Editor’s Note: One of the most prestigious honors conferred on alumni of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is induction into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni (HDA). The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is proud of its 16 HDA honorees. This is one of a series of stories about them. A first-generation American, […]
Graduate Students Affiliated with Haskin Lab Score Scholarship “Trifecta”
Three Rutgers graduate students affiliated with the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Amanda Wenczel, Jason Morson and Jenny Paterno, have each been awarded a George Burlew Scholarship Grant from the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club to help support their marine science research. This grant was previously awarded to high school students and college students but […]
Rutgers Wraps Up Annual STEM Enrichment Program for Underserved Youth
The sixth annual Rutgers Summer Science Program, sponsored by Samsung, held its closing luncheon on July 11 at the Neilson Dining Hall on the George H. Cook Campus in New Brunswick, wrapping up a weeklong campus enrichment experience for over 60 high school students, grades 9 to 12, from across New Jersey. This year’s cohort was […]
How to Bank on the Old Raritan: Rutgers Co-Sponsors Sustainable Raritan River Conference Valuing Natural Capital
Healthy ecosystems are ecological life-support systems providing an array of goods and services vital to human health and livelihood. These natural assets are referred to as “ecosystem services”. According to the USDA, many of these goods and services are traditionally viewed as free benefits to society, or “public goods” such as wildlife habitat and diversity, […]
HomeStyles: Helping Parents Create Healthier, Safer Homes
Nutritional science professors Carol Byrd-Bredbenner and John Worobey and research assistant Jennifer Martin-Biggers created HomeStyles, an 18-month online program that offers quick, fun tips to educate parents of preschoolers on how to shape their homes and lifestyles. Read more at Rutgers Today.
Alumni Story: Nick Vorsa (Cook’76), Better Cranberries Through Science
Nicholi Vorsa (Cook’76, GSNB ’85) is director of the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension in Chatsworth, N.J. He and his team have developed new varieties of cranberries that have offered many improvements for commercial production. The story of his work in collecting cranberry germplasm and mapping its genome appeared […]
In Memory of Danny: Nutritional Sciences Preschool Grad, Now Rutgers Student, Returns Years Later to Restore Dedication
How much of our early childhood do we remember? How much exposure from when we were three or four years old do we carry with us into adulthood? For the Daddio family of South River, NJ, who sent all three of their children to the Rutgers Nutritional Sciences Preschool at the School of Environmental and […]
Rutgers Biotech Collaboration with B1G Member Ohio State Incorporates Partnership with University of São Paulo
Plant biotechnologists at Rutgers and Ohio State are working together to harness renewable energy from agricultural crops. This arrangement is incorporating a longstanding partnership with University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. The connection both schools previously held with USP was spurred by retiree and alum, Rod Sharp (GSNB ’67-Botany) who was the dean of […]
Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days Draws Record Attendance
On July 29-30, Rutgers held its annual Turfgrass Research Field Days at the Turf Research Farm – Hort Farm II, off Ryders Lane in North Brunswick, NJ. Over 800 industry professionals attended this record-breaking, two-day event, which has its roots in the 1920s, although regular turf field days in New Jersey did not occur annually until […]
Rutgers NJAES Board of Managers’ Listening Session Looks at Expanding Board Representation
A Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Board of Managers Listening Session was hosted by NJAES, the NJAES Board of Managers (BOM), the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture and the New Jersey Farm Bureau at the Rutgers EcoComplex in Bordentown on July 17. The BOM is an […]
