Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) provided new employees of the Fresh Grocer in New Brunswick with workforce readiness training. This training bridges the gap between employers and job seekers, preparing workers with the necessary skills to succeed. In this video, OCPE documents the process used to train Fresh Grocer new employees. Utilizing NJ Department […]
Rutgers Marine Institute and Filmmaking Center Team up on “Antarctic Quest”
There is an urgent need to improve science communication to the general public. Too often research narratives fail to illustrate the excitement, challenges and passion required to explore the planet. As such, the Rutgers University Film Bureau is partnering with the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coast Sciences to create a multi-tiered documentary film project […]
Cook Alumna Named Coordinator of NJDA School Nutrition Programs
Arleen Ramos-Szatmary (CC’98) has been appointed the new Coordinator of School Nutrition Programs in the Division of Food and Nutrition at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Ramos-Szatmary has been with the Department of Agriculture since 2000, first working as a program specialist reviewing school nutrition programs throughout the state for compliance with the School […]
CRSSA assists in Post-Sandy Rapid Assessment of MidAtlantic Coast
As we all experienced firsthand, Superstorm Sandy walloped the MidAtlantic shoreline and interior this past fall. The following week the Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) was asked by the American Littoral Society (ALS) to assist in a rapid assessment of impacts to coastal beach, dune, salt marsh and maritime forest habitats. […]
Celebrating 60th Anniversary of Selman Waksman Nobel Prize
Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology hosted a symposium and dinner event on December 11-12, 2012 on the New Brunswick, NJ, campus in honor of the 60th anniversary of Selman Waksman receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Rutgers Trivia Bowl
SEBS students Christina Enoch, class of 2016 and Mary Kate Colquhoun (shown as “Mosie” in video) class of 2013 take part in Rutgers Trivia Bowl.
New Jersey Winter Weather Outlook from State Climatologist
RU-tv WeatherWatcher program interviews State Climatologist David Robinson on what goes on at the Office of the State Climatologist and the winter weather outlook for 2013. For a summary of New Jersey’s weather for 2012, read the highlights of a most incredible year (following the December overview).
Annie’s Project Farm Women’s Conference Offered in Three Locations in New Jersey
National farm business program educates and empowers women Rutgers Cooperative Extension is offering its women’s farm business management event, Annie’s Project: Farm Women Conference, in three separate locations in New Jersey, on Feb. 20, 21 and 22, 2013. This one-day, intensive training session and networking opportunity allows women who are unable to commit to a […]
Sensitizing Emergency Responders to the “R” Word
Retired Paterson Police Officer Larry Rudesyle recalls when words like ‘crazy’ and ‘retarded’ were used in dispatches to refer to a person behaving erratically. Recently, television shows like Glee have crusaded to banish stereotypes that surround the developmentally disabled. Similarly, the New Jersey Legislature made a big push to improve first responders’ understanding about developmental […]
Rutgers Environmental Stewards Training – a Foolproof New Year’s Resolution!
Be a citizen-scientist by becoming a Rutgers Environmental Steward Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that you’re likely to stick with? How about a way to give something back to your community that’s meaningful and also guaranteed to get you out and about? Consider joining the 2013 class of the Rutgers Environmental Stewards […]
