The North American Strawberry Growers Association visited New Jersey on August 15 and 16 for its annual tour. Executive Director of the North American Strawberry Growers Association Kevin Schooley, based in Ontario, Canada, organized the tour with suggested stops from Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agricultural Agents, Bill Hlubik, Peter Nitzsche and Gary Pavlis. Tour stops included […]
Coastal Landscapes: South Jersey From the Air
Kenneth Able, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Documents These Coastal Landscapes in a Newly Published Book New Jersey has roughly one hundred and thirty miles of coastline, including a wide array of habitats from marshes to ocean beaches, each hosting a unique ecosystem. Yet these coastal landscapes are quite dynamic, changing rapidly as a result of commercial […]
Inaugural NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference – A Success!
Rutgers University’s Food Innovation Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, along with Middlesex County, held their first annual NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference at the Rutgers College Avenue Student Center in June. The conference was designed to help promote the growth of New Jersey’s food technology sector by building awareness of its strength in food […]
Rutgers Nursery and Ornamental Research and Demonstrations
With the help of RAREC farm crew and funding through RCE leadership, Tim Waller (Cumberland, Nursery Crops) has been diligently working to bring four Quonset-style high tunnels back into production for nursery and ornamental related research and demonstrations. Initially, the high tunnels required partial demolition, new flooring, hip and foot boards, wiggle-wire channels, 6mil plastic […]
2023 Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days
By all measures, the Rutgers Turfgrass Research Field Days held on July 25 and 26, 2023, were a resounding success. Faculty, staff and students in the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science were able to present their current research findings during three events over the two days, which attracted more than 537 people from Finland, Canada […]
Alumnus of Rutgers OCPE Professional Golf Turf Management School, Bubba Wright, Honored by USGA
On July 9, the United States Golf Association (USGA) presented Bubba Wright, Pebble Beach Golf Links’ superintendent, with the E.J. Marshall Platter at the conclusion of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open Championship. Wright is an alumnus of the Rutgers OCPE Professional Golf Turf Management School, earning a certificate from the school in 2010. Created in […]
Rutgers Faculty SNAP to It With Community College Students to Counter Food Insecurity
A social scientist and a graphic designer join forces with Hudson County Community College to create art, gather food stories and engage northeastern New Jerseyans Two Rutgers faculty members – a health psychologist who studies food insecurity and a design professor whose work engages marginalized communities in self-advocacy – teamed up with staff and students […]
Lone Star Ticks Infected with Bourbon Virus in New Jersey
A recent report in the Journal of Medical Entomology has important public health implications for New Jersey, which only recently joined a select number of states to discover an emerging virus in populations of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum L.). The report was co-authored by Dana Price and Nicole Wagner from the Dept. of […]
Kenneth McKeever Elevated to Fellow of the Equine Science Society
Kenneth McKeever, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director of Research at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, was elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society during its Symposium Awards Banquet in Grapevine, Texas, on June 9. The rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society is an elite […]
Karyn Malinowski Honored with Distinguished Service Award from Equine Science Society
Karyn Malinowski, founding director of the Equine Science Center at Rutgers University, received the 2023 Distinguished Service Award at the 2023 Equine Science Society Symposium in Grapevine, Texas, on Friday, June 9. Presented to her during the Equine Science Society Symposium’s 2023 Awards Banquet, the award is the most prestigious honor that the Equine Science […]