Kenneth McKeever, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director of Research at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, was elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society during its Symposium Awards Banquet in Grapevine, Texas, on June 9. The rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society is an elite […]
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Rutgers Master Gardeners Team Up with the Yale Club to Beautify New Jersey’s State Botanical Gardens
On May 13, Aki Liao, president of the Yale Club of North Jersey and Rockland County, along with Yale alumni and their families, joined Skylands representatives, and Rutgers Master Gardeners to help rid Skylands—the New Jersey State Botanical Gardens—of invasive mustard weed. The idea was hatched by Katie McEwan, a Rutgers Master Gardener whose husband, […]
Plant of the Month: Spigelia marilandica—a Plant with Tropical Flair
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission The topic of tropical plants often conjures up lush images for gardeners. These images may include large and bold foliage or perhaps flowers with dramatic shapes or brilliant colors. When I first saw Indian Pink at Longwood Gardens many years ago, the bold red and […]
Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program Partners with NJBPU in Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) have entered an agreement to develop and implement a Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program. The pilot program, which was announced on May 1 and will last for three years, is designed to demonstrate and study the compatibility of agricultural or horticultural […]
Cassie Nelson Announced as 2023 Alpha Zeta ‘Teacher of the Year’ at SEBS Convocation
Dr. Cassie Nelson, an assistant teaching professor in the Division of Life Sciences and the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, was named the 2023 Teacher of the Year by the Rutgers Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, the national honor and service fraternity for agriculture and environmental studies. The award was named in […]
2023 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Class Representative Genaye Deal
Editor’s Note: Genaye Deal, 2023 SEBS Class Representative, is an Animal Science major, with a minor in Jewish Studies. Hello, Class of 2023! I’m an animal science graduate, and a transfer student. While many may not know me as I joined you all later in your college journey, I know that everything happens for a […]
2023 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Laura Lawson
Good morning! Thank you, Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway, for sharing this wonderful moment with our school. It is an honor to once again have you celebrate with us. Thank you for your words of welcome and best wishes to our graduating students, and to their families and friends. I’ve had the privilege of joining Dr. Conway […]
NJAES Office of Research Analytics and the Bloustein Local Government Research Center Develop NJ Property Ownership Database
Lucas Marxen, associate director of the NJAES Office of Research Analytics, and Marc Pfeiffer, Bloustein Local Government Research Center, worked together to develop the NJ MOD IV Historical Database an online, searchable database of New Jersey MOD IV parcel information data sets from 1989 to 2022. Providing land parcel and property ownership data, the MOD […]
Earth Day, Every Day Spring 2023 Webinar Kicks Off New Series
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Earth Day, Every Day and Marine Extension Program Seminar Series present the educational webinar, “All the Small Things with Big Environmental Impacts,” beginning April 17. Open to the public, the free webinar will be conducted online via Zoom every third and fourth Monday evenings in April through June starting at 6:30 p.m. […]
NJHKI Delivers Nutrition Curriculum at National Foraging Youth Resilience Summit in Colorado
In March, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) partnered with Forging Youth Resilience (FYR) to deliver nutrition curriculum for FYR’s national network of 24 clubs at the FYR Local Club Summit in Denver, CO. FYR is a nonprofit organization with the mission to empower young people to build physical and mental strength by supplying […]
