By Henry John-Alder, professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Representing the George H. Cook Scholars Program and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, seniors Hailey Conrad and Adam Yawdoszyn and junior Connor Anderson have taken to state, regional, and national stages to present their research. Their presentations are a product of […]
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On Being a “Herbarian”
by, Kenda Svoboda, undergraduate digitization technician There is a certain calm that comes over you when you drop down into the basement of the Biological Science building at Rutgers University. Curating herbarium specimens has been a passion for many botanists for hundreds of years. At the University of Oxford, in special collections, the best kept […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
New Jersey Researchers Making Strides In The Commercial Growth Of Hazelnuts
John Capik, Thomas Molnar – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers Graduate Students Receive Awards at 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) together hosted approximately 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators and students at the 2019 International Annual Meeting held from November 10-13, in San Antonio, Texas. Titled “Embracing the Digital Environment,” this international meeting is one of the few […]
Rutgers graduate students receive awards at 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting
Trent Matthew Tate, Phillip L. Vines, William Errickson, Cathryn Chapman, Phillip L. Vines, Stephanie Rossi – Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers Against Hunger Receives Outstanding Service Award
Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) was presented an “Outstanding Service Award” in October from the Center for Great Expectations (CGE), one of the agencies with which RAH collaborates on its Adopt-A-Family initiatives. In addition to RAH’s recognition, multiple Rutgers honorees who have supported and/or partnered with CGE over the years were recognized with “2019 Humanitarians of […]
