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 […]
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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 […]
Somerset County 4-H holds world record
Sue MacCombie, 4-H volunteer, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County
Somerset County 4-H Holds Guinness World Record for Longest Textile Braid
Sue MacCombie wanted to find an activity that would bring the community together, especially the members in Somerset County 4-H where she’s been a leader for the past 21 years. Little did she know she’d succeed beyond her wildest dreams and earn a world record in the process. The Longest Textile Braid, measuring an impressive […]
Somerset County 4-H Prep Program Celebrates 50 Years!
In 1968, 4-H provided hands-on learning opportunities in science, healthy living and citizenship to build life skills and leadership through club work and camps to youth in grades 4-13. At the request of Somerset County residents to expand the program to children in grades 2-3, Somerset County 4-H Agent, Ted Blum began working with volunteers, […]
Renowned Rutgers Marine Scientist J. Frederick Grassle, Whose Pioneering Work Helped Unlock the Ocean’s Mysteries, Dies
Built a program of excellence in research, education and community service in marine and coastal sciences at university J. Frederick Grassle, a celebrated oceanographer who founded Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, passed away on July 6. As the founding director of the institute in 1989, Grassle was instrumental in establishing the university as […]
Is The Produce At The Farmers Market Local? Turns Out, Not Always.
Mary Ann Schrum, Rutgers Gardens
NJAES Board of Managers Hosts Urban Tour for Legislators
The Board of Managers (BOM), an advisory group to the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), is made up of representatives from New Jersey’s county boards of agriculture. The Board also serves as advocate for the experiment station and provides input to NJAES’ directors on matters concerning the state’s agricultural enterprise. In addition to […]
Rutgers-Led “Tick Blitz” Finds Exotic Longhorned Ticks and Aggressive Lone Star Ticks in New Locations Across New Jersey
Findings will help state, partner agencies check the spread of tick-borne diseases. Researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Rutgers Center for Vector Biology have found exotic longhorned ticks in four New Jersey counties – and confirmed that these northeast Asian ticks have been present in the Garden State since at least 2013. The new detection of these […]
2018 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Outgoing Dean of Academic Programs Rick Ludescher
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rick Ludescher, dean of academic programs, has served as Master of Ceremonies of the SEBS Convocation since 2012. Following a one-year sabbatical, Rick will return to full-time teaching as a professor in the Department of Food Science, where he began as an assistant professor in 1988. This is my last Convocation as […]
