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Discovery Newsletter
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April 2016
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Alumni! Let's Do Lunch With the Executive Dean on April 30
It's all new this year, so you'll want to be sure to join us from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday April 30, 2016, for the "Let's Do Lunch with the Executive Dean" event during Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day! The theme this year is "New Places and New Faces." The new place is the children's health education area (a/k/a The Playground) in the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health across from Skelley Field. The new "face" is Melissa McKillip, just appointed as Vice Dean for Advancement for the School and Experiment Station. Ag, CAES, Cook, and SEBS alumni, their spouses/partners, and children all are welcome. And the kids will love trying out the IFNH playground. The event is free, but space is limited. Register early for a place and to reserve your own seed packet of the new Rutgers 250 tomato.
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Rutgers Rising Remembrance Set for May 4
 Rutgers Rising brings together members of the Cook Campus community to honor students, faculty, staff, and friends who recently have passed away. This year's event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the Cook Student Center.
Honorees include Mary Jane Willis, associate director of Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Urban Programs; Gail Alexander, senior associate for external affairs, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station; John C. F. Tedrow, retired professor with the departments of Evolution, Ecology and Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences; Bernard L. Pollack, retired professor with the Department of Horticulture and Forestry and Extension specialist in vegetable crops; Calvin G. Wettstein, retired Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County agricultural agent; and Florence G. Minifie, retired Extension specialist in clothing and textiles.
The event is open to colleagues, friends, and family. There is no charge, but registration is requested.
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Two Anthropocene Talks Scheduled
Two outstanding authors will be visiting the G.H. Cook Campus in April as part of the  School's celebration of the 250th anniversary of Rutgers' founding. At 3 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2016, Gaia Vince, author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, will talk about her personal adventures and will sign her award-winning book. On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 7 p.m., alumnus Carl Safina (GSNB-Ecology '82 and '87) will talk about "What Are Animals Thinking and Feeling." He is a MacArthur Fellow, a noted environmentalist, and author of several books, including Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. Both talks will take place in Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, 61 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, and are free and open to the public. Seating is limited so registration is required: register here for Gaia Vince; register here for Carl Safina.
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What Will It Take To Reduce Obesity in the Population?
An internationally recognized expert in obesity treatment and prevention will deliver the Department of Nutritional Sciences' Hans Fisher Lectureship at 10:30 a.m. on  Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. James O. Hill will offer answers to the question, "What Will it Take to Reduce Obesity in the Population?" Hill is executive director of the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center and was chair of the first World Health Organization Consultation on Obesity in 1997. He has been president of The Obesity Society and the American Society for Nutrition and was a member of the NIH Panel on Obesity that developed the first U.S. guidelines for the prevention and treatment of the disease. The lecture is supported by the endowment established by Professor Emeritus Hans Fisher. Please register.
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Join Malcolm Watford for April 19 Talk
Malcolm Watford, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and director of  the George H. Cook Scholars Program, was mentored by Nobel Prize-winner Hans A. Krebs as Watford completed his doctoral degree at Oxford University in the 1970s. On Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, Watford will share insights and stories in a talk, "A Brief History of Metabolism: From Lavosier to the Krebs Cycle."
Watford will outline the history of the study of metabolism with particular emphasis on the theoretical and practical approaches employed by Krebs, and he promises to share some of the more personal details of working with "Prof," who never tired of explaining that he could trace his scientific lineage all the way back to Lavosier, who is credited with being the true founder of the study of metabolism.
A reception will follow the talk. Registration is not required, but seating is limited, so early arrival is suggested.
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What Bugs You? Check Out Entomology's 'Insect of the Week'
 The Department of Entomology's Facebook page has emerged with a new feature - the "Insect of the Week," complete with stunning images and interesting descriptions. So far, 17-year cicadas and a praying mantis in bad trouble have been featured. Check them out at the Rutgers Entomology Facebook page.
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Upcoming Events
April 8, 2016 - Talk and book-signing for Gaia Vince, 3 to 5 p.m., Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, 61 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick (see above) April 12, 2016 - Talk and book-signing with Carl Safina, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (see above) April 13, 2016 - Hans Fisher Lectureship on "What Will It Take to Reduce Obesity in the Population?" by James O. Hill, 10:30 a.m., Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (see above) April 19, 2016 - Malcolm Watford, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, will give "A Brief History of Metabolism: From Lavoisier to the Krebs Cycle - A Personal View," beginning at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (see above) April 27, 2016 - Alumnus Sonny Ramaswamy (GSNB-Entomology '80), director of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will address "Setting the Table for a Hotter, Flatter, More Crowded Earth" at 11:30 a.m. in the Marine Sciences Building, 71 Dudley Rd., New Brunswick April 30, 2016 - Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day and "Let's Do Lunch with the Executive Dean," noon to 1:30 p.m., Children's Health Education Center at the Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (see above) May 1, 2016 - G.H. Cook Alumni Awards and Dennis M. Fenton Graduate Alumni Awards brunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cook Student Center, 59 Biel Rd., New Brunswick (hold the date) May 4, 2016 - Rutgers Rising remembrance, 6:30 p.m. at the Cook Student Center (see above) May 15, 2016 - Rutgers University Commencement, 12:30 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium ( details) May 16, 2016 - School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Convocation, 10 a.m. at Passion Puddle ( details)
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This Newsletter is brought to you by the Office of Alumni and Community Engagement, a unit of the Office of the Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. New events and programs are posted frequently on our Discovery website at www.discovery.rutgers.edu. Contact the Office of Alumni and Community Engagement at 848-932-4215 or discovery@aesop.rutgers.edu.Diana M. Orban Brown, Director
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