The program at Rutgers will be a model for other universities to follow Rutgers EcoComplex today announced the commissioning of a new automated in-vessel composting system for the university’s Cook Campus in New Brunswick, the campus home of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. The Earth Flow™ […]
Rutgers Clean Energy Innovation Incubator, the EcoComplex, Celebrates Princeton NuEnergy’s U.S. Department of Energy EERE Grant Achievement
Rutgers EcoComplex “Clean Energy Innovation Center” proudly announces and congratulates Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) on its U.S. Department of Energy EERE grant award achievement. Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) will team up with grant partners from Argonne National Lab, National Renewable Energy Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, and UC Irvine to officially launch its $12 million U.S. Department […]
Rising Waters on Our Coasts and What It Means for Public Access?
New Jersey law ensures the public’s right to access coastal shorelines and waters. To help people know where to access tidal waterways and get information about the amenities at each location, the state has an online map that shows over 3,900 public access points. However, the impacts of climate change are likely to affect public […]
Thierry Besançon Wins 2023 Weed Science Outstanding Educator Award
Thierry Besançon, associate extension specialist in weed science for specialty crops, received the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award from the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS). He was also elected vice president of the NEWSS board. Besançon was characteristically modest and credited the support of his Rutgers NJAES colleagues for the recognition he received from the weed science […]
Rutgers and NJDA Report on Strategies for Urban Agriculture in New Jersey and Launch the Urban Agriculture Web Portal
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Office of Urban Extension and Engagement invite urban farmers and growers to explore, use and share the new Urban Agriculture Strategies for the State of New Jersey Report and its associated web portal. The portal and the report that frames the Garden State’s […]
Inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium Brings Together Growers and Researchers
The inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium, in partnership with the New Jersey Aquaculture Association and the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, was held on January 18 at the NJAES Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve The symposium was organized by Michael DeLuca, director of the Rutgers Aquaculture Innovation Center, and Michael Acquafredda, (GSNB’19) a Rutgers graduate […]
Graphene Layers joins Rutgers EcoComplex’s WindIgnite “Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator” Program
Graphene Layers, a start-up innovator in the development of graphene-based solutions, and Rutgers EcoComplex “Clean Energy Innovation Center” and its WindIgnite “Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator Program,” announced a partnership aimed at advancing their shared goals and objectives in the fields of clean energy generation, sustainable development, and integrating graphene technology for Offshore Wind (OSW) […]
4-H Youth Camp Comes to Rutgers Gardens for Summer 2023
New day-camp option offered throughout the month of July Since 1951, New Jersey youths have gathered in Stokes State Forest in Sussex County, the northernmost county in the Garden State, for the classic overnight summer camp experience of the New Jersey 4-H Camp. The yearly ritual of campers returning summer after summer, some eventually going […]
Professional Golf Turf Management School Student is Inaugural Recipient of the GCSAA Larry Powell Scholarship
Travis Campbell will be honored at the the 2023 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, on February 8, 2023. GCM has announced that Travis Campbell, a second-year student at the NJAES Professional Golf Turf Management School, will be recognized at the 2023 GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, on February 8 […]
Clean-tech Company Princeton NuEnergy, Incubated at Rutgers EcoComplex, Awarded $12M Grant
Rutgers EcoComplex supports PNE at its Clean Energy Innovation Center in Bordentown Princeton NuEnergy Inc. (PNE), a New Jersey-based innovative clean-tech company incubated at the Rutgers EcoComplex “Clean Energy Innovation Center” in Bordentown, NJ, has been awarded a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). PNE is focused on recycling, repurposing and commercializing lithium-ion […]