On June 7, the Morris County 4-H team from the ResistoJets Rocketry Club was recognized for its first place “Altitude Award” in the middle and high school division of the 2024 NASA Student Launch Competition. The 2024 NASA Student Launch Initiative virtual awards ceremony, hosted by the Marshall Space Flight Center, featured presentations of awards […]
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Announcement: Meredith Taylor is the new FCHS Educator in Middlesex County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Please welcome Meredith Taylor, the new FCHS Educator in Middlesex County. Meredith Taylor, MA, MPH joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Middlesex County. Meredith will be part of the Community Food Systems efforts […]
Announcement: Rachel Tansey is the new FCHS Educator in Monmouth County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Please welcome Rachel Tansey the new FCHS Educator in Monmouth County. Rachel Tansey, MA, joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Monmouth County. Rachel will be part of FCHS’ wellness efforts, supporting education, outreach, […]
2024 “Earth Day, Every Day” Webinar Series
The “Earth Day, Every Day” webinar series, produced by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, concluded on June 3. This popular series focused on the role that natural elements (air, earth, fire, water, spirit, and wildlife) play in natural resource management and what the public can do to help. The series included newsworthy topics, including offshore wind development, […]
New Jersey Food System Dashboard Launched
New Jersey residents now have a one-stop source for information on different aspects of the state’s food system, thanks to a new tool designed to build capacity in community non-profits, municipal departments and grassroots organizations to support data-driven decision-making, increased grant funding and tracking of outcomes. By improving accessibility and transparency of important data relating […]
RUCOOL Staff Lead Multi-Institutional Workshop on Oceanographic Data Literacy
Members of Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) hosted a data literacy workshop in Wilmington, North Carolina on June 2-5. Led in part by Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner, the workshop involved nearly 50 professors from across the country learning about each other’s experiences teaching at various institutions, including community colleges, primarily undergraduate […]
NJ Climate Change Corps Makes the Connection Between Food Waste and Climate Change
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team has successfully partnered with New Jersey schools since 2018 to implement strategies that reduce the amount of food waste generated by school cafeterias. The Food Waste Team has also piloted curricula in schools that teach students the importance of reducing food waste. In 2020, New Jersey became the first state in […]
Announcement: Kathleen Cullinen is the new FCHS Educator in Ocean County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Please welcome Kathleen Cullinen, Ph.D., RDN, joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Ocean County. Cullinen will be part of the Healthy Aging efforts within Rutgers Cooperative Extension, supporting education, outreach, and scholarship in […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team Partners with Ohio State in Consumer Food Waste Education Project
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Food Waste Team is partnering with The Ohio State University, which was awarded a $2.5 million Pilot Consumer Education Campaign on Food Loss and Waste grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RCE’s Food Waste Team has a strong record of success in implementing food waste education and reduction initiatives […]
USDA and Rutgers Announce Distance Learning Grant for Food and Agricultural Education
On April 26, USDA and Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural experiment Station (NJAES) leadership announced a $232,378 Distance Learning grant at the university’s Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) in New Brunswick. Rural Development State Director Jane Asselta was joined by NJAES Executive Director Laura Lawson, and NJAES senior associate directors Peggy Brennan-Tonetta, Wendie Cohick and Brian Schilling […]