Several New Jersey health care facilities are getting a boost: their current front-line employees are receiving training to upgrade their skills through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE), thanks to a $1 million grant awarded to OCPE by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL). The goal: help individual workers […]
Powering the future: Will algae fuel your next car?
Professor Juergen Polle is packing up his laboratory on a sweltering morning in New York City, but the beakers and test tubes aren’t going on summer break. The professor of biology at Brooklyn College has run out of funds for his research, and is shutt…
New Jersey 4-H members to attend national conference
Thirty 4-H members have been selected to represent New Jersey at the 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus Conference. This conference, now in its 54th year, is taking place this week at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. Citizens…
State Apiarist and OCPE Beekeeping Lecturer Creates “Bee Beard”
Tim Schuler, New Jersey State Apiarist and part-time lecturer on beekeeping for Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education, is called on to create a “Bee Beard” after internet comedy venue, College Humor, achieves one million “likes” on Facebook. Note: Schuler finds an interesting use for his Rutgers ID card: a unique bee scoop and spreader.
Strong Rutgers Contingent at Annual Equine Science Society Symposium
Animal Sciences faculty, staff, students and alumni traveled to Ruidoso, NM, to participate in the annual Equine Science Society (ESS) Symposium held in May. Ken McKeever, professor of animal sciences, won the prestigious Distinguished Service in Equine Science Award and was elected Secretary/Treasurer of ESS at the meeting. Karyn Malinowski (CC’75, GSNB’80, ’86), director of […]
NJAES Animal Care Program Receives “Employer of the Year” Award
The NJAES Animal Care Program was commended as “the quintessential site for acquiring workplace skills” and honored as “Employer of the Year” at the spring awards ceremony at Rutgers, marking the culmination of the 2013 National Student Employment Week.
Rutgers Oysters Please Cape Customers
Take a video tour of a Massachusetts oyster farm that is growing Rutgers-bred oysters developed at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, a field station of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Get to Know Rutgers NJAES: Spotlight on the Food Innovation Centers
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) off-campus research centers are sometimes located in remote parts of the state, providing limited opportunity for others to know the scope of their work. In the “Get to Know Rutgers NJAES” series, we’ll take a look at these centers and find out what they do. The Food Innovation […]
Elijah’s Promise Celebrates Farm to Table Event at Rutgers EARTH Center July 16
On July 16 at 6:30 p.m., Elijah’s Promise Culinary School will be hosting its Farm to Table event at the EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County. The annual Farm to Table event focuses on supporting locally grown produce, which reduces pollution created by shipping food long distances. Buying Jersey Fresh produce […]
RCE Agent Gef Flimlin Judges New Jersey’s Top Seafood Chef Competition
Marine agent Gef Flimlin of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County was a member of a select panel of judges at the 2013 Jersey Seafood Challenge, where chefs vying for the state title to compete in a national competition create delectable dishes using Jersey Seafood. The competition was held on June 19 at Drumthwacket, the […]
