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Cook Alumna Named Coordinator of NJDA School Nutrition Programs
Arleen Ramos-Szatmary Arleen Ramos-Szatmary (CC ’98) has been appointed the new Coordinator of School Nutrition Programs in the Division of Food and Nutrition at the New Jersey Department of...
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Rutgers Marine Institute and Filmmaking Center Team up on “Antarctic Quest”
Dena Seidel interviewing Reide Corbett and graduate student Leigha Peterson behind Palmer Station, Jan. 2013. There is an urgent need to improve science communication to the general public. Too often...
View ArticleMilltown council receives update on watershed plans for the area
For the second time in as many months, Rutgers University students provided municipal officials with solutions to ongoing flooding problems in the borough. Weeks after hearing presentations by students...
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Students Mashruwala and Kung Awarded Scholarship for Excellence in Graduate...
L-R: Ameya Mashruwla and Tiffany Kung Ameya Mashruwala, graduate student in the Microbial Biology Program, and Tiffany Kung, graduate student in the Toxicology program, were named recipients of the...
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Rutgers Hosts 2013 Animal Science Competition Feb. 23
In the foreground, swine judging at the Cedar Lane Farm in Oldwick, NJ, during the NESA competition in 2005, the last time this event was hosted by Rutgers. Then, 200 students from 11 schools judged...
View ArticleWork in synthetic biology challenges Howell woman
A Howell resident with a long list of accomplishments is adding one more to her list of achievements. After being named one of 90 people from around the world to earn a Gates Cambridge Scholarship,...
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SEBS Senior Awarded Gates Scholarship for Graduate Study at Cambridge
Devinn Lambert. SEBS Biotechnology senior Devinn Lambert, along with fellow Rutgers senior Kelvin Mei, a SAS student majoring in physics, are among 39 students nationwide to earn prestigious...
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Rutgers Hosts “Special Friends Day” on Campus March 10
The Rutgers University Recreation Activities Crew is sponsoring the 21st Annual “Special Friends Day” on March 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center. Approximately 100...
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben Urges Rutgers to Take Leadership on Climate...
Bill McKibben speaking on climate change at Rutgers Student Center on Feb. 4. (Photo courtesy of The Daily Targum) Bill McKibben, acclaimed writer and prominent environmental activist, received a...
View ArticleSEBS Undergraduates Conduct Animal Farm Tours
Tours of the Rutgers animal farm on the George H. Cook Campus have long delighted school children across New Jersey. Formerly conducted by the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, for years located next...
View ArticleVeterinary Science Club Keeps Students Connected
Undergraduate students who want to explore opportunities in veterinary medicine can benefit from involvement in the Rutgers Veterinary Science Club.
View ArticleArmy Vet Finds Rutgers’ Agricultural Programs and a Future in Growing Things
When Matthew Smith got out of the army in 2010, he was sure of two things: His insides hurt and he wanted to help people…Smith is now one of about 50 agriculture and food systems (formerly agricultural...
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President Barchi Visits the George H. Cook Campus
President Bob Barchi toured the Cook campus in February, meeting with students, faculty, and deans to learn more about the work of the school and the experiment station. Institute for Food, Nutrition,...
View ArticleSickened former Army sergeant says he’s healing himself with food
U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Smith had a stomachache that military doctors couldn’t fix. The veteran of two overseas deployments was in pain for months in Iraq. Smith, a Delaware Valley Regional High School...
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Students Place in Top 10 in Annual International Turf Bowl Competition
Three teams of undergraduate students, all members of the Rutgers Turf Club, competed in the 2013 Turf Bowl Competition at the International Golf Course Superintendents Association of America...
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Transforming Blake Hall on Cook Campus
Renovated space is currently being used by juniors, seniors, and graduate students enrolled in the Liberty State Park Wetland Restoration studio. Home to the Rutgers Department of Landscape...
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Army Vet’s Interest in Food and Health Leads to Major in Ag and Food Systems
Matthew Smith in Afghanistan. (Credit: Pfc. Adam Hundley) After serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq, Army veteran Matthew Smith came to realize the connection between food and health when he improved...
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Where Will Your Next Class Be?
Turkish farmer harvesting peppers from her greenhouse. How about Boztepe, Turkey, as part of a new Rutgers international service-learning study abroad opportunity from May 16 through June 3? The...
View ArticleGet to Know the Food Science Club
The Food Science Club is a good way to get a “taste” of what this popular major at the Rutgers School of Environment and Biological Sciences is all about.
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J&J Executive Dominic Caruso Speaks to Business Finance Students
Paul Westbrook (right) presents Dominic Caruso with mug emblazoned “Rutgers Finance.” Dominic J. Caruso, vice president for finance and chief financial officer of Johnson & Johnson admits that his...
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