Frances L. Hagel of Mays Landing, New Jersey and Donna J. MacNeir of Ankeny, Iowa (formerly of New Jersey) were inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in October for their lifetime achievements and contributions to 4-H. Honored by the New Jersey 4-H Youth Development Program, Hagel and MacNeir were two of 16 people […]
Extension
Jim Murphy Receives Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award from Crop Science Society of America
Jim Murphy, extension specialist in turfgrass management in the Department of Plant Biology at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences was selected by the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) as its 2019 CSSA Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award recipient. He received the award at the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting in […]
Water Resources Program Offers 2020 Green Infrastructure Champion Training
Starting on January 17, 2020, the highly successful Green Infrastructure Champions Program will be offered in partnership with Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program piloted this program last winter through the spring, and 37 people were certified as Green Infrastructure Champions. The pilot program was made possible by support […]
Water Resources Program offers 2020 green infrastructure champion training
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
Rutgers Researchers Teach Lessons on Extraterrestrial Life in Local Elementary Schools
NASA-funded researchers say astrobiology lessons can boost a child’s confidence Josue, a 5th grader at McKinley Community School in New Brunswick, imagines an alien could evolve and thrive in the harsh elements of Jupiter by harnessing the ability to eat gas. Then, he uses clay to sculpt the creature and names his lifeform “Jomama.” “We […]
In NJ a slow-motion evacuation from climate change
Brooke Maslo – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources.
Professor Barbara O’Neill: Scholar of Human Transformation
By Paul Gottlieb, professor, Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics You have probably seen one of those Prudential commercials where a group of adults are told – probably through an oversized graphical game of some sort – that they haven’t been saving enough for retirement. They haven’t even been thinking enough about retirement. The […]
Professor Barbara O’Neill: scholar of human transformation
Barbara O’Neill – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
New Jersey Teens Attend National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia
Sixteen 4-H teens from throughout New Jersey attended the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia from November 29 to December 3. National 4-H Congress is the premiere educational and recognition event for the 4-H youth development program. The New Jersey delegates attending National 4-H Congress representing nine counties included: Amber Densten and Danielle Klaus from […]
New Jersey teens attend National 4-H Congress
Jeannette Rea Keywood – 4-H, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
