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The Samsung Summer Science Program provides hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for high school students across the U.S. Approximately 3,000 teens attend week-long immersion sessions at one of six participating universities across the country during the summer. This Samsung-sponsored video features the Samsung Summer Science Program at Rutgers, which is hosted […]
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Rutgers and EPA Co-Host Green Infrastructure Conference at Duke Farms July 31
Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will co-sponsor the New Jersey Green Infrastructure Forum to be held at Duke Farms on July 31. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and will highlight the critical importance of using green infrastructure to manage storm water and enhance treatment of sewage and better withstand […]
Rutgers 4-H Program Promotes Expressive Arts for NJ Youth
The Expressive Arts 4-H program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, was established in December of 2009 in recognition of the importance of the arts to the social, emotional, psychological and physical development of youth. Since its inception, the Expressive Arts 4-H program has provided performing, media and […]
Rutgers EARTH Center Hosts Middlesex County Eco-Adventures Summer Program
Middlesex County students entering grades 5 through 8 are invited to attend a summer day program, “Eco-Adventures at the EARTH Center,” scheduled for August 26-30. The program will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, South Brunswick, home of the county’s Rutgers Cooperative Extension office.
Gather your own eggs from chickens Hunterdon 4-H club is raising
Members of the Hunterdon Fur ‘n’ Feathers 4-H club are raising 350 Rhode Island Red pullets and a few cockerels to sell as a club fundraiser. Among them is Bennett Mirabito, 15, of East Amwell Township. He has 50 of the female chicks – which will becom…
Rutgers OCPE Awarded $1 Million State Grant to Train Health Care Employees
Several New Jersey health care facilities are getting a boost: their current front-line employees are receiving training to upgrade their skills through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE), thanks to a $1 million grant awarded to OCPE by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL). The goal: help individual workers […]
ARCS students help to replenish state oyster population
Local students took their lessons outside Thursday in Galloway Township. Kids at Assumption Regional Catholic School helped to replenish the state’s oyster population by participating in Project Ports on Thursday. Students filled shell bags today that …
Rutgers Hosts Ocean Days Event for School-age Kids
For three packed days in April, over 400 students from public, private, and informal science education programs across New Jersey came to the Cook Campus Center in New Brunswick for “Rutgers Ocean Days,” an annual event celebrating the ocean as well as the scientific accomplishments of the students from grades 3-12. This year’s event was […]
“Bare-bones” Equine Research at Rutgers
In 2012, the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences celebrated the addition of its most unique member of the equine research herd, an authentic articulated horse skeleton! Carey Williams and Sarah Ralston, professors in the Department of Animal Sciences, were instrumental in acquiring the equine skeleton, which was purchased […]
Rutgers Gardens Hosts Gardening Program for Local Schools
WHAT: Hands-on activities including learning how to grow and tend vegetables from around the world, and a ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling the Rutgers Gardens’ theme, “Our Planet, Plant It.” WHEN: Tues., May 28, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m WHERE: Rutgers Gardens, 112 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ.
