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The Beginning
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Officials gathered on August 22, 2012, at Rutgers-New Brunswick to join Governor Chris Christie as he signed into law the historic New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act, which merges most of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers.
As noted by Ralph Izzo, chairman of the Rutgers Board of Governors, "This marks the beginning of a new era for Rutgers and higher education in the state of New Jersey. The integration of an academic medical center into Rutgers adds tremendous value to the entire university and the state."
Pictured above are Governor Christie, seated, and James Cahill, New Brunswick mayor; Denise Rodgers, interim president of UMDNJ; Robert DiPaola, director of the Cancer Institute of NJ; Rochelle Hendricks, state secretary of higher education; Peter Amenta, dean of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Richard L. Edwards, interim president of Rutgers; and Senators Donald Norcross and Stephen Sweeney. (Photo by Nick Romenko).
An article describing this milestone event appears on the Rutgers website. |
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Mark Your
Calendar
August 29, 2012 - The annual Great Tomato Tasting at Snyder Research Farm, Pittstown
September 5, 2012 - Lecture and book-signing by Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
September 13, 2012 - Community Day on Red Oak Lane
September 21, 2012 - RUAA New Jersey Winery Motorcoach Tour and Tastings (visit the RUAA website)
September 22, 2012 - Cook Community Alumni Association Fish Fry and Italian Festival, Rutgers Gardens' Log Cabin Pavilion
October 5-7, 2012 - RU Parents and Family Weekend
October 24, 2012 - The annual Gleaning at Giamarese Farm
December 4, 2012 - Retired Faculty Luncheon, University Inn and Conference Center
December 12, 2012 -A symposium marking the 60th Anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Selman Waksman
These are just a few of the exciting events planned for the fall semester. Please keep checking the Discovery Initiative website for updates and further details.
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Contact:
Office of Community Engagement
848-932-2000
discovery@aesop.rutgers.edu
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Great Tomato Tasting August 29
Features Chefs Demo and Sampling
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Our chefs' recipes are featured on the Discovery website. |
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For the first time at this year's Great Tomato Tasting, Rutgers Dining Services is spotlighted, with some delicious recipes -- featuring tomatoes, of course -- demonstrated and made available for sampling. This is in addition to platters of perfect red, yellow and orange tomatoes, plus ripe peaches, crisp apples, tangy basil, sweet honey and more. The Great Tomato Tasting takes place starting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Pittstown, NJ.
Even those who aren't able to visit during this annual extravaganza can enjoy recipes from Chef Peter Imranyi and Chef Dave Mule' that are featured on the Discovery Initiative website. Smoked Tomato Bisque (reason enough to acquire a smoker), and three kinds of salsa -- peach and tomato; tomato, avocado and mango; and tomato, cucumber dill -- are yours for the making. Rutgers nutritionist Peggy Policastro calculated the nutrition information, for your convenience. Every year Snyder Farm welcomes visitors, who enjoy wagon tours of the farm, view its various teaching and display gardens and taste scores of varieties of tomatoes and other delicacies produced on the farm. The event traditionally is scheduled for the last week of August. You can check the Discovery Initiative website for the latest information. |
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Visiting Professor Explores Science
and Politics Behind Climate Change
 In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations prominently featured the "Hockey Stick," a chart showing global temperature data over the past 1,000 years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperatures had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels and became the source of controversy involving politics and the implications for policy.
In his book - The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines - Dr. Michael E. Mann, lead author of the original paper in which the Hockey Stick first appeared, shares the real story of the science and politics behind this controversy.
Please join Professor Mann for a lecture, followed by a book signing, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Cook Campus Center.
Further information and a link to registration are available on the Discovery website. Please click here. |
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Cook Campus Welcomes Students
To 2012-2013 Academic Year
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Students get acquainted at the Cook Campus Center plaza. |
In just a few days, the G.H. Cook Campus -- and all Rutgers campuses -- will be bustling with students, as the new academic year gets under way. Official enrollment figures will be available in a few weeks, and according to Richard Ludescher, dean of academic programs, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is on track this year to match the record number of students who enrolled last year -- upwards of 3,600. This figure includes more than 1,000 first year and transfer students.
To help new and returning students navigate their way at SEBS, the School's website offers a wealth of information. It also provides useful details and links for prospective students. Anyone interested in learning more about the School may visit http://sebs.rutgers.edu. |
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This newsletter is brought to you by the Office of Community Engagement at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. New events are posted frequently on our Discovery Initiative website at www.discovery.rutgers.edu.
Diana M. Orban Brown, Director |
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