At the 102nd Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) held in July in Salt Lake City, Utah, Rutgers alum Gene McAvoy was elected as NACAA vice president. NACAA is the professional organization geared toward Extension educators and other professionals who work in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and […]
Alumni
Rutgers Atmospheric Science Graduate Program Turns 10 Years Old
Faculty, students and alumni of the Rutgers Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science (GPAS) marked the 10th anniversary of the program’s establishment with an afternoon symposium held during the Spring semester at the Cook Student Center. The event featured a keynote address by Arlene Fiore, professor and accomplished atmospheric chemist from Columbia University, as well as […]
Meteorology Alumna Christina Speciale (SEBS’11) and the Week that Determined Her Career
When Christina Speciale (SEBS’11) was majoring in meteorology at Rutgers University, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in the atmospheric sciences. But she wasn’t sure what to focus on until she attended the Undergraduate Leadership Workshop (ULW) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the summer before her senior year. The […]
What’s in Bloom at the IFNH Meadow?
The meadow at IFNH has burst into color and will continue to change and evolve as spring passes into summer and then into fall. The meadow and border gardens serve as a living classroom for Landscape Architecture students who have designed, planted, maintain and continue to study this beautiful place. Take […]
Joan A. DeBoer Receives Highest Honor from the Rutgers Alumni Association
The Rutgers Alumni Association (RAA) hosts a gala evening, every year in the spring, to honor those individuals who have made a significant contribution of service to their alma mater. Among the awards made to alumni volunteers by the RAA, the Loyal Son / Loyal Daughter award is the highest acknowledgement of service from this […]
Achievement, Acclaim, and the AAAS
Every year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) names its newest Fellows: researchers from around the world who have been nominated by their peers for their outstanding scientific work. Fellows are recognized for achievements across disciplines, from research and teaching to technology and administration. This year, 10 Rutgers faculty members were honored […]
In Memoriam: Stuart R. Race (GSNB ’55 and ’57), Extension Specialist in Entomology
Stuart R. Race passed away May 31, 2017, at the age of 90. Race was an extension specialist in entomology at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick from 1965 until retiring in 1993. He published many research studies and was well known among the New Jersey farm community […]
A New Endowed Chair, A New Frontier
For Liping Zhao, world renowned researcher and the School’s new Douglas and Linda Eveleigh and Dennis and Linda Fenton Endowed Chair in Applied Microbiology, the study of the human microbiome brings to mind the Indian parable of the blind men and the elephant: in the story, each blind man touches and studies a different part […]
BEATING Bioterrorism
It’s a poison naturally found in castor beans. It’s viable in powders, pellets, and water-based mists. If inhaled, ingested, or injected, it can cause death in merely 36 hours. And, there’s no known antidote, inhibitor, or vaccine should someone be exposed. “Ricin is one of the most potent toxins known,” explains distinguished professor of plant […]
Congratulations SEBS Class of 2017!
On May 15, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’ Class of 2017 was awarded degrees and basked in the pride of faculty and staff of the Cook Campus at the Convocation held at the iconic Passion Puddle. On a blustery day, the students were joined by an enormous crowd of family and friends to […]
