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NJAES Animal Care Program Receives “Employer of the Year” Award
Animal Care Program staff and student employees at the April 10 awards ceremony pose with Student Employment Director Cynthia Meekins and then-Associate Director Erick Herrera. From left, Laura...
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Cook Alumni Put out Welcome Mat for Rutgers Ski Team
Idaho residents and Rutgers alumni Hank Ebert (CC’79) and John Brueck (CC’74) welcomed the members of the Rutgers Ski Team, pictured on the slopes, when they arrived for a competition in Sun Valley....
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Second Annual National Moth Week July 20-28
National Moth Week 2013, July 20-28, will kick off in East Brunswick, N.J., where it was founded last year and quickly went global, engaging citizen scientists around the world in observing and...
View ArticleCampers at Rutgers study how Sandy’s fallen trees change habitat [video]
A group of students is getting a look at the damage that Sandy caused to New Jersey trees, and how fallen trees affect the natural habitat. The camp, held at the Ecological Preserve at Rutgers...
View ArticleAt science camp, teens map trees uprooted by Hurricane Sandy for Rutgers
Daylin Leiva’s first in-person view of Hurricane Sandy’s carnage came last week. The tall beech and cherry trees uprooted and still littering the grounds of the Rutgers University Ecological Preserve...
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SEBS Graduate Student Wins Prestigious Borlaug Fellowship for Global Food...
David Byrnes David Byrnes, a graduate student in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is the recipient of a U.S. Borlaug Fellowship in...
View ArticleMorris County 4-H fair hot ticket despite heat
The Morris County 4-H Fair drew hundreds of families Saturday to Chubb Park, the event’s home since 1984. Hot weather was not expected to diminish the typical final tally of 15,000 to 20,000 annual...
View ArticleTree Guys Will be Coming to Your Neighborhood to Measure and Chart
Borough residents are curious when Charles Ross and Andrew Holloway [SEBS, Class of 2013] show up and start measuring the circumference of a tree. The Borough of Chatham interns are just doing their...
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SEBS Graduate Student, a Sustainable Fuels IGERT Fellow, Wins Two Awards in...
Philomena Chu’s poster received both Judges Choice and Community Choice NSF IGERT awards. Philomena Chu, graduate student in Plant Biology and Pathology, recently received two awards in the 2nd Annual...
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NPR’s Science Friday: ‘Moth-ers’ Shine a Light on Nighttime Beauties
The Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) is widely regarded as the world’s largest moth species. Photo by David Bygott/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Source: Science Friday Think moths are nothing more than drab, little brown...
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Landscape Architecture Students Engage in Enriching Summer Experiences
Rutgers Gardens/Central Park Interns stop for a breather. Think summer is a quiet time for students and faculty? Think again. Summer is a time for internships, research and educational travel...
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Post-doc Sengottuvelan Murugan Receives Gallo Award for Outstanding Cancer...
Sengottuvelan Murugan Sengottuvelan Murugan, post-doc associate in the Department of Animal Sciences, received a prestigious Gallo Award for his outstanding cancer research at the 2013 Annual Retreat...
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Award-Winning Student Video: Duckweed as a Renewable and Sustainable Biofuel...
Plant Biology and Pathology graduate student Philomena Chu won two Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) awards for her submission, “The Little Green Plant That Could:...
View ArticleTwo Rutgers Meteorology Students Receive AMS Scholarship Awards
Two Rutgers students were among the 22 winners of the 2013 American Meteorological Society “Named Scholarships” for senior undergraduate Meteorology majors. Sherilyn Graham and James Danco, both...
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New Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture Project Draw LA Interns
L-R: Krissy Kopia, Deanna Lu and Chantae Moore, interns at the Department of Landscape Architecture’s Gardening the Garden State project, work to install raised vegetable and herb beds at Shiloh...
View ArticleRutgers University Presents: Rutgers Orientation kNight (RON)
How to teach new students about Rutgers’ long history and contributions to society? RON to the rescue! The Rutgers Orientation kNight has a lot to say about Rutgers, including contributions to the...
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Rutgers’ Nutritional Sciences Experts Offer Tips for First-Year Students
Neilson Dining Hall When Miranda Schlitt arrived at Rutgers as an undergraduate, she didn’t give much thought to the possibility of gaining the “freshman 15.” In fact, she was excited about the...
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Mark Your Calendar for Community Day Sept. 17 at Passion Puddle
Thinking about joining a new club? Community Day is not just about the free BBQ and T-shirts – it’s a chance to get to know what the student organizations on campus are all about. Watch the video below...
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Ecology and Evolution Graduate Student Awarded $10,000 Scholarship
Jenny Paterno Jenny Paterno, who just completed her first year in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the BrickLayers & Allied Craftworkers Local...
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Incoming Students Participate in First SEBS Induction Ceremony
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences 2013 Induction Ceremony ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 11 A soggy but sweet welcome was in store for the incoming Class of 2017 and transfer students on...
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