Here are some great things to know about Rutgers: Rutgers was founded in 1766, a decade before the American Revolution. Rutgers Health will unify the clinical units of Rutgers, enabling the university to leverage the best talents of our health care professionals. Nearly a third of Rutgers first-year students are the first in their families […]
EARTH Center offers ‘Hands on’ workshop
Master Gardeners – Middlesex County Cooperative Extension
Shop for a Cause at the 28th Annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale, May 21
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Union County – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Tradition still strong at Rutgers Day 2017
Beverly Hahn, 4-H member
Rutgers Day festivities draw more than 100K on near-perfect spring Saturday
More than a hundred thousand people flooded the state university’s three campuses on a near-perfect spring Saturday for the annual Rutgers Day festival featuring a day of food, music, games and a slew of exhibits… Over at the Cook College campus, a crowd watched in the Rutgers Equestrian Science Center as a former harness racing horse had her strength tested… Some got to test their taste buds with the new pepper unveiled Saturday by Rutgers plant researchers, the “pumpkin habanero,” which is hotter than any jalapeno.
The Evolution of Ag Field Day to Rutgers Day
Rutgers President McCormick was inspired by the festive nature of Maryland Day when he founded Rutgers Day in 2009. But, he built it around a pre-existing annual tradition that has been celebrated on George H. Cook Campus for about a century: Ag Field Day. The history of Ag Field day began as a showcase of […]
Learn belly dancing, create a mini-earthquake. Do it all at Rutgers Day 2017
Rutgers Day is Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on all three of Rutgers University’s campuses in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden… Learn more about animals and insects though events such as the Farm Animal Showcase, cockroach races an…
Introducing Rutgers’ pumpkin habanero: A cooler hot pepper
Albert Ayeni – Department of Plant Biology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension Breeding Program.
Rutgers Invents New Type Of Pepper
Albert Ayeni – Department of Plant Biology; RCE Breeding Program
Dr. Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award Given to the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
The Water Resources Association (WRA) of The Delaware River Basin bestowed the Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award on the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) at its 35th Annual Recognition Program on April 19, 2017. The HSRL received the award for its world-class research, transfer of knowledge to fishermen, aquaculturists, and state agencies, and […]
