Jenny Carleo – Alumnus and former Rutgers Extension Agent
Extension
Rutgers Annual Teen STEM Ambassador Program Goes Virtual this Summer
The Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador program, typically a five-day residential on-campus program for high-achieving high school students, has gone virtual. Starting July 24, more than 50 teens from underserved and underrepresented urban communities across New Jersey will spend a week participating virtually in this annual summer enrichment experience that marks its 12th anniversary this year. […]
sofi Award Judging Underway
Rutger’s Food Innovation Center
Mercer County Going Nuts for Nutrition with Wellness Webinar Series
Department of Family & Community Health Sciences
A Plant Breeding Breakthrough: Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
Jim Simon, Andy Wyenandt – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Program Receives ESP National 2020 Distinguished Team Award
Rutgers Cooperative Extension faculty and staff from the Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Program received national recognition for their efforts and are being awarded the Distinguished Team Award for 2020 for the Northeast Region from Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP), the honorary fraternity for cooperative extension professionals. The team is led by Cumberland County agricultural agent Wesley Kline, […]
NJDA Summer Feeding program reaches thousands
Nolan Lewin – Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Rutgers on-farm food safety program receives award
Wes Kline, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County
Meredith Melendez, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
Jennifer Matthews, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Spotted lanternfly invasion of South Jersey has begun
George Hamilton, Department of Entomology
Anne Nielsen, Department of Entomology
Where Did the Asian Longhorned Ticks in the U.S. Come From?
The invasive population of Asian longhorned ticks in the United States likely began with three or more self-cloning females from northeastern Asia, according to a Rutgers-led study. Asian longhorned ticks outside the U.S. can carry debilitating diseases. In the United States and elsewhere, they can threaten livestock and pets. The new study, published in the […]
