Peter Guarnaccia, professor in the Department of Human Ecology, was recognized with the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award by the Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes (CACP). “I am thrilled to receive the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award. I am very honored to be recognized for my more than thirty years of work […]
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Announcement: Sara Elnakib to Lead Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear NJAES and SEBS community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Elnakib, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences educator and department head, Rutgers Cooperative […]
New Jersey’s Temperatures Rise by 4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Twice the Global Average Since 1900
Heavy rainfall, flooding, increasing heat waves and heat-related illness are likely to become more common in New Jersey by 2100, according to a report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist and the University of Delaware. State of the Climate: New Jersey 2021 is an annual overview for state […]
Why You Should Care About Biodiversity
Government biodiversity experts from around the world will meet in China at the UN Biodiversity Conference to discuss global goals that could have a positive impact on climate change, deforestation and population growth and prevent the extinction of many plant and animal species. Rachael Winfree, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and […]
Join Rutgers Forestry Club for 150th Arbor Day Anniversary Campus Event April 29
Join the Rutgers University Forestry Club as it commemorates the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day in the U.S. with a symbolic planting and forestry education event on April 29 at 2 p.m., on the George H. Cook Campus. This event, the club’s first Arbor Day celebration, will be held outside of Waller Hall, located at […]
New Jersey 4-H Celebrates Earth Day 2022
Earth Day is celebrated every April 22 and according to EarthDay.org “Now is the time for the unstoppable courage to preserve and protect our health, our families, and our livelihoods.” In honor of this important day several county 4-H programs have planned a variety of activities. Monmouth County On April 23 Monmouth County Parks celebrates […]
SEBS Ambassador Program Plays Key Role in Student Recruitment
We tend to most readily identify an ambassador as a high-ranking diplomat representing a sovereign government. Perhaps in a less exalted rank but no less important capacity, select students at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) serve as ambassadors for the school, their primary purpose/role being to welcome and introduce new and […]
New Jersey Food Democracy Collaborative Urges Food System Action in Two New Reports
The New Jersey Food Democracy Collaborative (NJFDC), a statewide policy network of which Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) is a part, has released two companion reports on the future of New Jersey’s food system. The reports, “NJ Roadmap for Food System Resilience” and “The New Jersey Food System in a Nutshell,” are based on public input. […]
Rutgers “Earth Day Every Day!” Spring 2022 Begins April 25
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s “Earth Day, Every Day” educational webinar series is back this spring in a different format. Open to the public, these free sessions focus on steps everyone can take to protect the environment. We can all do our part to make our homes more sustainable, from controlling invasive pests to collecting environmental data […]
Hutcheson Memorial Forest Volunteers Plant Native Trees in Forest Canopy Restoration Effort
Volunteer Days during the month of April at Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center (HMFC), located off Amwell Road in Somerset County, had a successful start with 20 volunteers from Rutgers, nearby community colleges and local residents. Volunteers planted more than 130 native trees in nine canopy gaps located throughout the enclosed old-growth forest known as Mettler’s […]
