The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) together hosted approximately 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators and students at the 2019 International Annual Meeting held from November 10-13, in San Antonio, Texas. Titled “Embracing the Digital Environment,” this international meeting is one of the few […]
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Rutgers Oceanographers Set Precedent for New Program in U.S. Ocean Coring
This past summer, Samantha Bova, Rutgers post-doctoral researcher, and Yair Rosenthal, distinguished professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, led a team of 33 international scientists on a month-long ocean expedition to the Chilean Margin in the southeast Pacific aboard the JOIDES Resolution, a research vessel that drills into the ocean floor to […]
Rockettes’ Athletic Trainer Marissa Piloto (SEBS ‘14) Got Her Start With Rutgers Football
Athletic trainer Marissa Piloto still pinches herself when she stands in the stage wing of New York City’s Radio City Music Hall watching the Rockettes perform. “This is my dream job,” said Piloto, who is in her fourth season training the stars of the Christmas Spectacular. The 27-year-old is also head athletic trainer for the […]
Cook Community Alumni Association announces George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
The Distinguished Alumni Awards were bestowed on October 20th 2019 to Susan Carson, Joseph Charette and Donald C. Heilman. The award, established in 1976, commemorates the life of George Hammell Cook (1818 – 1889) whose efforts helped to bring Land Grant College status to Rutgers and to create the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. […]
Rutgers Rising Memorial Service Remembers Recently Deceased Alumni, Staff and Faculty
Rutgers Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources Bob Goodman and his office hosted the Rutgers Rising Memorial Service on September 19, 2019 to remember recently deceased alumni, faculty and staff from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Over 100 faculty, staff, alumni, family and friends attended the […]
Agribusiness Scholars Program One-Year In: Making the Best Better
After retiring from a highly successful career in commodities finance, Ira Polk could not rest on his laurels. In fact, he was compelled to do the opposite, and that meant investing in the cultivation of a new generation of business leaders. As a director of the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation (CCCF), Polk and his like-minded […]
How to Save New Jersey from the Rising Tide? Translating Science to Action
By Marjorie Kaplan, Lisa Auermuller and Jeanne Herb (CC ’81) As we approach the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we are asked – as we have been every autumn since 2012 – “Are we better prepared for the next Sandy?” Our answer: In some places and with respect to some structures and systems, we probably […]
Acclaimed Ornamental Plant Breeder Dennis Werner Celebrated as 2019 Hamilton Award Winner at Rutgers Gardens Party
On September 26, the Log Cabin and Alumni Pavillion at Rutgers Gardens were festively decorated for the annual Gardens Party, which celebrated its 2019 Hamilton Award winner Dennis Werner, ornamental plant breeder and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). More than 100 Rutgers Gardens’ members and supporters, interns as well as […]
First sisters to become Army generals say it was ‘not a game of chance. It is hard work.’
By Marisa Iati One sister had wanted to be a soldier since she was young; the other planned to have a career in the Foreign Service. Both marked a milestone for the U.S. Army this summer: Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi (CC’90) are believed to be the first pair of sisters […]
National Moth Week 2019 Breaks Records With Events in 46 Countries and All 50 U.S. States
International citizen science initiative started by SEBS researcher Liti Haramaty, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and alum David Moskowitz, Department of Entomology, spreads awareness of moths’ diversity and vital roles in the ecosystem. The eighth annual National Moth Week, a global citizen science project that spotlights moths’ beauty, diversity and ecological importance, broke records […]
