William Errickson – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Joel Flagler Recognized with 2022 Distinguished Service Award by NJNLA
Joel Flagler, department head and county agricultural agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Bergen County, was honored on December 1 by the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes the contributions of an individual who has given their time and resources to support and grow the horticulture industry […]
Celebration of Excellence: 2022
On November 16, faculty, staff and students attended the 29th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at the Cook Student Center. Thomas Leustek, dean of Academic Programs, was the master of ceremonies. This signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered excellence […]
Plant of the Month: A Holiday Plant for Many Seasons to Come
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Obviously, the Poinsettia is the plant of preference for adorning many homes during this season. But wouldn’t it be nice to receive a plant that would live not for one season, but for many to come? One such seasonally appropriate plant is the white and […]
Passaic wants to fill former industrial sites with produce farms — the vertical kind
Jim Simon – Department of Plant Biolog
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Alan Robock – Department of Environmental Sciences
Native American Acknowledgment Gardens Honor Local Indigenous Communities
Project at Rutgers Gardens celebrates the continued presence of Indigenous communities in New Jersey For generations, Native Americans’ relationships with their land have been systematically targeted through removal policies. Negative portrayals of Native American communities resulted in numerous environmental and cultural injustices, including the targeting of Native American land for waste disposal sites. But a […]
Rutgers Center for Lipid Research Holds 7th Annual Symposium “Into the Lipidverse”
The Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR) held its seventh annual symposium in November at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on Cook Campus with the theme, “Into the Lipidverse.” The symposium was organized by early-career researchers Anastasia Diolintzi, Camille Duchamp, Ruta Jog, and Liming Wang, and brought together an outstanding group […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Announces “Ronald S. Dancer Memorial Scholarship” Named For Former New Jersey Assemblyman Ronald Dancer
The Rutgers Equine Science Center announced the “Ronald S. Dancer Memorial Scholarship during its 2022 “Evening of Science & Celebration” on Thursday, November 3 in New Brunswick, NJ. The scholarship will be named after former New Jersey Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, who passed away earlier this year. Assemblyman Dancer served as the assemblyperson from New Jersey’s […]
Sustainability Is a Key Missing Ingredient in White House Hunger Plan
OpEd by Sara Elnakib (FCHS Chair) and Pam Koch On September 28, we joined President Joe Biden and thought leaders from throughout the nation at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. As experts in nutrition education and behavior, we were impressed by the administration’s understanding of this complex topic – but there […]
