Tucked on the back of the Rutgers University Inn on Cook campus lies a hidden and once forgotten gem: the Arbor Trail. Four years ago, senior environmental planning and design major Elliot Nagele was walking along the inn’s lawn and noticed this hidden Rutgers relic overgrown with weeds, leaves and tree stumps. Intrigued, Nagele, went […]
Alumni
Charging the Field: ESC Awards Spirit of the Horse to Kennis Fairfax, the Original Scarlet Knight
The Equine Science Center honors Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax, the cowboy, artist, teacher, judge, coach, mentor, and Scarlet Knight, with the 2019 “Spirit of the Horse” award. This story is excerpted from Equine Science Quarterly, Winter 2019. From a young age Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax developed a strong connection to his family, and what it really […]
Earth in Balance
Accelerating changes in the climate are a growing concern. Scientists at the Rutgers Climate Institute are evaluating the peril on many fronts. Jennifer Francis was 22 years old when she and her future husband embarked on a five-year sailing voyage around the world that forever altered her life. Francis had always nurtured an abiding interest in the […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: Tracy Wiegner (GSNB’02)
After earning her doctorate in oceanography, Tracy Wiegner landed a position as professor of marine science at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo). She’s been there for 14 years as a teacher, mentor, researcher and community advocate. On her Rutgers mentor: My doctorate adviser, Dr. Sybil Seitzinger, has been a long-term sounding board […]
Helyar House Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
Helyar House alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends gathered on September 22 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Helyar House, a thriving cooperative living community, open to undergraduates at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Located on the Cook Campus of Rutgers in 1968, Helyar House came into being as […]
Helyar House Celebrates 50 Years: The Beginnings – A Legacy Lives On
On September 22, Helyar House alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends will gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary the opening of Helyar House in the fall of 1968. Dick Merritt, an alumnus, inspired by the early alternative housing provided by then director of resident instruction Frank Helyar, honored his legacy when he served in that […]
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move: Henry D. Bignell (GSNB’14)!
In this continuing series, Explorations profiles recent graduates who have launched successful careers and are making an impact on society. This installment features a dynamic brother-and-sister duo who got their start at SEBS, and current graduate students who are making an impact in higher education. Henry D. Bignell, GSNB’14, Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Hank Bignell […]
Helyar House: 50 Years of Cooperative Living at Rutgers University
By Dan Rossi Helyar House is a cooperative living community located on the Cook Campus of Rutgers University. A unique alternative to traditional residence halls, Helyar House has been a community where students live together, learn together and work together for more than 50 years. At its heart, it’s a community that provides a family […]
Graduate Amber Betances (‘17) Reimagines Abandoned Historic BeBop Space in the Motor City
Amber Betances, master’s degree in landscape architecture (’17) from Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, was one of several graduate students who participated last year in the Park Break project in Detroit, MI. Described as “a unique learning fellowship for graduate students thinking about a career working in parks, protected areas or cultural sites,” Park Break […]
Recognizing a Decade of Research at RUMFS in Honor of Stacy Moore Hagan (GSNB ’99)
With roots at Stockton University, a memorial scholarship integrates with Rutgers as cooperative internship The Stacy Moore Hagan Memorial Scholarship is an endowment established by Roland Hagan, together with family and friends, to honor the memory of his wife, Stacy, to support an undergraduate in the marine science research program. Offered through Stockton’s School of […]
