From November 10, 2015 through the end of 2016, the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) is celebrating Rutgers 250th anniversary by showcasing an all-star variety of it breeding program each month. The select varieties are developed by Rutgers agriculture and aquaculture researchers from across New Jersey. Holly trees are the featured all-star breed […]
Prof. Richard Lathrop Named First Johnson Family Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology
Richard Lathrop, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources was appointed by the Rutgers Board of Governors as the inaugural holder of the new Johnson Family Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology. In his role as Chair, Lathrop will lead an interdisciplinary program to study how human activities in upland watersheds […]
Prof. Bruce Clarke to Receive 2016 USGA Green Section Award
Source: USGA – The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Bruce Clarke, of Rutgers University, as the recipient of the 2016 USGA Green Section Award. Presented annually since 1961, the USGA Green Section Award recognizes an individual’s distinguished service to the game of golf through his or her work with turfgrass. Clarke, of Iselin, N.J., […]
NJAES Center Provides Science and Expertise to Help NJ Winemakers Succeed
As more New Jersey farmers grow grapes for winemaking, Rutgers is playing a key role in that growth, providing the science and expertise to help them tap into an increasingly profitable agricultural sector in the state. Last year, the New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education at Rutgers was launched to work in partnership […]
Entrepreneurship Agriculture Day 2015 Showcases Interns’ Achievements
On October 17, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) celebrated its third Entrepreneurship Agriculture (EA) Day on Cook Campus. This event was part of the Entrepreneurship Ag Program initiated at SEBS in Spring 2013 and comprised the teaching of a Jr/Sr Colloquium on Entrepreneurial Agriculture, a competitive student internship on Entrepreneurship Agriculture and […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension FCHS Members Awarded at National Conference
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Department members, along with other team members, won national and regional recognition at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Session in West Virginia in November. (FCHS department members are listed in bold) Karen Ensle, Michelle Brill, Alexandra Grenci & Kathleen Morgan. 1st […]
Rutgers 250th Anniversary All-Star Breeds Exhibited Through Social Media Contest
From November 10th, 2015 through the end of 2016, the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) is celebrating Rutgers 250th anniversary by showcasing an all-star variety of its breeding program each month. The select varieties are developed by Rutgers agriculture and aquaculture researchers from across New Jersey. Cranberries were the featured all-star breed for […]
Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences Presents Richard Lutz with NOGI Award
Professor of marine and coastal sciences Richard Lutz was presented the NOGI Award by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences on Nov. 5 in recognition of his lifelong contributions to ocean sciences, and for making those sciences accessible to the public. Lutz is known for deep-sea research and is considered one of the world’s […]
Award-Winning Journalist Andrew Revkin Launches SEBS 250th Anniversary Focusing on the Anthropocene
As we celebrate Rutgers 250th anniversary, will Rutgers see its 500th anniversary? This was one of the questions Executive Dean Bob Goodman challenged the audience to consider as the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences launched its 250th Anniversary celebration events under the theme, “Exploring the Anthropocene: The Age of Us,” on November 12. Tony […]
IFNH Student Ambassadors Present Research Poster at National Nutrition Conference
Student Ambassadors at the New Jersey Institute for Food Nutrition and Health (IFNH), Bill Cornelius and Taylor Palm (SEBS ’16), attended the 2015 Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) in Nashville, TN in October. As Nutritional Science undergrads-Dietetics option, these IFNH ambassadors had the honor of presenting a research poster at the conference. Their […]
