Bob Lyons (RC’76), founding chair of the Rutgers Gardens Advisory Board, has been named the 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Lyons will receive this prestigious award at The Scott Arboretum’s Spring Celebration on March 13. The Scott Medal was established in 1929 to recognize individuals who “have made outstanding […]
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Booker T. Whatley, GSNB’57 (PhD, Horticulture): Black Innovator Who Reshaped Farming
The innovative ideas that Booker T. Whatley (1915-2005) developed to keep small farms competitive are vast and those concepts continue to be highly regarded today. Whatley earned his undergraduate degree from Alabama A&M University. While serving in the Korean War and operating a hydroponic farm in Japan to provide food for the troops, he was […]
The “Fishadelphia” Program from Alumna Talia Young: High School Students Bring Seafood to Low-Income Consumers
Talia Young GSNB’16 (Ecology and Evolution) started the “Fishadelphia” program in 2018 after earning her doctoral degree in Ecology with former Rutgers marine and coastal sciences professor Olaf Jensen. Currently, Young is a visiting assistant professor at Haverford College in the environmental sciences program. This article has been excerpted from High School Students Bring […]
Distinguished Professor Bingru Huang Leads Collaborative $4 Million UDSA-NIFA-funded Turfgrass Management Project
Bingru Huang, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology, is principal investigator of the project, “Mobile Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence-Guided Precision Management Program for Turfgrass Water Conservation.” Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the amount of $3,999,741, the project involves a collaborative team from three academic institutions—Rutgers […]
Alumna Gabriella Bahamondes (SEBS’19), Creating Beauty in the Lab
My name is Gabriella Bahamondes (SEBS’19) Exercise Science and Sports Studies, (GSBS’21) Biomedical Sciences. At SEBS I was a kinesiology major. After graduating, I decided to go pursue a masters’ degree and attended the Rutgers MBS program finishing in May 2021 with a masters in biomedical sciences. During my masters I took microbiology with Lee […]
Matthew Edson, Rutgers Animal Sciences graduate (CC’07), Leads New Jersey’s First Veterinary School
The announcement that Matthew Edson, Rutgers animal sciences graduate, would be the Founding Dean of the Rowan University School of Veterinary Medicine delighted his former Rutgers professors. Carol Bagnell, professor and chair of the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), taught Matthew as an undergraduate, and was among […]
Dennis Dagounis (CC’01), Excelling as an Educator
The Governor’s Educator of the Year Program is run annually and recognizes educators of the year by district, county, and state. Dennis Dagounis CC’01 was named 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year for Union County on August 25, 2021. Among the 200,000 teachers in the state, Dennis was one of 21 lucky county award recipients. His […]
Rutgers Alumnus Frank Minch (CC’89) Named Director of NJDA’s Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources
Rutgers alumnus Frank Minch (CC’89) was named director of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources on December 22 by New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher. Minch, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Planning and Design from Rutgers, has been with NJDA since 2001. “I am pleased to […]
Bruce Clarke, Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Pathology, Retires from Rutgers After a Long and Distinguished Career
Bruce Clarke, extension specialist in turfgrass pathology in the Department of Plant Biology, retired on January 1, 2022, after close to 40 years of dedicated service to Rutgers University and the turfgrass industry. Clarke (CC ’77, GSNB ’82) started his education at Rutgers in 1973 as an undergraduate in the first matriculating class of Cook […]
SEBS Retired Faculty and Staff Luncheon Held in Person!
A group of 59 faculty and staff retirees and their guests met on Thursday, December 9 at the Rectangle Room at Neilson Dining Hall for a celebratory lunch. Reuniting with friends and former colleagues over a delicious meal, surrounded by beautiful varieties of Rutgers greenhouse-grown poinsettia, the group was joined by deans, directors, and some […]
