Jennifer Robertson is the keeper of the Big Cat Falls exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo. She is among the alumni acting as stewards and interpreters of nature, serving in New York City, South Dakota, and Camden. For alumna Jennifer Robertson, working at the Philadelphia Zoo isn’t like herding cats; it is herding cats. Big ones. As keeper of the Big Cat Falls […]
Archives for June 2022
Animal Sciences Alumni Return to Network with Students
In the spring, the Health and Medicine Living-Learning Community at Rutgers held its Mocktail Mixer at the Busch Student Center in Piscataway. This was an opportunity for undergraduate students to network with professionals and advanced degree students in an effort to explore different career tracks and gain contacts in the health and medicine sector. As […]
Russia Should Pay for Its Environmental War Crimes
Cymie Payne – Department of Human Ecology
Animal Sciences alumni return to network with students
Department of Animal Sciences
NJ researchers have created a brand-new fruit just for chocolate lovers
Gojko Jelenkovic, Department of Plant Biology
Bill Hlubik, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
Announcement: Laura Lawson is Permanent Executive Dean of SEBS and Permanent Executive Director of NJAES
Announcement by Francine Conway, Chancellor-Provost, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. July 21, 2022 I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laura Lawson as permanent Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and permanent Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). As our campus community well knows, Dr. Lawson […]
New Paper Provides Key Clues to Primary Endosymbiosis and the Evolution of Photosynthesis
Research provides key clues to primary endosymbiosis and the evolution of photosynthesis that may prove useful in crop improvement Tiny bacteria and massive trees are both integral to sustaining our planet. A few billion years were required for the evolution of biological complexity and therefore it is a challenge to elucidate critical, early events that […]
Wharton State Forest fire 95% contained, suspected cause illegal campfire, DEP says
Jason Grabosky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources.
New paper provides key clues to primary endosymbiosis, evolution of photosynthesis
Debashish Bhattacharya; Timothy Stephens; Arwa Gabr, – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Ph.D. Candidate Emily Hanselman Receives the Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship for 2022 from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Foundation
Emily Hanselman is the recipient of the Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship for 2022 from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Foundation. This $5,000 award recognizes the excellence of her proposed project, “Behavioral and metabolic measures of oral carbohydrate caloric signals.” “Congratulations on receiving this prestigious award,” said Keith Dillon, chief engagement officer and vice president, […]