Mark Robson, professor of plant biology and pathology, has been working in Thailand for 20 years. His activities have included being a Fulbright Senior Scientist, teaching risk assessment under a program funded by the Asian Development Bank and training young environmental health scientists under the NIH-funded Fogarty Center. Because of his deep association with Thailand, […]
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What’s in Season from the Garden State: Making Bucks from Clucks, Not Books
Historically, young people were taught a trade by serving as apprentices or learning the ropes from a relative in a family business. While modern education emphasizes learning through books, classroom and lab experience, academia has increasingly embraced the value of hands-on involvement and commonly provides students opportunities for fieldwork or internships. Agricultural entrepreneurship offers its […]
Rutgers Welcomes the First STRIDE Scholars From the Philippines
Rutgers welcomes the first three STRIDE scholars from the Philippines for the Fall 2014 semester. These three students, Micaela Cristina Perlada, Arlan James Rodeo and Peter Immanuel Tenido are part of the Professional Science Master’s (PSM) program here at Rutgers. The university is a partner in a five-year, $32 million project though a U.S. Agency […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Welcomes Back Retirees to Celebrate 100th Anniversary
This year, as Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 that created the Cooperative Extension Service, what better way to commemorate its history than to invite back those who were part of its past? To this end, a luncheon for RCE retirees was held at […]
2014 Celebration of Excellence Awards Recognize Outstanding SEBS and NJAES Contributions
Now in its 21st year, the annual “Celebration of Excellence Awards” honors the individuals and teams who have advanced the mission and vision of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). This year’s event was a luncheon held on April 24 at the Neilson Dining Hall on […]
Four SEBS Faculty Honored by Rutgers for Teaching, Research, Service and Diversity Initiatives
Members of the Rutgers community who have made outstanding contributions in the classroom, to their disciplines or for the benefit of the community or world were honored during a May 7 reception at the Rutgers Visitor Center in Piscataway. Four SEBS/NJAES faculty members, Josh Kohut, Mark Robson, Pam McElwee and Dave Robinson, were among 35 […]
Entrepreneurship Agriculture Day 2013 a Success
On October 26, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) celebrated its first Entrepreneurship Agriculture (EA) Day on the George H. Cook Campus. This event was part of the Entrepreneurial Agriculture Program initiated at the School in spring 2013 and comprised the teaching of a Jr./Sr. Colloquium on Entrepreneurial Agriculture, a competitive student internship […]
Students Get Taste of Local Agriculture in NYC
As part of the undergraduate Agroecology course in the Agriculture and Food Systems program at SEBS, Mark Robson, dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs, escorted his class to New York City to see – of all things – local agriculture. While the Big Apple is usually a destination for cultural pursuits, the burgeoning buy local […]
Wrightstown academic honored for lifetime of achievement
Not all career paths are obvious right from childhood, but in the case of Mark Robson, it’s pretty much a straight line. Start with happy years growing up on a family farm in Jacobstown. Continue with studies at Rutgers University and degrees in agricu…
Get to Know Rutgers NJAES: Spotlight on the EcoComplex
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) off-campus research centers are sometimes located in remote parts of the state, providing limited opportunity for others to know the scope of their work. In the Get to Know Rutgers NJAES Series, we’ll take a look at these centers and find out just what they do. Serpil Guran, […]
