CONTRIBUTION OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY TO THE NEW JERSEY ECONOMY
Great Things to Know About Rutgers
Here are some great things to know about Rutgers: Rutgers was founded in 1766, a decade before the American Revolution. Rutgers Health will unify the clinical units of Rutgers, enabling the university to leverage the best talents of our health care professionals. Nearly a third of Rutgers first-year students are the first in their families […]
Student-Designed IFNH Garden Will Serve as Eye-Catching Living Lab
By assistant professor Holly Nelson, associate professor Jean Marie Hartman, and assistant research professor Christina Kaunzinger – Department of Landscape Architecture. Twenty-five Landscape Architecture Planting Design students designed a garden that creates a transition between the meadow and the entrance stairway on Dudley Road at the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH). The new […]
A Plaque Marks the Trail: Faculty, Staff and Students Attend Arbor Trail Dedication
One student’s vision of renovating a section of a historic property to evolve into an outdoor classroom and public space with student and faculty stewardship, has come to fruition. Eliot Nagele (SEBS 2015) undertook an independent study and completed a G. H. Cook Honors thesis on the restoration and prolonged maintenance of the Arbor Trail, […]
Speaking to the Press: a Lesson from NJTV Reporter Michael Hill
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 […]
