By Joanne Kinsey, FCHS educator, Atlantic and Ocean counties, and Rachel Tansey, senior extension associate, Monmouth County The start of the new year is the best time to initiate your personal wellness program. Take charge of your wellness path so you can enjoy your healthiest year with a few simple action steps. The […]
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Rutgers Launches Collaborative to Harness University Expertise to Support Offshore Wind Energy Development
Rutgers has launched the Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative to coordinate and build expertise in offshore wind research across the university community and to support workforce development pathways to employment in this industry. Leading the establishment of the collaborative is Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, director of the Office of Resource and Economic Development at Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment […]
2023 Annie’s Project Farm Risk Management Course for New Jersey Women Farmers
Rutgers Cooperative Extension presents a new online version of the popular Annie’s Project, offering New Jersey women farmers relevant and important farm risk management lessons to help them succeed. The six-week online training course, “Annie Goes Online: Risk Management On Your Kitchen Table,” will be held virtually on Zoom, one evening per week, on Jan. […]
Joel Flagler Recognized with 2022 Distinguished Service Award by NJNLA
Joel Flagler, department head and county agricultural agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Bergen County, was honored on December 1 by the New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes the contributions of an individual who has given their time and resources to support and grow the horticulture industry […]
Celebration of Excellence: 2022
On November 16, faculty, staff and students attended the 29th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at the Cook Student Center. Thomas Leustek, dean of Academic Programs, was the master of ceremonies. This signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered excellence […]
Announcement: Mazen Shehat is the SEBS & NJAES Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration
Announcement by Laura Lawson, executive dean of SEBS and executive director of NJAES. Dear SEBS and NJAES community, It is my great pleasure to share the news that Mazen Shehat will soon join our administration as the new Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration. His first day is December 5. The Sr. Associate Dean […]
Delma Yorimoto is New FCHS Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. I am delighted to welcome Delma Yorimoto to SEBS/NJAES-RCE as our new Family and Community Health Sciences Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County. Delma will lead our produce prescription, nutrition security and food policy efforts in Hudson County in this role. She will […]
Rutgers Rising Memorial Service Held for First Time Since 2019
On September 22, the SEBS/NJAES Office of Alumni and Community Engagement hosted the Rutgers Rising Memorial Service to remember recently deceased alumni, faculty and staff from the school and the experiment station. Nearly 100 faculty, staff, alumni, family and friends attended the event held at the Cook Student Center to pay their respects and celebrate […]
How Rutgers Is Forging the Next Generation of Climate Change Problem Solvers
Training program created in wake of Superstorm Sandy brings graduate students from varied disciplines together to solve real-world climate problems As a child, Dan Blanco watched low-income neighborhoods in his native Chicago flood during storms while the more affluent enclaves did not. Now, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in atmospheric sciences at Rutgers so […]
National Transfer Student Week: Isabel DeVita (SEBS’25) – A Committed Environmentalist
Isabel DeVita comes to SEBS already a committed environmentalist. A transfer student from the State University of New York (SUNY) Environmental Science and Forestry Program, Isabel joined us as a sophomore and anticipates graduating in 2025, majoring in Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources where she sees lots of opportunities. This born and raised Jersey Girl […]
