by Calvin Embleton Somerset County 4-H Pins & Needles club designed, created, and distributed 110 hand-made masks for front-line workers in communities across central New Jersey. With COVID-19 still impacting many front-line workers and masks still in high demand throughout community organizations, the Somerset County 4-H Pins & Needles club knew they could use their […]
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Rutgers Marine Facility Part of Unique “Songscape” Partnership Supporting Public Land Conservation
Along the southern coast of New Jersey, stationed at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Kentucky-native Ben Sollee spent a week perched on the Great Bay’s edge, where the Mullica River empties. As a selected partner with Sustain Music and Nature, the Americana artist and cellist commissioned a ‘songscape’ inspired by Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Here, by the wooded marshes, […]
How to Have a Safe Halloween: SEBS Donald Schaffner Weighs In
Fear not, trick-or-treaters, Halloween is on in New Jersey. During his daily coronavirus briefing on Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that traditional holiday revelry is permitted this year provided children and parents take some precautions to reduce the chances of spreading COVID-19. That includes limiting trick-or-treating groups to household members, social distancing when that is not possible and adhering […]
National Transfer Student Week: Carol Andrew, Assistant Dean, SEBS Office of Academic Programs
National Transfer Student Week—every third week in October—celebrates transfer students and the professionals who support them on their journeys. Join us in recognizing those who have made this journey. Carol Andrew, an assistant dean, has been with the SEBS Office of Academic Programs (OAP) for 15 years. She is a general advisor for all SEBS […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Growing Marigolds for the New Brunswick Mexican Community
Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), recognizes the histories, cultures and contributions of communities that share a common language, originating from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The New Brunswick Community Farmers’ Market (NBCFM), administered through Rutgers Cooperative Extension, has worked with the Mexican community in New Brunswick to grow the iconic flower […]
NJAES Leads New USDA Direct Marketing and Agritourism Project Targeting Mid-Atlantic Region
Rutgers University is partnering with New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State University, Farmer Direct Marketing Association, and other local stakeholders to lead a new project to expand value‐added marketing opportunities for small famers in the Mid‐Atlantic region of the U.S. Ramu Govindasamy, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, is […]
Office of International Programs Hosting Anti-Racism Seminar: Asian Students’ Experiences, Oct. 20
During the COVID19 lockdown, international Asian students who remained in the U.S. found the simple task of getting to the grocery store to be daunting. Feeling vulnerable to the virus on public transportation, when attempting to use Uber, they found the drivers refused them service. Further, the fear of interacting with locals kept many confined indoors. In a survey disseminated by the SEBS Office of International Programs in June, students reported not being […]
NJ 4-H stays connected to its community partners in urban areas
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NJ 4-H Stays Connected to its Community Partners in Urban Areas with Computer Science (CS) Unplugged Family Kits
With the support of National 4-H Council and Google, NJ 4-H has been able to create and distribute 700 CS Unplugged Family Kits to community partners in some of the state’s most urban areas, including Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Mercer, Middlesex, & Union Counties. With continued restrictions on in-person programming for NJ 4-H, one way […]
Four SEBS Faculty Honored at Chancellor’s Celebration of Faculty Excellence
On September 24, the Rutgers-New Brunswick Chancellor’s Celebration of Faculty Excellence was conducted virtually to honor faculty members at all stages of their careers whose outstanding work has been recognized by their peers. Among the honorees across the News Brunswick campus were four faculty members of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, whose interim […]
