Rutgers Cooperative Extension is seeking volunteers to train as Master Gardeners, who will help the school deliver horticulture programs and information to the public. Enrollees can expect to complete training and start service by the second week of January. Anyone interested in gardening and volunteer service can become a Rutgers Master Gardener by enrolling in […]
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Pamela McElwee Participates in UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Pamela McElwee, professor in the Department of Human Ecology and affiliate of Rutgers Climate Energy Institute, was the lone Rutgers representative at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, when ended on November 2 in Cali, Columbia. Rutgers has been an observer organization since 2022 and McElwee participated in […]
Dr. Darcy Medica: Triple Animal Sciences Alumna Guides SUNY Ag & Tech College
Darcy Medica, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY Cobleskill, is a triple Rutgers graduate, CC’93, GSNB’96, ’02. She’s the first in her family to attend college and went on to earn a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctoral degree in Animal Sciences. Her father, Jim Velcheck (CC’97) graduated from Cook College while […]
Rishi Jaggernauth (SEBS’15): Embracing the Unexpected
Rishi Jaggernauth earned a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2015, with a concentration in Bioscience Policy and Management, along with a minor in Environmental and Business Economics. “Growing up, there was a strong emphasis on education in our household. My parents instilled in us the importance […]
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 […]
Extension Specialist Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Awarded USDA Grant for Integrated Pest Management of Blueberry
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, extension specialist in entomology, Department of Entomology, is the principal investigator of a two-year, $199,783 grant from the USDA Crop Protection and Pest Management program for the project, “Improving Management of a Key Insect Pest of Blueberries Through Optimization of Pollination Services,” from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2026. This grant is […]
Food Safety Expert and Distinguished Professor Donald Schaffner Discusses Recent Food Recalls
Food recalls seem to be filling our news feeds recently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders that has resulted in one death and made 49 people sick. The news followed a deadly listeria outbreak in Boar’s Head deli meat and a recent voluntary recall of frozen waffles due to potential […]
Paul Falkowski Among International Academic Leaders to Unveil Plankton Manifesto to UN General Assembly
Paul Falkowski, Distinguished Professor in the departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, was one of the specialists from a core international academic team to present to the United Nations General Assembly to officially launch the Plankton Manifesto–a call for immediate global recognition and action to protect one of Earth’s most […]
Scientists Investigate Ways to Transform Seaweed into Energy and Food
A trio of scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick is studying the potential of turning a species of seaweed into a source of energy and food. The researchers from the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute ̵ working with other institutions ̵ are looking to transform naturally abundant, renewable materials into products such as biofuels, animal feed […]
Veterinary Student Finding his Way Towards an Exotic Future
If there’s one thing Bryce Hunter has honed after his first year on the pre-veterinary track of the animal sciences program, it’s focus. The Honors Program at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is more demanding than his high school self could have anticipated, but that has only strengthened his resolve to reach […]
