Peter Guarnaccia, professor in the Department of Human Ecology, was recognized with the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award by the Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes (CACP). “I am thrilled to receive the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award. I am very honored to be recognized for my more than thirty years of work […]
SEBS Faculty Harini Sampath and Kay Bidle Receive Universitywide Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the SEBS faculty who were recognized with 2021-22 Universitywide Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards announced April 26 by Rutgers Executive Vice President Prabhas Moghe and Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway. Harini Sampath, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, was awarded The Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence. This award recognizes the […]
Entomology Graduate Program Scores Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Grayson Tung and Zoe Narvaez, doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Entomology, were named fellows of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited […]
Lead Author Myla Aronson Receives Sustainability Science Award from Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America (ESA), the world’s largest community of professional ecologists, recently selected a research paper whose lead author is Myla Aronson, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, as the winner of its Sustainability Science Award. The award recognizes the authors of the scholarly work that “makes the […]
Rutgers Among University Teams Awarded $28.7 Million in Department of Defense Funding
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced $28.7 million in grants to 17 university-based faculty teams through its FY2021 Minerva Research Initiative to support research in social and behavioral science. Among the DoD awardees is a faculty team comprising Malin Pinsky, associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, that was awarded […]
Rutgers Alumnus Bob Lyons (RC’76) Named 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum
Bob Lyons (RC’76), founding chair of the Rutgers Gardens Advisory Board, has been named the 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Lyons will receive this prestigious award at The Scott Arboretum’s Spring Celebration on March 13. The Scott Medal was established in 1929 to recognize individuals who “have made outstanding […]
Former Extension Specialist Mel Henninger Presented with Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citation
Seven farmers and others actively involved in New Jersey agriculture received Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citations from the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture during the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention. Those honored at the Joint Agricultural Convention Dinner Banquet were Dave Bond, Sam Conard, Alan Danser, Dan Farrand, Monique Purcell, David Van Vorst, each […]
Scarlet Fire® Dogwood Created at Rutgers Takes Home Gold
Rutgers researchers developed the award-winning Scarlet Fire® dogwood for Rutgers’ 250th birthday A world-renowned dogwood tree developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been named a Gold Medal Plant by the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS). Introduced in 2017 and created in part by Thomas Molnar, an associate professor of plant biology within the […]
Dennis Dagounis (CC’01), Excelling as an Educator
The Governor’s Educator of the Year Program is run annually and recognizes educators of the year by district, county, and state. Dennis Dagounis CC’01 was named 2021-2022 Teacher of the Year for Union County on August 25, 2021. Among the 200,000 teachers in the state, Dennis was one of 21 lucky county award recipients. His […]
Distinguished Professor Dipak Sarkar Ranked Among Top Expert in Pro-Opiomelanocortin
Dipak Sarkar, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, has been recognized as an Expertscape world expert in pro-opiomelanocortin. This peptide molecule produces multiple hormones including beta-endorphin, α-melanocyte stimulating hormone, and adrenocorticotropic hormone. These hormones are made mainly in the brain and regulate many body functions including feeling good, addiction, stress control, metabolic regulation […]
