Black and Latino applicants for Sandy aid in New Jersey are more likely to be rejected for recovery grants than white applicants, according to data released Thursday by a New Jersey housing advocate. The rejection rate for whites who applied for New Je…
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Swords to Plowshares
Matthew Smith (SEBS ’14) is an army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and, upon returning home, found his calling and his health by obtaining access to fresh wholesome local foods. Now an Agricultural Sciences major at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Smith further immersed in community agriculture through an internship at […]
IFNH Hosts First Event in the “Food and the Human Experience” Series
On Nov 4, the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) hosted the first event in its series, Food and the Human Experience, at the Red Lion Cafe, Rutgers Student Center. The event, held in collaboration with the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking at Mason Gross School of the Arts and the New […]
Make the World Better through Rutgers Environmental Steward Training
Imagine being able to discuss climate change with the State Climatologist or learn about New Jersey’s geology from the people who map it. Wouldn’t it be interesting to hear how New Jersey’s environmental regulations get enforced from a person who actually does the enforcement? How about learning about the role of soils in the environment […]
NJ Fertilizer Law Restrictions on Home Lawn Applications – What Homeowners Should Know
Fall is a good time for homeowners to take steps to spruce up their lawns. Visions of lush green lawns in the spring from a late fall fertilizer application may be tempting, but it is not a pretty picture when those nutrients that can’t penetrate frozen ground wash into our waterways. New Jersey’s 2011 Fertilizer […]
Local Rutgers Master Gardeners honored by State Association
The Rutgers University Master Gardener Program, a volunteer organization of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, annually recognizes the outstanding volunteer work done by members of each county organization. In Somerset and Hunterdon Counti…
Unearthing a Buried Treasure: SEBS Student Revives Historic Trail at Rutgers University Inn
Literally off the beaten path in the woods on the Douglass Residential Campus, Eliot Nagele (SEBS ’15) stumbled across a hidden trail while doing clean-up around a nearby creek. Intrigued, Nagele set about investigating this forgotten trail that wound its way behind the historic Carpender House, known to most of us now as the University […]
New Beginnings for New Communities
Former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture Shirley Sherrod and her husband, Charles Sherrod, have devoted their lives to civil rights and quality of life for rural farmers. On November 8, she gave a talk at Rutgers about New Communities, a non-profit organization with a mission to empower […]
Orange and Yellow Make “Green” for SEBS Turf Club
As fall slides into winter and the last few leaves of yellow and orange cling to the trees, these colors remind us of an annual event that has taken place on the George H. Cook Campus for many years: The Annual Turf Club Citrus Sale. Each year at this time, the SEBS Turf Club takes […]
Council looks at issues around Skelly Field lot
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council addressed concerns about the proposal of construction on Skelly Field last night in a meeting at the Cook Campus Center. Attendees discussed a variety of issues concerning the School…
