Rutgers Plant Breeding Program
Perfect pepper for picky palates produced by plant professors
Albert Ayeni – Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers Was All the “RAGE” on the 2017 Flower Show Circuit
Rutgers University, represented by a loose collection of horticulturists, alumni and students affiliated with Rutgers—all flower enthusiasts—bearing the name Rutgers Alumni Growers and Exhibitors (RAGE), had tremendous success on the flower show and sale circuit this year. Of the three shows in which RAGE competed this season—North Jersey Orchid Society Show, Philadelphia Flower Show and […]
March for science and a better America: Rutgers president
Robert L. Barchi – President
Balancing act: Teen finds time for love of education, theater and 4-H
Kerri McBride – Burlington County 4-H Players
Alton Brown Weighs in on the 5-Second Rule
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Financial Resource Management Specialist Barbara O’Neill Gives Tips on the Best Credit Cards
For a closer look at the cream of the credit-card crop, including what the best offers tell us about the economy and why abstainers from plastic may want to reconsider their stance, WalletHub posed questions to a panel of leading personal finance experts… professor Barbara O’Neill, extension specialist in Financial Resource Management and others gave […]
Ayeni’s Exotic Peppers a Hit at Rutgers
Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in Mid-Atlantic Grower, an online publication of American Farm Publication, Inc. By RICHARD SKELLY, AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (March 14, 2017) — Around campus he’s known by colleagues and students as the hot pepper expert. But Dr. Albert Ayeni wears many different hats in his role in the […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Participates in Lake Shoreline Restoration at Middlesex County Park
By Michele Bakacs, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, February 2017 Manalapan Lake in Middlesex County’s Thompson Park received an ecological makeover this past fall when 600 feet of bare shoreline were planted with native plants. This shoreline buffer was established to prevent soil from […]
In Memoriam: David A. Meirs
David A. Meirs, alumnus and former chair of the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement, passed away on March 27, 2017. He was 87. Services were held on April 1 at the Crosswicks Meeting House, Chesterfield, N.J. A Rutgers alumnus, Meirs was heavily involved in the growth and development of Rutgers’ equine science program and […]
