Bob Lyons (RC’76), founding chair of the Rutgers Gardens Advisory Board, has been named the 2022 Scott Medal Winner by The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Lyons will receive this prestigious award at The Scott Arboretum’s Spring Celebration on March 13. The Scott Medal was established in 1929 to recognize individuals who “have made outstanding […]
Announcement: Lauren Errickson Named Director of Rutgers Gardens
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear SEBS and NJAES community, I am delighted to announce Lauren Errickson will be the new director of Rutgers Gardens, effective January 3, 2022. For the past five […]
Growing Rutgers Gardens to Be a More Inclusive Place
The new director of the university’s botanical garden wants to expand access and outreach to students and local communities of color Ariana Arancibia took on the new role as director of Rutgers Gardens and Campus Stewardship to tackle issues of social justice and equity. She is working to expand access to the gardens for surrounding […]
Student Farm at Rutgers Gets a Reboot
Historically, young people were taught a trade by serving as apprentices or learning the ropes in a family business. While modern education emphasizes learning through books, classrooms, and lab experience, academia has increasingly embraced the value of hands-on involvement and commonly provides students opportunities for fieldwork or internships. Agricultural entrepreneurship offers its own unique set […]
Pay it Forward
This article originally appeared in Fall 2019 Explorations. The Cook Community Alumni Association puts philanthropy at the center of its mission. Rutgers alumni make up a worldwide network that’s 500,000 strong, and there are countless ways to reconnect with friends, show Scarlet pride, and maintain ties to the campus. Not only are all Rutgers alumni […]
It’s National Farmer’s Market Week: What Do Cook’s Market and the New Brunswick Community Farmer’s Market Have in Common?
They’re selling Jersey Fresh produce and other items SAFELY! Concerned about social distancing? Cautious about heading indoors to do your grocery shopping? What’s the alternative? Shop at your local open air farmers market. Not only are Cook’s Market and the New Brunswick Community Farmer’s Market located outdoors but they are doing social distancing right and […]
Chris Endris CC‘81: Alumni Involvement Benefits The Students
Chris Endris CC’81 feels a strong need to support Rutgers and its students, whether it be financially or through volunteering her time and knowledge. She recently shared with us how much her experience as a food science major at Rutgers has benefited her life and career and why it is important for her to give […]
Senior Story: Scarlet Knight Spirit – Erica Weber (SEBS’20)
When you hear the words “school spirit” what does it conjure up: Love of Rutgers? Inspiring others? Passion for one’s major? How about ‘all of the above?” Erica Weber (SEBS’20) is all of those things and the embodiment of the Scarlet Knight. Erica entered Rutgers as a biochemistry major with plans to work in drug […]
Senior Story: Cultivating Fertile Ground for Success – Ameen Lotfi (SEBS’20)
While many students follow a direct path to college, for others the route is more circuitous. For Ameen Lotfi (SEBS 2020), however, it was more of a journey. The son of immigrants–his father is Egyptian and mother is Algerian–Lotfi grew up in Freehold, NJ and recently moved to Lumberton in Burlington County. After receiving his […]
Acclaimed Ornamental Plant Breeder Dennis Werner Celebrated as 2019 Hamilton Award Winner at Rutgers Gardens Party
On September 26, the Log Cabin and Alumni Pavillion at Rutgers Gardens were festively decorated for the annual Gardens Party, which celebrated its 2019 Hamilton Award winner Dennis Werner, ornamental plant breeder and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). More than 100 Rutgers Gardens’ members and supporters, interns as well as […]
