Rutgers Gardens was presented with a Horticultural Landmark Award by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) on April 4 at the Log Cabin on the grounds of the Gardens. The ASHS president John Dole and ASHS Executive Director Michael Neff presented a brass commemorative plaque to dean Bob Goodman, chairman of the Rutgers Gardens […]
In Memoriam: David A. Meirs
David A. Meirs, alumnus and former chair of the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement, passed away on March 27, 2017. He was 87. Services were held on April 1 at the Crosswicks Meeting House, Chesterfield, N.J. A Rutgers alumnus, Meirs was heavily involved in the growth and development of Rutgers’ equine science program and […]
Using GIS Mapping and Spatial Thinking to Promote Health in the Urban Landscape
With funding from the New Jersey Healthy Community Network, the 3rd Annual Geohealth Workshop, led by David Tulloch, associate director for program development and GIS applications program leader at the Rutgers Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA), is scheduled to get underway at Rutgers this summer. The annual workshop, which […]
Water Resources Program Wins Three Awards at the New Jersey ASLA 2017 Conference
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program was honored with three Merit Awards from the New Jersey American Society of Landscape Architects this spring. Award-winning projects included the Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey, the Woodbridge Township Floodplain Restoration Plan, and the McKeown Elementary School Rain Garden Partnership Project. The Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for […]
Menus of Change Coming to Rutgers Dining Halls
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Rutgers Today. Starting with its take-out options, Rutgers will be making menu changes in its dining hall, modeled after the “Menus of Change” initiative that calls for making vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans the center of the plate, serving less red meat, offering a greater variety of […]
New NIFA Study Shows Funding to Land-Grants is a Valued Investment to States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a new report that measured the effectiveness of NIFA’s investments to our nation’s land-grant universities — investments that benefit the American public through agriculture and food research, extension, and education projects. A key component of this federal funding has been Capacity […]
Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Announces $1,000,000 Gift to Establish an Agribusiness Scholars Program
Dean Robert M. Goodman announced the establishment of a $1 million endowment from The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, to support the development of a new agribusiness scholars program at the School. Named The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars Program, the gift will enable the school to […]
Landscape Architecture Students Enhance the Millstone Valley National Scenic Byway
Rutgers Landscape Architecture juniors are focused on re-envisioning two causeways – Griggstown & Blackwells Mills. Each of the causeways is approximately two-tenths of a mile in length. They connect River Road on the west side of the Millstone River and with Canal Road east of the D&R Canal. These two causeways are part of the […]
RU COOL Gains New Jersey Senate Recognition
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS’18). The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, also known as RU COOL, was commended in Senate Resolution SCR-144 by the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee on March 13 for its contributions to ocean research, data collection, technology and forecasting. In part, SCR-144 recognized RU COOL’s “leadership role in […]
SEBS Students Transforming Blighted Housing into Valued Community Environmental Amenities
By Pat Rector, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor, and Tobiah Horton, Specialist in Landscape Architecture Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, February 2017 Assistant professor Tobiah Horton is providing Rutgers landscape architecture students in his Design/Build studio a unique opportunity in the Spring 2017 semester. The class is “Transforming Blighted […]
