Ilya Raskin, distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, and his lab study the health benefits of crops and medicinal plants around the world, including the tropical plant, Moringa oleifera, also known as the horseradish tree, which is showing promise in helping revitalize aging skin. Raskin and his team are researching healthful […]
Alumni Notes and Musings – Fall 2015
[Editor’s note: These updates appeared in the Fall 2015 issue of Explorations, the magazine for alumni, donors, and friends.] Bill Suter AG’43 has traveled much of the globe and enjoys gardening, birding, and volunteering at a local library. As to his gardening, tomatoes and strawberries top the list, according to class correspondent J. Domer Zerbe […]
Kenneth Possenriede CC’82 – Opening Doors
Donors who support scholarships for higher education consistently designate their gifts for second-year students and above, subscribing to the theory that these students have demonstrated an academic track record that makes them deserving of scholarship support. In the case of Ken Possenriede (CC’82) and his wife Jennifer (DC’83), however, their longtime and generous scholarship assistance […]
Alumni Notes and Musings – Spring 2015
[Editor’s Note: These updates appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Explorations, the magazine for alumni, donors, and friends.] Rick Snethen AG’43 was profiled recently in the Buffalo News series, “Saluting Our War Heroes.” The newspaper profiled Rick’s role as commanding officer in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps., as his unit successfully provided security for […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Historic Rutgers Tomato Gets Re-invented in University’s 250th Anniversary Year
Of the hundreds of varieties of tomatoes grown by home gardeners or commercial growers, there are a few standards that have become household names. One of those is the ‘Rutgers’ tomato – a leading home garden and processing variety of the early/mid-20th century. While the Rutgers tomato is no longer commercially grown for canned tomato […]
Saba Tabasoom (SEBS ’16): Gaining Strength and Support on Her Rutgers Journey
By Samuel Ludescher (SAS ’18) Graduating with a degree from Rutgers is an invitation into lofty intellectual circles. It is also evidence that the recipient of a diploma has braved the course load of his or her respective major. Saba Tabasoom, however, has braved much more over her ten-year college career. She graduated in January […]
Alex Thesing (SEBS’16): Pursuing His Passion for Theme Parks
Meet Alex Thesing (SEBS’16), a double major in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and Design. He has been identified by Rutgers Division of Student Affairs as one of the university’s 250 most involved and accomplished students, and is featured in the commemorative series, “250 for 250,” on the division’s I Am Rutgers website. “For as long […]
Rutgers Forestry and Wildlife Management Graduate Selected to Lead National Park in Alaska Region
Rutgers graduate Ben Bobowski (CC ’91), who earned a bachelor’s degree in forestry and wildlife management, has been selected as the new superintendent of the Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve, part of the National Park Service (NPS), in south central Alaska. Bobowski, who will soon begin his tenure in Alaska, is currently the […]
Prof. Pal Maliga Honored for Excellence in Plant Biology Research by National Society
Pal Maliga, distinguished professor in the Waksman Institute of Microbiology and professor of plant biology in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, has won the Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research from the American Society of Plant Biologists. Maliga received a master’s degree in genetics and microbiology from the Eotvos Lorand […]
Marine Ecologist Malin Pinsky Pens Op-Ed to Mark Earth Day
To mark Earth Day on April 22, Malin Pinsky, marine ecologist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and an affiliate of the Rutgers Climate Institute, penned an op-ed for Dow Jones & Company website, MarketWatch. He writes, “If we continue on our current path of carbon emissions, we can expect ocean warming […]
