The Arbor Trail
The Arbor Trail brochure, created in 1976 by then Cook College student Roy K. DeBoer. Click on image to view the entire brochure. Rutgers environmental planning and design major Eliot Nagele (SEBS...
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Eliot Nagele (SEBS 2015) stands by one of two man-made ponds that are part of the trail. The Arbor Trail is located behind the University Inn and Conference Center on the Douglass Campus. Rutgers...
View ArticleThousands Come Out for Rutgers Day
Visitors from around the state came out to Rutgers’ campuses in Piscataway and New Brunswick Saturday for a showcase of the state university’s activities… Dylan Klein, a second-year PhD student at...
View ArticleLiquid Nitrogen Ice Cream and Scarlet Strawberries Were Among Attractions at...
Rutgers Oceanography Club members at the Ag Field Day 2015 “What the Duck” booth where prizes were given for correct answers to marine trivia questions. Ag Field Day, as it’s traditionally been known...
View ArticleFather and Son Duo Honored by Rutgers Graduate School–New Brunswick
Son EJ Green and father Ed Green share a laugh at the GSNB Spring Awards ceremony. Photo credit: Peter Morin. Edwin J. (Ed) Green, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural...
View ArticleSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences Unveils New Website Redesign
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences has launched its newly redesigned website. The website is more responsive so that it can be viewed easily on mobile devices. A particularly prominent...
View ArticlePh.D. Student David Jespersen ’15: From Psychology to Plant Science
David Jespersen taking field samples at the University of Georgia–Griffin agricultural research station in Summer 2014 as part of a collaborative project to better understand the underlying genetics...
View ArticleKatie Fudacz (SEBS Dec. ’14): From Farm-to-Table to Bloomberg L.P.
Katie Fudacz at Monte Albán, a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. When Katie Fudacz (SEBS Dec. ‘14) embarked on...
View ArticleA Stable Bond: Graduating Identical Twins Share their SEBS Experience
The next stop on the Davis twins’ academic journey is U of P in Philadelphia. Julianne Davis (l) and Caroline Davis (r). For identical twins Caroline and Julianne Davis, after spending their...
View ArticleEliana Geretz ’15: Moss, the Whimsical and Overlooked Flora
Eliana Geretz samples mosses in Pastorius Park, Philadelphia. “The mosses were just labelled Moss 1, Moss 2, that it just struck me how much mosses are overlooked,” says Eliana Geretz, ecology,...
View ArticleSEBS Students Awarded at Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium
Dan Hollerbach, a biotech student in Prof. Lily Young’s lab, received a “Best Poster” award in the STEM category at the Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium Each spring, the Aresty Research Center...
View ArticleHeavy Traffic Expected for Rutgers Commencement May 17
Heavy traffic is expected for Rutgers’ 249th commencement, which will begin, rain or shine, at 12:30 p.m. May 17 at High Point Solutions Stadium on the Busch Campus in Piscataway… The Rutgers...
View ArticleCongratulations to SEBS Class of 2015
Class of 2015 graduates at SEBS Convocation. On a chilly, blustery May 18, a cloud of mist that blew across Passion Puddle did not dampen the spirits of the 554 graduating seniors attending the Rutgers...
View ArticleAstronomer’s ‘boys with toys’ remark inspires #GirlsWithToys response
The photo and tweet by Mrinalini Nikrad, postdoc in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences working with Max Haggblom and Lee Kerkhof, is featured in this post about female scientists around the...
View ArticleFrog Phone
The ecologist Jeremy Feinberg, who discovered a new species of frog on Staten Island recently, counts himself among New York’s "quirk celebrities." Friends call to tell him about shout-outs on "The...
View ArticleSeeing Eyes: Furry Graduates at Rutgers
It’s graduation season, and, with it, appear profiles of promising graduates, sketches of the families who provided encouragement and support and now, at Rutgers, specifically at the School of...
View ArticleAdvocate for Health: Madison Little (SEBS 2016)
Madison Little Global health research student Madison Little sees health as a right. His passion led him to present research findings at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia. Read more.
View Article2015 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
Executive Dean Bob Goodman and Valedictorian Kelley Steitz at 2015 SEBS Convocation. Convocation remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman on May 18 to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences’...
View ArticleWhat’s in Season from the Garden State: The Basil Battle – New Cultivars on...
Professor James E. Simon and plant breeding Ph.D. student Rob Pyne in the basil greenhouse. After years of crosses and evaluations in fields and greenhouse, they are well down the path to developing a...
View ArticleN.J.’s 10 Most Romantic Spots: Islands, Parks, and one Passion Puddle
Spring is here, and love is in the air, even if it’s clogged with pollen and that winsome whiff of Jersey eau de Turnpike Exit 13. The nation’s most densely-populated state — not to mention its most...
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