Sarah Ralston, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, was recently identified as one of the Top 15 Vet Nutrition Professors in a survey conducted by VetTechColleges.com. Criteria for selection of the Top 15 included candidates having both veterinary and Ph.D. degrees, Board certification in Veterinary Nutrition, plus extensive teaching and publications in the field […]
Weather Forecast for the Super Bowl? Check with the NJ State Climatologist
New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson was interviewed on Super Bowl weather prospects for the February 2 game that will be held at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. This will be the first ever outdoor, cold weather Super Bowl. The interview aired on The Other Pre-Game Show on CBS Sports Network on December […]
RCE Presents Diversity and County Faculty of the Year Awards for 2013
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) held its annual awards program at the 2013 Annual Joint Department Meeting on December 10 to recognize outstanding performances of students, faculty and staff. Among the awards given was the “RCE Diversity Award,” presented to Kenneth Karamichael, associate director of youth development at Office of Continuing Professional Education, and the RCE […]
A Day in the Life of Extension
By Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County Agricultural Agent The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System. Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension helps the diverse population of New Jersey adapt to a rapidly changing society […]
RCE Announces Annual Wilbur M. Runk and Merle V. Adams Award Winners for 2013
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) held its annual awards program at the 2013 Annual Joint Department Meeting on December 10 to recognize outstanding performances of students, faculty and staff. Two of its awards are in honor of former Extension faculty, Wilbur M. Runk and Merle V. Adams. Dane Jensen, Ph.D. food science candidate whose mentor is […]
Lester Brown, AG ’55, Discusses New Memoir on WHYY RadioTimes
Lester R. Brown (AG ’55), world-renowned environmentalist and Rutgers Distinguished Alumnus, speaks with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia. Brown’s new memoir Breaking New Ground: A Personal History, includes his upbringing on a farm in South Jersey and his time at Rutgers as an undergraduate student. In this broadcast, Brown recalls […]
Landscape Architecture Students Make Professional Field Trip to Boston
Fifty Rutgers Landscape Architecture students descended upon the city of Boston on November 15 to attend the national conference for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Holly Nelson and Joan Furlong, both practicing landscape architects in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture, led the professional field trip.
WHYY RadioTimes Interviews Marine Scientists Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield
Rutgers marine scientists Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, speak with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia. They discuss “Gliderpalooza,” a collaborative ocean survey coordinated by American and Canadian government agencies and the role the Slocum gliders play in ocean research. Listen to the broadcast.
Nutritional Sciences Professor Mentors Three Award-Winning Students
One undergraduate student and two high school students affiliated with the lab of Tracy Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, won prestigious research awards for their investigative and laboratory work during the summer of 2013.
Faculty and Staff Pick a Peck of Hot Peppers
“Hot pepper in the body invigorates the soul” is a popular adage in West Africa. Members of the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology have been evaluating peppers from different parts of the world as part of the ethnic crop research initiative started at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in 2001.
