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Finally, two hybrid species of flowering dogwood developed by renowned Rutgers breeder Elwin Orton have been formally named after him and Rutgers University, which supported his prolific breeding career that spanned almost 50 years. The two Rutgers dogwood hybrids, Cornus � elwinortonii and Cornus � rutgersensis, were developed by Orton decades ago and have finally been provided with scientific names in a paper published in the open-access journal, PhytoKeys, for horticulturists and garden lovers worldwide to add to their lexicon. Read More� 

It was only 9 a.m. but the August sun was already blazing over Hort Farm 3 on the George H. Cook Campus. The Entrepreneurship Agriculture Program interns didn't seem fazed, though. Arlan Rodeo, a professional science master's program student, simply rolled up his sleeves and continued to dunk bunches of amaranth into tubs of water, cleaning the crop to be sold at the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market later that morning. Read More�

Jenny Carleo (CC '99, GSNB '03), agricultural and resource management agent for Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, was recognized with the 2015 Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The award honors members with at least 10 years of outstanding service to Cooperative Extension, who have been active in professional development, have an effective extension program and are endorsed by their state membership and state extension director. Read More�

Joseph Dixon, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, has self-published a new book, Genius and Partnership: Ancel and Margaret Keys and the Discovery of the Mediterranean Diet. The book centers on physiologist Ancel Keys and his wife and co-researcher Margaret Keys, a biochemist, as they scour the world for clues to the causes of heart attacks that were killing American men at an alarming rate in the 1950s. Read More�

This summer, two undergraduates from outside of Rutgers came together in the lab of Tracy Anthony, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, for intense hands-on summer research experiences that will help shape their futures in science. Erica Steele, a rising senor from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, was a fellow in the American Physiological Society's Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) program while Kidus Feleke, a rising senior at Jackson State University in Mississippi, was a fellow in the Research in Science and Engineering (RiSE) program funded by Rutgers. Read More�

 

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