High school students participate in the global fight against hunger The New Jersey Youth Institute, hosted by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is a transformative experience for high school students. This year Rutgers welcomed 114 students, 24 mentors, and 46 expert judges comprised of Rutgers staff/faculty/industry professionals virtually on March 5. During this […]
Cleaning up Southern Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor
By Rick Lathrop, Director- Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis Helping guide investments in ecosystem health that also benefit local communities is smart public policy. Barnegat Bay on New Jersey’s central coast is recognized as a nationally significant coastal system and was designated as 28th National Estuary Program site by U.S. Environmental Protection […]
A Conversation with Polar Oceanographer Rebecca Jackson
By John Dos Passos Coggin This article continues Climate.gov’s series of interviews with current and former fellows in the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Program about the nature of their research funded by NOAA and what career and education highlights preceded and followed it. Over the past 30 years, the Postdoctoral Program, funded by NOAA Climate Program […]
Snowdrops: The Start of the Garden Symphony
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Every autumn, gardeners visit their favorite garden center and are confronted by rack upon rack of rather unappealing appearing “bulbs.” Occasionally, a gardener will take a leap of faith and buy a few of the dry, papery brown objects in the hopes that flowers, similar […]
Rutgers “Earth Day Every Day!” Spring 2021 series Begins March 8
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s “Earth Day Every Day” educational webinar series is back for Spring 2021. Open to the public, these free sessions focus on steps everyone can take to protect the environment. We can all do our part to take actions that make our homes more sustainable, from starting a native plant garden, to protecting […]
FCHS Teaches Nutrition and Lifeskills to the Developmentally Disabled
FCHS, the Nutrition Guru! Programs that offer long-term support and assistance help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities reach new heights and thrive in our communities. Thanks to a NJ SNAP-Ed grant, from the New Jersey Department of Health, FCHS partnered with ARC Gloucester County, a local organization in Woodbury, NJ, to create a nutrition […]
Black History Month: Kate Brown – Alumna and RCE Program Associate
Editors Note: We sincerely apologize for the recent Instagram post of an image from this article that had no context and referenced Black History Month. Black History Month is an opportunity to acknowledge the many contributions of African Americans in our development as a nation and society and an opportunity to address ongoing racial injustice. […]
Cook Couples: Gene and Renée Wefer
Over the years, hundreds of romantic relationships that would eventually grow into marriages were formed on the George H. Cook campus. In 1976, two Animal Science majors, Gene Wefer (CC’78) and Renee Wefer nee Kozlowski (CC’79) met for the first time and began a romance that has endured since. They recently shared with us how […]
Will You Be My Valentine? Passaic County 4-Her’s Make Cards for Meals on Wheels
Even though Passaic County 4-Her’s have not been able to meet in person during this COVID Pandemic that didn’t stop them from continuing their yearly tradition of making Valentine’s Day Cards for Passaic County Meals on Wheels participants. For the last seven years Passaic County 4-Her’s have been make Valentine’s Day Cards for Meals on […]
Alumnus Jay Kelly: A Home-Grown Plant Savior
Inspired by SEBS Professors By Leslie Garisto Pfaff Jay Kelly’s earliest memories are of playing in the woods near his home in Middletown, New Jersey; he says he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t enchanted by nature. Today, his natural playground is much larger, encompassing the coasts and forests of New Jersey and beyond. […]
