires to occur. Winter fires can also result from heating lamps, rodents chewing […]
New Jersey 4-H Teens Learn about Government at Annual Citizenship Washington Focus Conference
The nation’s capital served as the fitting backdrop for New Jersey youths to learn about government as part of the 4-H civic engagement program, Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, from July 9-15. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 19 youth and two adult chaperones […]
