Lucas Marxen, associate director of the Office of Research Analytics, and Marc Pfeiffer, Bloustein Local Government Research Center, worked together to develop he NJ MOD IV Historical Database an online, searchable database of New Jersey MOD IV parcel information data sets from 1989 to 2022. Providing land parcel and property ownership data, the MOD IV database […]
Announcement: Jean Epiphan Joins RCE in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department
Announcement by Nick Polanin, chair of the NJAES Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources I am very excited to announce Jean Epiphan as the newest faculty member of the ANR Department, joining the RCE team in Morristown on Feb. 1. Jean holds a Masters in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers and a Bachelor’s in Forestry […]
New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative Teams with Franklin Police Department to Get Kids ‘FranklinFit’
This summer, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) collaborated with the Franklin Township Police Recreation Department’s FranklinFit afterschool program to offer 30 township middle school and high school students culinary nutrition lessons. The lessons were developed by Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) student ambassadors and taught by Peggy Policastro, director of Behavioral […]
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 […]
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 […]
Plant of the Month: Cyclamens – Dancing in the Woodland Garden
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission It is amazing how some plants become pigeonholed into specific categories and on occasion, it is difficult for even experienced gardeners to break free of this mindset. Cyclamen is a plant that is most befitting of this conundrum. Most people think of Cyclamen as a somewhat finicky winter blooming […]
Announcement: Regina Williams Appointed Director of the Office of Planning and Budgets
Announcement from Paul Elwood, Vice Dean of Administration, SEBS I am pleased to announce the appointment of Regina Williams to the position of Director in the Office of Planning and Budgets for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, effective September 1, 2022. Regina had been serving as […]
NASA-Rutgers ENIGMA Program Hosts Hybrid 2022 Annual Symposium
The NASA-Rutgers ENIGMA program held its fifth annual symposium, which was held at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) and on Zoom for a two-day hybrid event in May. Both in-person and virtual presentations by distinguished speakers and ENIGMA team members informed astrobiological research that aims to help us to better understand the […]
2022 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Class Representative Juhi Patel
Editor’s Note: Juhi Patel, 2022 SEBS Class Representative, is a double major in Exercise Science and Political Science. Congratulations to my fellow members of the Class of 2022. Congratulations to the friends, families, deans, professors, faculty, and mentors who have supported us on our journey here today. And a special shout out to my mom […]
