During the past 18 months, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution Malin Pinsky has published two papers documenting and exploring the implications of the trend of marine species shifting to cooler waters as a result of climate change. He and his team have found that the shift northward is happening at different rates among the […]
Big Ten Network Spotlights Rutgers Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club
The four legged students attending Rutgers earn a special degree. Watch the Big Ten Network “LiveBIG” YouTube feature of the Rutgers Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club.
Dipak K. Sarkar Named Board of Governors Professor
Dipak K. Sarkar, a distinguished professor in the Department of Animal Sciences, has been named by the Rutgers University Board of Governors as a Board of Governors Professor on December 9. The professorship was established to recognize exceptional scholarship and accomplishment by a faculty member at the full professorial rank. Sarkar is also director of […]
Two SEBS Faculty Receive Fulbright Scholar Grants
Two professors from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences have received Fulbright Scholar grants for research and teaching abroad next year at institutions in Brazil. Eric Lam in plant biology and pathology will continue his work on improving biofuel production by enhancing plant sources. Daniel Hoffman in nutritional sciences will lead seminars and teach […]
Emeritus Prof. Karl Maramorosch Receives Honorary Doctorate from Warsaw University
Karl Maramorosch, emeritus member of the Department of Entomology, was awarded the Honoris Causa Doctorate by his alma mater, the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, at a ceremony in Warsaw in October. Over the course of a long and distinguished career spanning over six decades, Maramorosch has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Wolf Prize […]
IFNH Student Ambassadors Reflect on Research Presentations at National Food and Health Conference
Student ambassadors are an integral component of the New Jersey Institution for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) mission of collective success, interdisciplinary and community responsibility. Students selected as ambassadors are undergraduates in the Nutritional Sciences Department who demonstrate professionalism and dedication to the fields of food, nutrition, and health. These students have the opportunity to […]
Undergraduate Wins American Fisheries Society’s Best Poster Award
SEBS student Collin Dobson (Marine Sciences ’15), an intern at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, won the Best Poster award at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Lewes, DE, on Nov. 8. Dobson’s poster, titled “Waved Whelk (Buccinum undatum) in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Biology of Commercial Catch and Population Distribution,” […]
Student Interns Tackle Oyster Disease Ecology at Haskin Lab
Ecologically diverse communities are resilient communities. But can this diversity also help prevent the spread of disease? This question was at the heart of research conducted during experiments conducted by student interns at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in Bivalve, New Jersey. As part of a collaborative project with Old Dominion University, that is funded […]
Jim Murphy Elected 2014 Fellow of Crop Science Society of America
Jim Murphy, extension specialist in turfgrass management, was named a Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) Fellow for 2014, the highest recognition bestowed by the society. Murphy and 11 other fellows were recognized by the international science organization at its Nov. 3 annual meeting in Long Beach, CA. CSSA fellows, who make up just 0.3 […]
Floriculture Greenhouse Dazzles with its Annual Poinsettia Display and Sale
Arctic, Freedom Peppermint, Silverstar Red, Sonora Jingle, Premium Polar – they’re not holiday candies or names of rogue reindeer, but are among the many Poinsettia cultivars on display during the annual Poinsettia Open House held at the Floriculture Greenhouse on the George H. Cook campus. Almost 100 varieties provided by the leading breeders/propagators such as […]
