Historically, young people were taught a trade by serving as apprentices or learning the ropes from a relative in a family business. While modern education emphasizes learning through books, classroom and lab experience, academia has increasingly embraced the value of hands-on involvement and commonly provides students opportunities for fieldwork or internships. Agricultural entrepreneurship offers its […]
From Tour of Duty to Reaping the Bounty: Green Job Skills and Entrepreneurship the Focus of RCE Program for Veterans
Unemployed U.S. veterans are often an underserved, vulnerable population that can benefit from job training. Through a partnership coordinated by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Essex County, unemployed New Jersey veterans have been trained through a green job skills program focused on sustainable landscaping and stormwater management. At the East Orange Veterans Affairs Hospital, veterans […]
Graduate Students Affiliated with Haskin Lab Score Scholarship “Trifecta”
Three Rutgers graduate students affiliated with the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Amanda Wenczel, Jason Morson and Jenny Paterno, have each been awarded a George Burlew Scholarship Grant from the Manasquan River Marlin and Tuna Club to help support their marine science research. This grant was previously awarded to high school students and college students but […]
How to Bank on the Old Raritan: Rutgers Co-Sponsors Sustainable Raritan River Conference Valuing Natural Capital
Healthy ecosystems are ecological life-support systems providing an array of goods and services vital to human health and livelihood. These natural assets are referred to as “ecosystem services”. According to the USDA, many of these goods and services are traditionally viewed as free benefits to society, or “public goods” such as wildlife habitat and diversity, […]
HomeStyles: Helping Parents Create Healthier, Safer Homes
Nutritional science professors Carol Byrd-Bredbenner and John Worobey and research assistant Jennifer Martin-Biggers created HomeStyles, an 18-month online program that offers quick, fun tips to educate parents of preschoolers on how to shape their homes and lifestyles. Read more at Rutgers Today.
In Memory of Danny: Nutritional Sciences Preschool Grad, Now Rutgers Student, Returns Years Later to Restore Dedication
How much of our early childhood do we remember? How much exposure from when we were three or four years old do we carry with us into adulthood? For the Daddio family of South River, NJ, who sent all three of their children to the Rutgers Nutritional Sciences Preschool at the School of Environmental and […]
Rutgers Biotech Collaboration with B1G Member Ohio State Incorporates Partnership with University of São Paulo
Plant biotechnologists at Rutgers and Ohio State are working together to harness renewable energy from agricultural crops. This arrangement is incorporating a longstanding partnership with University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. The connection both schools previously held with USP was spurred by retiree and alum, Rod Sharp (GSNB ’67-Botany) who was the dean of […]
Rutgers NJAES Board of Managers’ Listening Session Looks at Expanding Board Representation
A Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Board of Managers Listening Session was hosted by NJAES, the NJAES Board of Managers (BOM), the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture and the New Jersey Farm Bureau at the Rutgers EcoComplex in Bordentown on July 17. The BOM is an […]
New Jersey Teens Delve into STEM Learning at Rutgers
The Rutgers Summer Science Program partners with Samsung to give high school students from underserved communities in New Jersey an opportunity to explore different areas of science. See how the 2014 program intrigued budding student scientists.
Rutgers Professor Named U.S. Academic Delegate to International Marine Science Organization
Enrique Curchitser, associate professor of physical oceanography and modeling in the Department of Environmental Sciences, has been appointed United States Academic Delegate to the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). He is the first person from Rutgers, and the first faculty member of any academic institution on the East Coast, to hold this position. This […]
