Graduation is a time when seniors reflect on the people they’ve encountered on campus and connected with in a variety of ways – as classmates, professors, advisors, roommates, club members, teammates and, for one SAS senior, mom. John O’Connell, an Economics major at Rutgers and his mother Christine O’Connell (SEBS ’14, Communications) are not only […]
A Look at the George H. Cook Scholars Program
The George H. Cook Scholars Program, an honors thesis opportunity designed for advanced students in their senior year, wrapped up its final presentations on April 22 at the Cook Campus Center. This year, 51 seniors will graduate as George H. Cook Scholars at the SEBS Convocation on May 19. Named for George H. Cook, who […]
Landscape Architecture Students Propose Designs for Helyar House
The landscape at Helyar House, which is located on George H. Cook Campus in the woods off College Farm Road, has been neglected for years but several Rutgers Landscape Architecture students want to fix that. Helyar House, built in 1968 and named for former Prof. Frank Helyar who was then the Director of Resident Instructor, […]
Celebrating 100 Years: Gov. Christie Declares May Cooperative Extension Month in NJ
In 2014, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System. May 8, 2014 is the primary day of the national celebration to signify the date on which the Smith-Lever Act was signed in 1914. In New Jersey, the month of May […]
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt Returns to the Cook Campus for SEBS Convocation
Rush Holt, Jr., U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district will speak to the Class of 2014 during the Convocation for the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences on May 19. A member of Congress since 1999, Rep. Holt serves on the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Natural […]
Rutgers IFNH Hosts Human Performance Conference
In March 2014 the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health hosted the 1st Annual Human Performance Conference.
SEBS 2013 Valedictorian Earns Full Scholarship for Prestigious DVM/Ph.D. Program at CSU
On the verge of graduation, many college students ponder whether all their hard work will pay off. As they cross the threshold bearing their undergraduate degrees, will their dedication open doors of opportunity? Rutgers graduate Nora Jean Nealon’s (SEBS 2013) path of hard work has landed her in a laudable position. On the heels of […]
Scenes from Ag Field Day 2014
Sunshine, music, food and fun – another successful Ag Field Day, part of Rutgers Day!
Oceanography Postdocs Uncover Sediments Deposited by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines when it made landfall in Tacloban. It was one of the largest storms ever recorded in human history and resulted in the death of 6,000 people. Typhoon Haiyan represents a humanitarian disaster and a rebuilding challenge for the global community. In New Jersey residents’ experience with Hurricane […]
Grad Student Brittany Graf Receives Student Fulbright Award for Plant Research in Ecuador
Brittany L. Graf, a graduate researcher in Plant Biology, was recently granted a U.S. Student Fulbright Institute of International Education (IIE) Award, which carries a 10-month stipend and travel support. Graf will travel to Ecuador from Sept. 2014 to July 2015 to conduct field and laboratory-based research on the medicinal properties of food crops as […]
