The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) held its 2023 International Annual Meeting from October 29 to November 1, in St. Louis, Missouri. The annual meeting is an opportunity for leading scientists, researchers, educators, policymakers, students, exhibitors, and government institutions to gather to […]
Andrea Cochran (CC ’76) FASLA Wins Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
Andrea Cochran (CC ’76) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Design Futures Council, recognizing lifelong design leaders for the contributions of their life and work to their profession for more than 40 years. The council, which was founded to connect leaders within the built environment industry and share ideas about technology, sustainability, and the business of […]
Rutgers Plant Geneticist Jim Simon Wins Distinguished Service to NJ Agriculture Award
Jim Simon, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology, was presented with the Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture Award for 2023 for outstanding research contributions to New Jersey’s farming industry by the New Jersey Farm Bureau (NJFB) at its 105th Annual Meeting held November 13-14. This prestigious award is presented each year by […]
Alumnus Eugene McAvoy (CC’74; GSNB’81) Among the 2024 Inductees to the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame
Alumnus Eugene “Gene” McAvoy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences from Cook College in 1974 and a master’s degree in horticulture from Rutgers Graduate School of New Brunswick in 1981. He was recognized by the Cook Community Alumni Association with the Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award in 2018, Eugene McAvoy is […]
Rutgers Innovators Named Edison Patent Award Recipients in Agriculture, Forensic Science Categories
Basil varieties that are resistant to the deadly downy mildew disease. A computational tool that calculates the probability of the number of contributors in a DNA profile. These two innovations share two things in common: both were developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and both will receive Edison Patent Awards at the […]
Rutgers Gardens Awarded Trees for Schools Grant to Help Mitigate Climate Change
Rutgers Gardens, the 180-acre botanical garden of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and a “living laboratory” in North Brunswick, New Jersey, is one of the recipients of a grant awarded by the NJ DEP and Sustainable Jersey via the Trees for Schools program. Funded by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the initiative […]
Tracy Anthony Receives Prestigious Senior Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation
Tracy Anthony, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, was awarded the Osborn and Mendel Senior Investigator Award by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and the ASN Foundation recognized the nutrition field’s top researcher, clinicians and educators during ASN’s annual flagship meeting on July 23. “I am very honored to receive this prestigious Senior […]
Alumnus of Rutgers OCPE Professional Golf Turf Management School, Bubba Wright, Honored by USGA
On July 9, the United States Golf Association (USGA) presented Bubba Wright, Pebble Beach Golf Links’ superintendent, with the E.J. Marshall Platter at the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Championship. Wright is an alumnus of the Rutgers OCPE Professional Golf Turf Management School, earning a certificate from the school in 2010. Created in […]
Daniel Van Abs Recognized as an Environmental Leader at the Watershed Institute’s 2023 Annual Meeting
The Watershed Institute celebrated its 2023 Annual Meeting at the Watershed Center, the organization’s LEED-Platinum headquarters on its 950-acre nature reserve. The meeting featured the election and reelection of trustees and celebrated the achievements of two exceptional environmental leaders: Daniel J. Van Abs, Rutgers professor and Tina Overman, STEM facilitator at Bear Tavern Elementary School […]
Lily Young Appointed Board of Governors Professor of Environmental Sciences
Lily Young, an environmental microbiologist at Rutgers for more than 30 years who is recognized for her research to help prevent pollution and restore the environment, has been appointed as a Board of Governors Professor of Environmental Sciences. The Distinguished Professor in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences focuses her research on anaerobic microbes – organisms […]
