The Lester Collins Auditorium, dedicated in 1957 following the death of the noted New Jersey fruit grower and former president of the Rutgers Board of Managers, can be found in Blake Hall on the George H. Cook Campus of Rutgers University. Originally known as the Horticulture Building, it was named Blake Hall in 1958 after […]
Rutgers 4-H Teams up to Offer Engineering and Science Workshops for Afterschool Staffers
Do you conduct science and engineering programs in your afterschool programs? Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development, the New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition (NJSACC) and the Network for New Jersey’s Afterschool Communities have partnered to offer a Design It! and Explore It! workshop series for afterschool program staff. Design It! and Explore It! are engaging, […]
Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health Building Construction Contract Approved
Construction of the new home for the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health will begin this year, following approval of the construction contract by the Rutgers Board of Governors. Read more about the building project.
Rutgers-designed Environmental Park in Voorhees Hosts Earth Day Kite Flying Event
Kite-flying competition to headline event at the former South Jersey landfill transformed by an award-winning design from Rutgers landscape architecture graduate students EDITOR’S NOTE: Members of the media may contact Beth Ravit, Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability, by phone at 201-774-1614 (cell) or by email at ravit@envsci.rutgers.edu or Wolfram Hoefer, Rutgers professor of landscape […]
Rutgers Documentary Garners Garden State Film Festival Award
Thailand Untapped: The Global Reach of Engineers Without Borders, a documentary featuring the experiences of three Rutgers engineering students who traveled to Thailand in 2010 with the hope of fixing a rural village’s failing water system, has won the 2013 Home Grown Documentary Short award from the Garden State Film Festival. The 37-minute film features […]
RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education
Small Steps to Health and Wealth™, a national Cooperative Extension program developed by Rutgers educators to motivate Americans to take action to improve both their health and personal finances, has been recognized as the Adult Education Program of the Year for Money Management by the Institute for Financial Literacy. The SSHW program, created by Barbara […]
FIC-South Director Michael duBois Recognized as IFT Fellow
Michael duBois, director of the Food Innovation Center (FIC) – South was selected as a 2013 Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). A singular honor bestowed on only a small percentage of IFT members by their peers each year, this designation recognizes duBois for his scholarly advancement and service to the food science […]
Cowgill and UMass Colleague Win Extension Award from International Fruit Tree Association
Win Cowgill, area fruit agent in the Rutgers NJAES Department of Agricultural Resource Management Agents, has collaborated for many years with colleague Jon Clements, extension educator in tree fruit at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their work has been jointly recognized by the International Tree Fruit Association. Read more on their work here.
RCE Collaborates in 2013 Ag in Action Day
On April 21, rain or shine, the Somerset and Middlesex county boards of agriculture in collaboration with Rutgers Cooperative Extension and other county and state agricultural agencies, presents Ag in Action Day, a free farm tour and open house hosted at one of the area’s top farms. Scheduled from noon to 4 p.m., this event […]
From Cuddly to Career: Training Puppies to be Seeing Eye Dogs
The Rutgers University Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club offers a rewarding experience for students who raise puppies for The Seeing Eye, Inc., a private, not-for-profit organization formed in 1929 with the goal of providing dogs to serve the visually-impaired across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. See what the club is all about.
