Lester R. Brown (AG ’55), world-renowned environmentalist and Rutgers Distinguished Alumnus, speaks with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia. Brown’s new memoir Breaking New Ground: A Personal History, includes his upbringing on a farm in South Jersey and his time at Rutgers as an undergraduate student. In this broadcast, Brown recalls […]
Landscape Architecture Students Make Professional Field Trip to Boston
Fifty Rutgers Landscape Architecture students descended upon the city of Boston on November 15 to attend the national conference for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Holly Nelson and Joan Furlong, both practicing landscape architects in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture, led the professional field trip.
WHYY RadioTimes Interviews Marine Scientists Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield
Rutgers marine scientists Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, speak with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia. They discuss “Gliderpalooza,” a collaborative ocean survey coordinated by American and Canadian government agencies and the role the Slocum gliders play in ocean research. Listen to the broadcast.
Nutritional Sciences Professor Mentors Three Award-Winning Students
One undergraduate student and two high school students affiliated with the lab of Tracy Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, won prestigious research awards for their investigative and laboratory work during the summer of 2013.
4-H Exchange Program to Russia and New Jersey
During the months of June and July this year, the 4-H Teen Russian/American International Leadership (T.R.A.I.L.) program conducted an exchange where New Jersey 4-H youth traveled to the city of St. Petersburg as well as the city of Petrozavodsk, located in the northwestern region of Karelia, Russia, for a two week home-stay with a fledgling […]
Faculty and Staff Pick a Peck of Hot Peppers
“Hot pepper in the body invigorates the soul” is a popular adage in West Africa. Members of the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology have been evaluating peppers from different parts of the world as part of the ethnic crop research initiative started at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in 2001.
Five Rutgers Students in Exchange Program with the University of Sao Paulo
Five Rutgers students traveled to Brazil to present research at the International Symposium of Undergraduate Research during the week of October 21. The students were awarded the opportunity to travel through the different campuses of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in an effort to bridge cultural and linguistic barriers through scientific exchange. This trip […]
Professor Emeritus Arthur W. Edwards (1932-2013)
Arthur Edwards, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology, Environment, and Natural Resources and former Dean of Instruction at Cook College, passed away on Nov. 30th. View the obituary online. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Interment will be in […]
Alumni Story: ‘RU Through and Through’ – Brevoort Conover (Ag ’52)
Rutgers alumnus and former faculty member Brevoort Conover, who passed away on April 13, 2014, was a 4-H Youth Development agent during his long career with Rutgers. He was recognized with several distinguished service awards and was inducted into the 4-H National Hall of Fame in 2010. In November 2013, he shared his story with […]
Bringing the Animal Science Community Closer Together: A Veterinary Science Club Halloween Mixer
By Taylor McConnell ‘14, Natalia Santos ‘14, and Mallory Harbold ‘14 Executive Board Members, Rutgers University Veterinary Science Club The Rutgers University Veterinary Science Club (RUVSC) hosts an annual Halloween Mixer for preveterinary students and Animal Sciences faculty in Bartlett Hall that traditionally includes food, music and department trivia. However, this year our club expanded […]
