A critical component of urban ecosystems, turfgrass protects and enhances our environment through soil stabilization, carbon sequestration, cooling, nutrient and pollution filtration, reduced runoff, increased ground water recharge, dust reduction, and other mechanisms. As the U.S. population becomes increasingly concentrated in urban areas, turfgrass will continue to play a key role as a component of […]
Rutgers Hosts 13th International Turfgrass Research Conference, Attracting Attendees from 24 Countries
Excerpted from International Turfgrass, The Newsletter of the International Turfgrass Society (ITS), September 2017. By Bruce Clarke, Director, Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science and ITS Immediate Past-President The 13th International Turfgrass Research Conference (ITRC) was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ from July 16-21, the first time since 1993 that the […]
NJAES Turfgrass Program Guides Renovation of State-of-the-Art Rutgers Football Practice Field
When Rutgers Athletics needed to renovate the football practice fields into what director of athletics Pat Hobbs calls “the best practice facility in professional or college football today,” they knew they didn’t have to go far for input on the turf renovation. In fact, they went no further than Rutgers for the guidance, and South […]
Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School: Advancing Industry Careers for the Past 50 Years
The Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School, part of the Office of Continuing Professional Education, is a world-class learning center that has trained more than 5,000 successful greenskeepers in the art and science of golf course and turf management. School alumni represent all 50 states, 18 countries, and 6 continents as industry leaders working to […]
In Memoriam: C. Reed Funk (1928-2012)
C. Reed Funk (1928-2012) George Hammell Cook Emeritus Professor It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. C. Reed Funk. Reed passed away the morning of Thursday, October 4 after a brief battle with pneumonia. He was 84 years old. Funk joined the faculty at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station […]
Noted Plant Authority and Professor Named Ralph Geiger Endowed Chair in Turfgrass Science
Bingru Huang, a professor in turfgrass stress physiology, was approved as the Ralph Geiger Endowed Chair in Turfgrass Science by the Rutgers University Board of Governors (BOG) on Oct. 12. Huang joined the faculty in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in 2000 and has served […]
