Now in its 21st year, the annual “Celebration of Excellence Awards” honors the individuals and teams who have advanced the mission and vision of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). This year’s event was a luncheon held on April 24 at the Neilson Dining Hall on […]
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NJ 4-H Agents Association Recognizes Rutgers Marine Science Educators with Statewide Award
Carrie Ferraro and Sage Lichtenwalner of the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences were recently recognized by the New Jersey Association of 4-H Agents with the 4-H Educator of the Year Award for their significant contributions to the 4-H program. This award is given to individuals or groups in recognition of outstanding professional education […]
Rowan student’s service project shows soil significance at Aura Elementary
Second-grade students at Aura Elementary School in Elk Township had to roll up their sleeves, as soil was the topic of discussion for student teacher and Rowan University senior Katelyn Micek’s student learning service project. During her March lesson,…
Rutgers Personnel by Day, Moth-ers by Night: Gearing up for Third Annual National Moth Week
As National Moth Week gains in popularity as it enters its third year, its Rutgers roots deepen further. The founders of National Moth Week are all tied to Rutgers: naturalist David Moskowitz is completing a Ph.D. in Entomology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Liti Haramaty is a marine sciences researcher at Rutgers […]
Service to agriculture gets honor for agent at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County
Dr. Wesley Kline, agricultural agent at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, was recognized with the 2014 Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture Award on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the 2014 Agriculture Conventions in Atlantic City. K…
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Announces Excellence Awards for 2013
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) conducted its annual awards program at the 2013 Annual Joint Department Meeting of Rutgers Cooperative Extension last December 10. The awards acknowledge outstanding performances of students, faculty and staff. For 2013, the RCE Award of Excellence was given to three staff members: Judith Laganga, Michelle Teitsma and Jennifer Matthews. The purpose […]
Faculty and Staff Pick a Peck of Hot Peppers
“Hot pepper in the body invigorates the soul” is a popular adage in West Africa. Members of the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology have been evaluating peppers from different parts of the world as part of the ethnic crop research initiative started at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in 2001.
Orange and Yellow Make “Green” for SEBS Turf Club
As fall slides into winter and the last few leaves of yellow and orange cling to the trees, these colors remind us of an annual event that has taken place on the George H. Cook Campus for many years: The Annual Turf Club Citrus Sale. Each year at this time, the SEBS Turf Club takes […]
Rutgers researchers: Mold can cause symptoms that mimic Parkinson’s
Rutgers fungus expert Joan Bennett had always been a skeptic of "sick building syndrome" – the notion the air in a building can be so toxic it makes people sick. Then the home she owned in New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. W…
Ocean Drones Plumb New Depths
Five miles offshore from the Golden Nugget casino, Michael F. Crowley, a marine scientist at Rutgers University, heaves three lifeboat-yellow drones off the back of his research vessel. The gliders, as he calls them, are winged and propellerless, like …
