Announcement from Richard L. Edwards, Chancellor, Rutgers University-New Brunswick To the Rutgers-New Brunswick Community: I am delighted to announce that I have appointed Dr. Lily Young, professor of environmental microbiology and dean of international programs at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), as Provost of Rutgers University–New Brunswick, effective October 1, 2014. As […]
Rutgers and Local Foundation Team Up to Bring FCHS Educator to Salem County
Rutgers’ Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) and the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation announced the establishment of a Health Educator position for Salem County, which has been without a FCHS health educator for over 20 years. FCHS, a unit of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), sought to establish this position in Salem County, […]
The Science Behind Breakfast
Professor of Food Engineering Mukund Karwe, in the Department of Food Science, explains what’s behind the snap, crackle and pop in our favorite cereals while Nutritional Sciences Professor Carol Byrd-Bredbenner makes a case for starting off the day with more than a cup of coffee.
Of Dragonflies and Dinosaurs: Rutgers Researchers Help Map Insect Origins and Evolution
When the dinosaurs ruled the earth, they were already bugged by creatures who had gotten there many millions of years earlier: Dragonflies and damselflies. In fact, says Rutgers University-Newark biologist, Jessica Ware, (Ph.D graduate in Entomology) the first creatures to take to the skies of earth did so 406 million years ago. Ware knows of […]
Entrepreneurship Agriculture Day 2014 — Another Success!
On October 18, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) celebrated its second Entrepreneurship Agriculture (EA) Day on Cook Campus. This event was part of the Entrepreneurship Ag Program initiated at SEBS in Spring 2013 and comprised the teaching of a Jr/Sr Colloquium on Entrepreneurial Agriculture, a competitive student internship on Entrepreneurship Agriculture and […]
The Oyster is Her World
A School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Honors Program scholar, senior Lauren Huey, is on a mission to save the Delaware Bay’s oyster population from a fatal disease. Read more on the Rutgers University–New Brunswick website.
Transforming NJ’s Ag Crops to Food Products: Rutgers Food Innovation Center (Video)
Tom Rudel Wins Distinguished Scholarly Book Award from Society for Human Ecology
Tom Rudel, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Ecology, won the 2014 Gerald L. Young Book Award from the Society of Human Ecology for his scholarly work, Defensive Environmentalists and Dynamics of Global Reform, which was published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. At the time of its publication, Rudel said, “This book first […]
New NJAES Office of Research Analytics Holds Open House
The newly formed Office of Research Analytics (ORA) of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) held an Open House last month at its location in Room 003 in Martin Hall, across from the Waksman Room. ORA, a unit of the NJAES Office of Cooperative Research, was initiated by Senior Associate Director Brad Hillman, with […]
Alumni Story: Scott Willens (Cook’92), A Call to Action
When Scott Willens was six years old, he started piano lessons and for a while aspired to going to Julliard. During his senior year in high school, he got a beagle puppy, and that changed everything. Still an accomplished musician, he is now Army Major Scott Willens, with a DVM with board certification in the […]
