Not long after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated the Sri Lanka coast the day after Christmas in 2004, Michael Gould, Ph.D. (GSNB 1976 – Environmental Science), a manager with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), began developing and then implementing a reconstruction project to help the Sri Lankan people restore their infrastructure, their lives […]
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Rutgers Ph. D. Candidate Lisa Beirn Wins Crop Science Award
Lisa Beirn, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, won a 2013 Gerald O. Mott Scholarship for Meritorious Graduate Students in Crop Science, awarded by the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Agronomic Science Foundation. This award recognizes top students pursuing advanced degrees in crop science disciplines, with selection […]
Rutgers Gardens Hosts Annual Gala
The 7th Annual Gardens Gala to benefit the Rutgers Gardens was held on Sept. 12 at the Log Cabin and adjacent Alumni Pavilion. The DOC award, formally known as the “Hamilton Award for Dedication and Outstanding Commitment to the Rutgers Gardens,” named for Rutgers Gardens’ friend and longtime Rutgers colleague, Bruce “Doc” Hamilton, was presented […]
Community Day 2013 Serves up Food, Festivity and Fun
Passion Puddle at Red Oak Lane on the George H. Cook Campus was teeming with festive activity on September 17 as Community Day drew close to 2,000 students, staff and faculty to the annual event. Community Day celebrates the start of a new academic year on the George H. Cook and Douglass campuses, bringing the […]
Famous Author Visits Rutgers, Marks 70th Anniversary of Streptomycin Discovery
Although we hardly think about it now, tuberculosis was the scourge of industrialized nations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Worse yet, there was no known cure, and mortality due to the disease was exceptionally high. Seventy years ago on October 19, 1943, Albert Schatz, a young scientist and graduate student in the laboratory […]
Rutgers University Presents: Rutgers Orientation kNight (RON)
How to teach new students about Rutgers’ long history and contributions to society? RON to the rescue! The Rutgers Orientation kNight has a lot to say about Rutgers, including contributions to the turfgrass industry by Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science. Watch the video (Turfgrass mentioned at the 5:20 minute mark).
Rutgers Alumna Promotes Nature in NYC
When referring to New York City as filled with diversity, it is not usually concerning nature. But to double Rutgers grad Marielle Anzelone, who earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences in 1993 and a master’s degree in ecology and evolution in 2000, that is precisely what comes to mind. Anzelone is well acquainted with […]
Rutgers OCPE Courses and DOL Grants Help NJ Unemployed Gain New Skills
New Jersey Department of Labor training grants and Rutgers continuing and professional education courses lead to practical skills and new employment opportunities for state residents The first part of Sergio Sosa’s story is far too familiar: the Union City resident was inches away from earning his Master’s degree in Biology from Rutgers, and was transitioning […]
Rutgers and the Renaissance of New Brunswick
Rutgers Cook College alumnus Jeffrey Vega (CC’90) is one of the key players in the renaissance of the City of New Brunswick. As president of New Brunswick Tomorrow, Vega understands the importance of reaching out to the community and listening to what their needs are. Read more in Rutgers Magazine. Editor’s Note: Since the publication […]
Strong Rutgers Contingent at Annual Equine Science Society Symposium
Animal Sciences faculty, staff, students and alumni traveled to Ruidoso, NM, to participate in the annual Equine Science Society (ESS) Symposium held in May. Ken McKeever, professor of animal sciences, won the prestigious Distinguished Service in Equine Science Award and was elected Secretary/Treasurer of ESS at the meeting. Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80, ’86), director of […]
