The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Chris Martine, the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research and the director of the Manning Herbarium at Bucknell University, as its 2018 Peter Raven Award recipient. The award is named for Peter Raven, eminent botanist and president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and […]
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Remembering Jim “Doc” Applegate (AG’64), Beloved Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Rutgers
Jim “Doc” Applegate, beloved professor of wildlife ecology at Rutgers, passed away on October 28. Jim’s connection to Rutgers spans more than four decades. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1964 from the College of Agriculture. He went on to study avian malaria, earning master’s and doctoral degrees from Pennsylvania State University in 1968. […]
Lena Struwe Receives American Society of Plant Taxonomists’ 2019 Peter Raven Award for Exceptional Outreach to Non-Scientists
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) announced that Lena Struwe, professor and director of the Chrysler Herbarium at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Peter Raven award. The award is named for Peter Raven, eminent botanist and president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, […]
Rutgers alum receives major taxonomist award
Chris Martine – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Professor Lena Struwe Launches Botany Depot – a Global Botanical Education Resource
Lena Struwe, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources and the Department of Plant Biology, has launched a new website called Botany Depot. It is a global website for creative ideas and materials for teaching botany in the 21st century for all ages, situations and levels. “I wanted to build an inspirational […]
Six Alumni Honored in Annual Awards Ceremony
Six alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, community service, academic acumen, and campus involvement were honored recently as George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni and Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni. In an annual event hosted by the Cook Community Alumni Association, those with undergraduate degrees who were recognized include the following: Christopher Dorko CC’94 – […]
Alumna Mariellé Anzelone (CC’93) Leads Video Series Host into the Woods in NYC
Urban ecologist Mariellé Anzelone (CC’93, GSNB’00) leads “Plants are Cool, Too!” video series host Chris Martine through Inwood Hill Park, NYC’s primeval urban forest on the northern end of Manhattan. Martine is the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research at Bucknell University, and the video series highlights intriguing plant research. This episode was […]
Parking Lot Weed Research from Prof. Struwe’s Lab Featured on “Plants are Cool, Too” Series
Dr. Chris Martine, the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research at Bucknell University, and his film team have been producing the video series, “Plants are Cool, Too,” which is co-sponsored by the Botanical Society of America. The goal is to highlight that plant research is indeed cool, fascinating and important. The episode, “Extreme […]
