Four Rutgers professors and two former faculty members were honored recently by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Scott Kachlany, associate professor in the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, received the organization’s "Innovators Award" …
Rutgers Machine Shop is Back in Business
Tucked away in a secluded spot off College Farm Road on the George H. Cook Campus, the Rutgers Machine Shop, which is administered by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, has been a fixture on campus for over 60 years. After a hiatus of about a year, the shop is again up and running, serving […]
SEBS Faculty Honored with 2013 “Inventor of the Year” Award
With oyster beds and cranberry bogs as their laboratory, two SEBS researchers are using genetics to improve breeds for the shellfish and cranberry industry, respectively. Ximing Guo and Nicholi Vorsa are recipients of a 2013 “Inventor of the Year” Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.
Mayor Booker Presents Proclamation to Rutgers TEEM Gateway
On October 1, Newark Mayor Cory Booker presented a Proclamation to honor Rutgers T.E.E.M. Gateway as “one of the city’s great organizations” for its work building productive futures for the at-risk youth of Newark and beyond. Proudly receiving the acknowledgment was Kenneth M. Karamichael, director of T.E.E.M. Gateway, a division of the Office of Continuing […]
DAFRE Faculty Receive National Recognition
Paul Gottlieb, associate professor and chair of the Department of Agricultural and Food Resource Economics, was one of ten “thought leaders” who presented his ideas to 330 delegates at the “Remaking Cities Congress” sponsored by Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA, October 15 -18. Delegates to this working congress are national and international academics as well as […]
Rahway Rain Garden Project nears completion
Ten lucky homeowners in Rahway are having a portion of their yards transformed into customized, professionally designed rain gardens free of charge, as part of a comprehensive plan to reduce street flooding and improve water quality in the Robinson’s B…
Food Day planned Oct. 24
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County is celebrating food Thursday, Oct. 24, with lunch, lectures, demonstrations and presentations. "Preserving the Harvest" is part of the third annual Food Day, a national event that will see th…
IFNH Building Design Receives Statewide 2013 Architectural Merit Award
The architectural design for the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) housed on the George H. Cook Campus was honored with a 2013 Merit Award in the Unbuilt Category by AIA New Jersey, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The AIA New Jersey Annual Design Awards Program brings public and […]
Farmers learn of dangers from experts
Remember the terrifying scene in the movie "Witness" when the bad guy gets caught in a silo as thousands of tiny kernels fall on top of him, burying him in a suffocating cloud of corn? On farms, the danger of a storage accident is real. So are …
Algae Cessation Effort at Hopkins Pond Wins Award
A project that helped reverse algae growth in Hopkins Pond in Haddonfield has won an award from the Association of NJ Environmental Commissions. The project was done by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County and Camden County Soil Conservat…
