In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines when it made landfall in Tacloban. It was one of the largest storms ever recorded in human history and resulted in the death of 6,000 people. Typhoon Haiyan represents a humanitarian disaster and a rebuilding challenge for the global community. In New Jersey residents’ experience with Hurricane […]
Grad Student Brittany Graf Receives Student Fulbright Award for Plant Research in Ecuador
Brittany L. Graf, a graduate researcher in Plant Biology, was recently granted a U.S. Student Fulbright Institute of International Education (IIE) Award, which carries a 10-month stipend and travel support. Graf will travel to Ecuador from Sept. 2014 to July 2015 to conduct field and laboratory-based research on the medicinal properties of food crops as […]
Get Ready for Rutgers Day on G.H. Cook Campus!
The Rutgers New Brunswick campus will be celebrating Rutgers Day Saturday April 26, while the spirit of the event’s origins, Ag Field Day, lives on at the George H. Cook Campus. All the original favorites of plant sales, egg toss, cockroach races, and alumni gatherings are joined by hundreds more activities which will intrigue, entertain, […]
Prof. Mukund Karwe Gives Keynote at Kuwait International Conference on Life Sciences
Mukund Karwe, professor of food engineering and chair of the Department of Food Science at Rutgers, was one of two keynote speakers at the First Kuwait International Conference on Life Sciences, held April 6-8 in Kuwait. Karwe’s talk on “New and emerging food processing methods,” addressed how the traditional method of heat processing to destroy […]
Graduate Student Lisa Beirn Receives Fellowship from Golf Course Association
Lisa Beirn is one of three recipients of a $5,000 postgraduate grant by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, as part of the Watson Fellowship Program. Beirn, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, also recently won a 2013 Gerald O. Mott Scholarship for Meritorious Graduate Students in Crop Science, […]
Rutgers Turfgrass Program Raises $400,000 for Henry Indyk (AG ’50) Graduate Education Fellowship
The Rutgers Turfgrass Program has raised a total of $400,000 to support the Henry Indyk Endowed Graduate Fellowship at the university. Thanks to a $61,000 donation from the New Jersey Turfgrass Association (NJTA) and the New Jersey Turfgrass Foundation (NJTF) in March, the seven-year capital campaign has met its goal of continuing support of graduate […]
FoodCorps NJ Member Joins First Lady Michelle Obama to Plant White House Garden
On April 2, FoodCorps New Jersey service member Alexis Sangalang joined First Lady Michelle Obama and five other FoodCorps leaders to plant the sixth season of the White House Kitchen Garden with students from Washington, D.C. Sangalang serves with the New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids in Camden, NJ, and works closely with Campbell’s Healthy […]
From Youths to Sleuths: 4-H Rutgerscience Saturday Introduces STEM Concepts Using Spy Technology
On March 29, the Rutgers 4-H Youth Development Program sponsored a Rutgerscience Saturday event for 51 youths across New Jersey, from grades 5-9. Participants practiced listening like a spy using laser technology, embedding messages in images and learning how to use surveillance technology. Rutgers University graduate student Swapnil Mhaske showed a group of “spies-in-training” how […]
Reduce N & P in Lakes and Ponds with DIY Floating Wetland
Wetlands are effective tools for cleaning polluted water. As the plants grow they remove excess nutrients from stormwater runoff and store it in their leaves, while adding oxygen to the water. Their roots also support a habitat for microorganisms that feed on excess nutrients. A way to help lakes or ponds from becoming a soupy […]
100 Years of Cooperative Extension: Rutgers Ag Engineering Specialist William Roberts’ Innovation is National Landmark
Sometimes innovation strikes at the most unlikely of times and in the most unlikely of places. While researchers can labor for months at their research facilities, a breakthrough may come while they’re tinkering at home in their garage or basement. Such was the case for Rutgers Cooperative Extension specialist William Roberts when he used an […]
