Noted nutritional biochemist Hans Fisher, Rutgers Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences, and his family emigrated from Germany in the late 1930s to escape the Nazi regime’s persecution of Jews. He was among the refugees aboard the St. Louis in 1939 when the ship was turned away from the United States and Cuba. He later settled in New […]
Army Vet’s Interest in Food and Health Leads to Major in Ag and Food Systems
After serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq, Army veteran Matthew Smith came to realize the connection between food and health when he improved his own health through healthy eating. To fulfill his new interest in food and agriculture, he enrolled as an agriculture and food systems major at SEBS. Read about his journey from the […]
Sustaining Farming on the Urban Fringe: High Farmland Value, Low Farmland Rent
The amount of capital needed to invest in farming is often a barrier for prospective farmers, especially with New Jersey’s high land values. Land leasing is a viable option for keeping more farmland in production. Read in this issue of Sustaining Farming on the Urban Fringe how land leasing benefits more than just landowners and […]
Transforming Blake Hall on Cook Campus
Home to the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture for over 40 years, Blake Hall recently saw the completion of a 3-year, $1.5 million renovation project. The building, located at the intersection of Lipman Drive and Red Oak Lane on the George H. Cook Campus, has been transformed, featuring renovated studios, a computer lab, a model-making […]
Students Place in Top 10 in Annual International Turf Bowl Competition
Three teams of undergraduate students, all members of the Rutgers Turf Club, competed in the 2013 Turf Bowl Competition at the International Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Conference and Trade Show in San Diego, CA, in February. The teams, which were comprised of four students each, placed 6th, 14th, and 44th out of 68 […]
President Barchi Visits the George H. Cook Campus
President Bob Barchi toured the Cook campus in February, meeting with students, faculty, and deans to learn more about the work of the school and the experiment station.
Rutgers Hosts “Special Friends Day” on Campus March 10
The Rutgers University Recreation Activities Crew is sponsoring the 21st Annual “Special Friends Day” on March 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Approximately 100 children with developmental disabilities were invited to join this event for a fun-filled day of sports, games, arts and crafts, and swimming. Each child is paired with two Rutgers students as they […]
Agricultural Agent Jerry Frecon Retires After a Fruitful Career
Jerome “Jerry” L. Frecon, who served the New Jersey fruit industry for the past 31 years as an agricultural resource management agent and county department head for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County, retired in December 2012. His career as a pomologist spanned 46 years and focused on tree fruits, small fruits and nuts. Frecon […]
Rutgers Leads Multi-Million USDA Grant to Fight Stink Bugs
The brown marmorated stink bug is a highly invasive pest that has caused significant agricultural losses in the Mid-Atlantic states and is spreading to Southern and Mid-Western states as well, since its discovery in the U.S. in the mid-1990s. Native to Japan, China, and Korea, this pest has caused significant damage in its adopted homeland […]
Veterinary Science Club Keeps Students Connected
Undergraduate students who want to explore opportunities in veterinary medicine can benefit from involvement in the Rutgers Veterinary Science Club.
