Brianna Costabile, a Biotechnology major and 2014 George H. Cook Scholar, won one of three awards at the CARIG (Carotenoid Research Interactive Group) Poster Award Competition held as part of the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) at the Experimental Biology Meeting on April 26-30 in San Diego, CA. Costabile, an undergraduate […]
Made for the Shade: LA Students Create Twig Arbor Picnic Area at Rutgers Gardens
The Rutgers Gardens Farmers’ Market has added a new shaded picnic area in the woods adjacent to the marketplace at Rutgers Gardens, thanks to the efforts of the sophomore landscape architecture studio at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Under the direction of Holly Nelson, instructor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and a […]
Four SEBS Faculty Honored by Rutgers for Teaching, Research, Service and Diversity Initiatives
Members of the Rutgers community who have made outstanding contributions in the classroom, to their disciplines or for the benefit of the community or world were honored during a May 7 reception at the Rutgers Visitor Center in Piscataway. Four SEBS/NJAES faculty members, Josh Kohut, Mark Robson, Pam McElwee and Dave Robinson, were among 35 […]
Former NJ Legislator Maureen Ogden Supports Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program with Charitable Gift
By Pat Rector, Environmental and Resource Management Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, May 2014. The Rutgers Environmental Stewards program is the beneficiary of a $50,000 charitable gift annuity from renowned environmentalist, conservationist and former New Jersey Assemblywoman Maureen Ogden. Ogden chose to provide the gift to the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program […]
NJ 4-H Agents Association Recognizes Rutgers Marine Science Educators with Statewide Award
Carrie Ferraro and Sage Lichtenwalner of the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences were recently recognized by the New Jersey Association of 4-H Agents with the 4-H Educator of the Year Award for their significant contributions to the 4-H program. This award is given to individuals or groups in recognition of outstanding professional education […]
Choc Full of Science: Rick Ludescher Talks Chocolate with NPR’s Science Friday
Graduate Student Wins Three GIS Mapping Awards at Statewide Competition
Eden Buenaventura, master’s degree candidate in Ecology and Evolution and a new employee at the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) at Rutgers, won three awards at the 27th annual New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection GIS Mapping Competition on April 10.
USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack Congratulates Cooperative Extension on 100th Anniversary
Cooperative Extension Celebrates its Centennial May 8
Cooperative Extension celebrates its centennial in 2014, commemorating the Smith-Lever Act, which established the Cooperative Extension Service and celebrating the impact the Extension system has made on people nationwide through life-changing education. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act into law on May 8, 1914, providing for the organization of Cooperative Extension at county, state […]
Five Cook Alumni Honored for Careers, Service
The George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Awards for 2014 have been bestowed on five graduates – three with undergraduate degrees and two with doctoral degrees – by the Cook Community Alumni Association. The winners are Gary Brackett (Cook ’03), Hank Ebert (Cook ’79), George Hamilton (GSNB […]
