Asian longhorned ticks threaten livestock, but scientists need help telling them apart from two near-identical species Rutgers researchers and other scientists have created a visual guide to help identify and control the Asian longhorned tick, which transmits a fatal human disease in its native countries and threatens livestock in the United States. The pest has […]
Charging the Field: ESC Awards Spirit of the Horse to Kennis Fairfax, the Original Scarlet Knight
The Equine Science Center honors Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax, the cowboy, artist, teacher, judge, coach, mentor, and Scarlet Knight, with the 2019 “Spirit of the Horse” award. This story is excerpted from Equine Science Quarterly, Winter 2019. From a young age Kennis “Buttons” Fairfax developed a strong connection to his family, and what it really […]
Rutgers 2019 Horse Management Seminar Scheduled for Feb. 10
Rutgers 2019 Horse Management Seminar is scheduled for Feb. 10., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at the Cook Campus Center in Brunswick, NJ. Jointly hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the seminar will focus on “Feeding and Care of Mare/Foal, Stallion, and Growing Horse.” Carey Williams, equine specialist and […]
Home Gardeners School Returns to Rutgers March 23
The annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School, offering “something for everyone,” will be held at on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s program consists of 40 workshop sessions covering a wide array of horticulture topics. Attendees can create a personalized schedule for a fun day of learning by selecting the workshops […]
Rutgers Against Hunger Successfully Concludes 10th Annual Adopt-A-Family Program
Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) has successfully concluded the 10th year of their Adopt-A-Family initiative. Through the generosity of approximately 180 Rutgers New Brunswick faculty and staff “adopting” families for the holidays, a total of 279 families in the greater New Brunswick area were sponsored this year. In Newark, approximately 62 families were adopted by sponsors from […]
Little Chefs Help Make Fruit Soup to Celebrate Winter Solstice
Preschoolers at the Rutgers Psychology Child Development Center at the Culture of Health Academy at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) made a sweet and savory fruit soup to celebrate the beginning of winter solstice. IFNH Harvest Chef Ian Keith led the children’s cooking lesson preparing a soup of Granny Smith […]
NJ Climate Change Alliance Wins Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, formerly New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance (NJADAPT), was among 11 winners honored for various areas of environmental stewardship, from protecting water quality to improving access to electric vehicle charging stations and preserving natural resources, at the 19th Annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards in Trenton on December 10. The alliance, which […]
Strengthening Healthy Community Connections in New Brunswick: Farmers Market Pops up at Lincoln Annex School
The schoolyard at the Lincoln Annex School on Somerset Street in New Brunswick was abuzz on a chilly day in October. The clackety clack of a prize wheel and delighted cries of children claiming their apples and mini pumpkins gave the aura of a carnival, however this festivity was actually a health and wellness-based farmers […]
Rutgers Climate Scientist Studies Sea-Level Change Dating Back to the Age of the Dinosaurs
The Rutgers Climate Institute comprises more than 100 distinguished researchers representing 17 schools and programs in the natural and social sciences as well as the humanities. As observers of the natural world, they have been among the first to sound alarms about the potentially catastrophic impact of the earth’s changing climate – from rising sea levels and […]
Rutgers EOAS Projects Wet and Dry Weather Extremes with Global Warming
Rutgers-led study examines role of stationary low- and high-pressure systems Global warming is projected to spawn more extreme wet and dry weather around the world, according to a Rutgers-led study. Those extremes include more frequent dry spells in the northwestern, central and southern United States and in Mexico, and more frequent heavy rainfall events in […]
