During the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference on January 13th a presentation of awards for excellent work was made by extension director Brian Schilling, associate director of administration and personnel Kathleen Howell and administrative coordinator Rhonda Breen-Simone. Wilbur M. Runk Award Recipient: Shannon Sked Mentor: Changlu Wang, Associate Extension Specialist in Entomology Shannon Sked’s research […]
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Introductory RCE Course Teaches Ecologically Sound Practices for Land Care
Many New Jersey homeowners wish to keep their yard maintained in a way that doesn’t harm the environment or pose a risk to their family’s health. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Introduction to Organic Land Care Course is a four-day course for landscapers and property managers. The course will be held every Thursday in February (6, 13, […]
Two Leaders from NJ Inducted into the 2019 National 4-H Hall of Fame: Frances Hagel and Donna MacNeir
Frances L. Hagel of Mays Landing, New Jersey and Donna J. MacNeir of Ankeny, Iowa (formerly of New Jersey) were inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in October for their lifetime achievements and contributions to 4-H. Honored by the New Jersey 4-H Youth Development Program, Hagel and MacNeir were two of 16 people […]
Water Resources Program Offers 2020 Green Infrastructure Champion Training
Starting on January 17, 2020, the highly successful Green Infrastructure Champions Program will be offered in partnership with Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program piloted this program last winter through the spring, and 37 people were certified as Green Infrastructure Champions. The pilot program was made possible by support […]
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 […]
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 […]
Five New Jersey Students Attend Global Youth Institute of World Food Prize
Each year, 200 exceptional high school students from around the world are selected to participate in the Global Youth Institute, a prestigious youth education program hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. Selected students and their teachers/mentors travel to Des Moines, Iowa, in mid-October to attend this three-day event during which they interact with Nobel and World […]
Chrysler Herbarium: A Treasure Trove of Plants from the Past
Centuries ago naturalists and scientists were busy cataloguing and collecting specimens of the natural world. Driving this may have been a desire to tame the wildness of nature, or perhaps the comfort of categorizing and defining the world. For generations these collections have been preserved and added to by individuals and institutions often operating with […]
Registration Open for the 2020 Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program
If you have a passion for the environment, a desire to learn and volunteer in your community, then this program is for you Since 2005, hundreds of volunteers have made the commitment to protecting New Jersey’s environment by participating in the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program. Offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the program introduces volunteers to the […]
Distinguished Prof. Ilya Raskin and Team Awarded Grant for Research on Healthful Compounds in Plants
Each year, the Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that will impact the health of communities at home and around the world. These grants help faculty pursue new ideas and to seed expanded research and funding. A recipient of a recent Global Health Seed Grant, Ilya […]
