Good morning! First of all, congratulations and warmest best wishes to the Class of 2019. You are a special class… an indelible piece of the rich, ongoing history of this special place. I am going to tell you a few brief alumni stories to illustrate what I mean by special. We start with Paul Robeson, on […]
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Students learn about researching life on other planets
Rutgers Cooperative Extension; 4-H
Rutgers Day 2019 Attracts Large Crowd
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
Angus Gillespie bids farewell as director of the NJ Folk Festival in New Brunswick
Angus Gillespie built it, and they came. Now, Gillespie, a professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, who founded the hit New Jersey Folk Festival in 1975, is stepping down as the director of the fest as it marks its 45th anniversary Saturday…
Over 200 Attend Rutgers Family Science Nights
“Exploring Life on Other Planets” at Greater Brunswick Charter and McKinley Community Schools The ENIGMA (Evolution of Nanomachines in Geospheres and Microbial Ancestors) project, led by Rutgers scientists, launched its first interactive K-8 Family Science Nights, titled “Exploring Life on Other Planets,” on April 4 at the Greater Brunswick Charter School and April 10 at […]
An Ag Field Day Favorite: Plant Sales
In the long history and evolution of Ag Field Day–beginning as an outreach event to New Jersey’s farmers in the early twentieth century; to one focused more on the George H. Cook campus community and college; and then expanding to a regional event attracting throngs of people from surrounding areas; to the inspiration for the […]
Halsted Partners with Wallkill River Watershed Management Group to Build Rain Garden
Rutgers NJAES Water Resources Program
Rutgers Day 2019: 10 events not to miss
Ag Field Day
The ‘Dog Show Circuit’ at Rutgers Ag Field Day
Ag Field day has gone to the (4-H) dogs for 25 years! For over 25 years, the State 4-H Dog Show has provided New Jersey 4-H dog project members a state level event to test their dog’s skills and meet fellow dog project enthusiasts. The event started as part of 4-H Action Day and eventually […]
Plants in the City: Herbaria as Lenses into the Past to Better See Our Future
Amy Gage, Ameen Lotfi, and Lena Struwe contributed to this article. On the first warm and sunny spring Saturday this year, scientists, students, naturalists and herbaria enthusiasts alike gathered away from the sun in a Rutgers conference room for the Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis: “Plants in the City” symposium on March 30. They set aside any weekend […]
