Rutgers groundbreaking women researchers are making history and making a difference in the world every day. From serving as mission head for NASA’s next space telescope to creating nanorobots to target disease and studying the survival of orangutans in Borneo – one of our closest living relatives – they are advancing our understanding of the natural […]
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Faculty Strengthen Cross-Departmental Collaboration at SEBS/NJAES Office of Research Workshop Series
More than 20 faculty from SEBS and NJAES completed the inaugural “Charting Your Research Pathway” workshop series hosted by the SEBS/NJAES Office of Research this past March. Over six weeks, participants refined their Rutgers research visions, explored new funding opportunities, and received individualized guidance and support from the Office of Research. “I’m already pursuing concrete […]
Early-Career SEBS Faculty Forge New Connections at Back-To-School Retreat
“My biggest takeaway was that your Rutgers experience is what you make of it.” This comment from Meishka Mitchell, a new lecturer in the Department of Human Ecology, came after attending the SEBS Early Career Faculty Retreat in late August. In this event coordinated by the SEBS Office of Research and hosted at Rutgers Gardens, […]
2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards Presented by the Cook Community Alumni Association
The Cook Community Alumni Association held its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon on April 27, 2025, at Nielson Dining Hall on the George H. Cook Campus at Rutgers. This annual event is held during the same weekend as Rutgers Day and Ag Field Day. Awards are presented to deserving alumni who have distinguished themselves through […]
Rutgers Entomologist Seeks Environmentally Friendly Ways to Thwart Crop Damage
In 2003, Anne Nielsen became the first doctoral student in the U.S. to study the brown marmorated stink bug, which was beginning its ascendancy as an invasive species notoriously damaging to crops. Working with her mentor, Rutgers entomologist George Hamilton, Nielsen traced the stink bug’s life cycle and origins. By the time the stink bug […]
So, Where Are All the Spotted Lanternflies?
Rutgers entomologists explain what may have happened to the invasive species in New Jersey Students strolling through Busch campus at Rutgers University–New Brunswick last fall were greeted by a slew of spotted lanternflies – invasive insects who huddled outside of the Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering and other buildings like anxious, early morning shoppers on […]
So, Where Are All the Spotted Lanternflies?
George Hamilton; Anne Nielsen – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Dept. of Entomology
Spotted lanternfly population down in NJ, but insect likely to be a long-term resident
George Hamilton; Anne Nielsen – Department of Entomology
Excellence Awards Given at Rutgers Cooperative Extension Annual Conference 2023
The Annual Conference brings more than 300 Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) faculty and staff together to network, engage in professional development, exchange ideas for programming and research collaboration, and share best practices for service excellence in the delivery of research-based educational programming. The two-day program was held virtually on December 14 and in person at […]
Celebration of Excellence: 2022
On November 16, faculty, staff and students attended the 29th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at the Cook Student Center. Thomas Leustek, dean of Academic Programs, was the master of ceremonies. This signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered excellence […]
