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A delegation from Yunnan Agricultural University visited the Cook campus on July 10, hosted by Rutgers Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs and SEBS International Programs. Associate professor Xenia Morin, program director of SEBS Agriculture and Food Systems major, led the delegation on a tour of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and […]
Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics
Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Announces $1,000,000 Gift to Establish an Agribusiness Scholars Program
Dean Robert M. Goodman announced the establishment of a $1 million endowment from The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, to support the development of a new agribusiness scholars program at the School. Named The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars Program, the gift will enable the school to […]
Barbara O’Neill Receives AFCPE Distinguished Fellow Award
Distinguished professor Barbara O’Neill, Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management, received this award from the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education on 11/18 at the AFCPE Symposium. The AFCPE Awards celebrate innovation, expertise and leadership in financial counseling and education. Each year, AFCPE members have the opportunity to nominate colleagues who are doing exceptional […]
Barbara O’Neill Speaks to Credit.com about Disputing a Credit Card Charge
Editors’ Note: This story originally appeared in Credit.com. Did you know that you can dispute a charge on your credit card bill? Thanks to the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), you have the right to do so. O’Neill , a specialist in financial resource management at Rutgers Cooperative Extension, spoke to Credit.com about what kinds […]
Daniel Rossi, former NJAES Associate Director (Ag. Economics ‘71; ‘73), Inducted to NIFA Hall of Fame
Daniel Rossi, former executive director of the Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA), has been inducted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Hall of Fame, which was established in 2011 “to recognize individuals whose exceptional contributions to NIFA’s mission at the local, regional, national, […]
Rutgers 250: NJAES All-Star Variety of the Month – Hazelnut
The Rutgers 250 All-Star Variety for October is the Eastern Filbert Blight-resistant hazelnut! Hazelnuts are on the brink of becoming a revolutionary commodity crop for New Jersey agriculture, which could greatly help farmers diversify their business and increase revenue. This is a direct result of the research being conducted by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station’s […]
NJAES Faculty Working on African Horticulture Project to Enhance Nutrition for At-Risk Individuals
Rutgers NJAES faculty in the fields of agriculture and human nutrition are working together on an international development project that combines these disciplines to strengthen the linkage between increased production and consumption of fresh vegetables with improved human health and nutrition. Principal investigator Jim Simon, distinguished professor of plant biology, with co-principal investigators Dan Hoffman, […]
Cooperative Extension Teams at University of Florida and Rutgers Spearhead National Campaign to Promote Personal Savings
As part of America Saves Week (Feb. 22-27), the Cooperative Extension system launched a 15-Week America Saves Challenge that’s designed to motivate individuals to get started on the path to increased personal wealth and financial security. The challenge, which ends on June 4, is free and is funded by an America Saves Week mini-grant provided […]
Six Receive George Hammell Cook and Dennis Fenton Distinguished Alumni Awards
Six graduates of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (and its predecessors) were honored with alumni awards for outstanding achievement at an annual luncheon and celebration on April 26, 2015, at the Cook Student Center. The honorees receiving the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award, given to those with undergraduate degrees from the school, […]
Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Celebrates 100th Anniversary
One day after an on-campus event celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rutgers’ designation as New Jersey’s land grant institution, an important component of that institution – the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics – marked its founding exactly fifty years later, in 1914. The department’s centennial event, held on November 6th in the Cook […]
