Joel Flagler, Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Agricultural and Natural Resources agent in Bergen County and professor in the Department of Plant Biology, retires effective March 1. Flagler, whose Rutgers journey began as a student – he holds a degree in horticulture from Cook College in 1974 – leaves a deep legacy at his alma mater. […]
Climate Change and Food Waste Reduction Curriculum Empowers Next Generation of Sustainability Leaders
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Food Waste Team has developed a new climate change and food waste reduction curriculum for fifth grade students called Guardians of the Food Galaxy. This curriculum is available for public use on the Rutgers website. It merges climate change education with food waste reduction and sustainable eating initiatives to encourage […]
Cooperative Extension SNAP-Ed Team Wins Rutgers Outstanding Service Award
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) SNAP-Ed Team members were among the more than 40 employees honored with Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards in December at the Rutgers Club. The universitywide awards recognized both individuals and teams for their service to students and employees, for their role in cultivating a beloved community, […]
Announcement: Patty Oehmke Joins FCHS as Professor of Practice
Announcement from Sara Elnakib, Chair, Family and Community Health Sciences Please join me in welcoming Dr. Patty J. Oehmke as the new FCHS Professor of Practice. Patty joins Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Professor of Practice in the area of wellness. She will lead initiatives in student wellness on the […]
Plant Biology Graduate Students Win Accolades at 2024 International Agronomy, Crops and Soil Science Meeting
From November 10-13, leading scientists, researchers, educators, policymakers, students, exhibitors and government institutions gathered at the 2024 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) to discuss cutting-edge developments in agronomy, crops and soil science. The theme for this year’s meeting was “AI […]
Rutgers DMCS Staff Lead Data Literacy Workshop for Undergraduate-level Faculty
Fresh off the success of a multi-institutional workshop on oceanographic data literacy, Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS) staff Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner have just completed another data literacy workshop, this time in Princeton, New Jersey. Nineteen undergraduate-level university faculty and staff were invited to the Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center on October […]
Innovative Summer Climate Data and Literacy Workshop Stresses Connections to Local and Global Impacts and Community-based Partnerships
Middle and high school teachers from Belleville, Jersey City, Kearny, Neptune, Newark, and New Brunswick honed their climate change knowledge and made connections to local experts in a four-day Climate and Data Literacy summer workshop on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. With the recent incorporation of climate change into New Jersey’s K-12 Student Learning Standards across […]
FCHS Educator Karen Ensle Inducted into 2024 NEAFCS Hall of Fame
Karen Ensle, Ed.D., educator and department head, Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS), Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County, was inducted into the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) Hall of Fame in Tucson, Arizona, on September 19. She was recognized with the 2024 NEAFCS Hall of Fame Award—the most prestigious honor […]
Rutgers Awarded $1.1 Million NSF Grant to Support Researchers in Advancing the Societal Impacts of Research
Rutgers Associate Professor and 4-H Youth Development STEM Agent Janice McDonnell is a collaborating partner of the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) who was awarded $1.1 million of a $9.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build capacity in supporting research impact. While researchers around the world are working to […]
RUCOOL Staff Hosts Organizational Capacity in Research Training
Rutgers Associate Professor and 4-H Youth Development STEM Agent Janice McDonnell hosted seven institutions in a training focused on facilitating organizational capacity for research impacts at the Chauncey Hotel and Conference Center, in Princeton, NJ, in July. McDonnell is a part of the leadership team at Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), an NSF-funded center […]
