The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health hosted seasoned NJTV reporter, Michael Hill, on April 17 for an event called Speaking to the Press. Hill spoke to four Rutgers student groups—IFNH Student Ambassadors, the Healthy Dining Team, Nutrition Advocates, and graduate students—taking a class in communication. Hill opened up the conversation by asking […]
Senior Snapshots
Final exams, balancing work and play, and living away from home for the first time are just a few of the challenges common to college life. However, the students on these pages represent some of the strongest of our graduates: the ones who faced additional hurdles—from paying for college on their own to navigating life […]
A Celebration of Excellence 2017
On April 25, faculty, staff, and students attended the 24th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
The Evolution of Ag Field Day to Rutgers Day
Rutgers President McCormick was inspired by the festive nature of Maryland Day when he founded Rutgers Day in 2009. But, he built it around a pre-existing annual tradition that has been celebrated on George H. Cook Campus for about a century: Ag Field Day. The history of Ag Field day began as a showcase of […]
Chrysler Herbarium’s Megan King Named Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year at Rutgers
Megan King (SEBS’17), collections manager at the Chrysler Herbarium, was named Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year at Rutgers and Student Employee of the State of New Jersey! Every year, the National Student Employment Association declares the second full week in April to be National Student Employment Week, which recognizes the contributions college student employees make […]
IFNH Partners with Mason Gross to Get Middle School Students Moving with Black Grace Dance Troupe
Dance can improve health through increased physical activity. This may seem like a simple concept, but it is not always obvious. That connection was driven home this month when Rutgers brought a contemporary dance company, Black Grace, to the Greater New Brunswick Charter School. Through a joint program of the Center for Childhood Nutrition Education […]
Dr. Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award Given to the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
The Water Resources Association (WRA) of The Delaware River Basin bestowed the Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award on the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) at its 35th Annual Recognition Program on April 19, 2017. The HSRL received the award for its world-class research, transfer of knowledge to fishermen, aquaculturists, and state agencies, and […]
Growing Up! RCE of Ocean County Implements Vertical Gardens Program
By Steve Yergeau, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent III/Assistant Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, February, 2017. “Jack jumped up and dressed himself and went to the window. And what do you think he saw? Why, the beans he had thrown out of the window into the garden had sprung up into a big beanstalk […]
Rutgers Was All the “RAGE” on the 2017 Flower Show Circuit
Rutgers University, represented by a loose collection of horticulturists, alumni and students affiliated with Rutgers—all flower enthusiasts—bearing the name Rutgers Alumni Growers and Exhibitors (RAGE), had tremendous success on the flower show and sale circuit this year. Of the three shows in which RAGE competed this season—North Jersey Orchid Society Show, Philadelphia Flower Show and […]
Grape Expectations Wine Symposium Brings Together Both Professional and Amateur Oenophiles and Growers
The 33rd annual Grape Expectations Symposium was held on March 4, 2017 at the Forsgate Country Club in Jamesburg, NJ where it’s been held for 20 years. The Symposium addresses the challenges of growing grapes in the Mid-Atlantic region and is a daylong series of lectures in viticulture (grape growing), enology (wine making) and marketing. […]
