Cook College, the land-grant unit of Rutgers, is unique within the
university system. As a professional college, Cook is engaged in the
land-grant mission of educational scholarship designed to develop
knowledge and skills that will enable students and the public to
address challenges facing society in the areas of food, the
environment, natural resources, and agriculture. Cook's undergraduate
and graduate programs are designed to promote the study of these
challenges by integrating the natural and physical sciences with the
social sciences and humanities and by using conceptual frameworks that
explore human interactions with the earth's system.