Strawberries from California and Florida can typically be found in supermarkets throughout the year, but Jersey Fresh strawberries only make a brief appearance in the spring. New Jersey’s strawberry season is now–late May to mid-June. Pick-Your-Own farms can be found throughout the state and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture provides tips on selecting the […]
SEBS Animal Science Student Selected for National Scholarship
“Holy Piglets! Congratulations, Wes!!! I’ve always known that our students can compete with the bigger Ag schools!!” This was the reaction of Daniela Sharma, director of the Rutgers Animal Science Undergraduate Program, when she heard that senior Wes Darcy, Animal Science major, was selected to receive a $2,000 scholarship from the National Pork Board. Active […]
Alumni Enjoy Executive Dean’s Ag Field Day Garden Party
Sunshine and a decorative white picket fence greeted returning alumni at the 2nd annual “Let’s Do Lunch with the Executive Dean” at Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day on April 26. More than 120 alumni, spouses, children, retired faculty and friends of the School (and a couple of really cute pooches) attended the barbecue event […]
New Brunswick Girl Scout Troop Adopts Children’s Garden at Local Farmer’s Market
Roosevelt School, Junior Girl Scout Troop 82010 and the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market (NBCFM), which is administered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, are working together to build the Children’s Garden at 178 Jones Ave., New Brunswick. The girls will work on the garden as part of their “Take Action Project” assignment, the last step they […]
Rutgers Designated New Jersey Financial Education Provider
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) will be providing teacher workshops and webinars in 2014 to promote financial literacy education, the result of a state law (N.J.S.A. 17:9-43.D) that enabled New Jersey credit unions to serve as repositories of public funds. Previously, only banks were authorized to hold city, town and county accounts in the state of […]
Animal Science Department Pays Tribute to its 2014 George H. Cook Scholars
About 20 percent of the graduating seniors in the George H. Cook Scholars Program in 2014 are Animal Science majors! Out of a total of 10 Animal Science seniors in the program this year, seven were mentored by Animal Science faculty while three had advisors outside of the department. The graduating seniors are listed with […]
Somerset County RCE Commemorates Centennial with Proclamation and Tree Planting
On May 13, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County was presented with a proclamation from the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders in recognition of the centennial anniversary of Cooperative Extension. The proclamation also recognized the various milestones of RCE faculty and staff dating to 1918 when RCE of Somerset County was established. This recognition […]
2014 Celebration of Excellence Awards Recognize Outstanding SEBS and NJAES Contributions
Now in its 21st year, the annual “Celebration of Excellence Awards” honors the individuals and teams who have advanced the mission and vision of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). This year’s event was a luncheon held on April 24 at the Neilson Dining Hall on […]
Congratulations to SEBS Class of 2014!
University of Sao Paulo Undergrads Present Research at George H. Cook Honors Symposium
In a longstanding and well-established exchange with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, four undergraduate students from the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, visited Rutgers University to present their research at the George H. Cook Honors Symposium on April 22. It is a great achievement for the four USP students selected to present […]
