As a student at J.P. Stevens High School in Edison, NJ, Marisa Shinal was interested in the biological sciences. She enrolled as a biology major at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, but midway through her studies, she found herself at a crossroads and recognized the need to change majors. Ultimately, she found her passion […]
SEBS Landscape Architecture and EOF: Working Together for Student Success
Asia Wright, SEBS’23, Landscape Architecture, won the national Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Fountain Scholar program award, which honors students for past achievements as well as recognizes their future potential to influence the landscape architecture profession. Now in its 2nd year, the program was established to help Black and Indigenous students of color […]
2022 Graduate Research in Interdisciplinary Biosciences Conference: Annual Conference Expands Its Reach
Former Nutrition, Endocrinology, and Food Science (NEFS) Graduate Student Conference incorporates Kinesiology & Applied Physiology graduate program into annual event The Graduate Research in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (GRIB) Conference is an annual research conference planned and executed by a collaborative team of graduate students from multiple life science graduate programs centered on the Rutgers-New Brunswick Cook/Douglass […]
Senior Story: Morgan Mark (SEBS’22), Studing Wildlife to Protect Human Health
Donna Fennell, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences, saw firsthand the passion of wildlife enthusiast Morgan Mark, Rutgers Honors College graduate with a dual degree in Bioenvironmental Engineering from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and School of Engineering. “During a trip by Environmental Engineering seniors to a local waterway […]
Debashish Bhattacharya Produces Award-Winning Video Based on his NSF-funded Coral Genomics Research
Distinguished Professor Debashish Bhattacharya‘s four-year collaborative research project on the coral heat stress phenome is sponsored by the National Science Foundation with a $509,125 grant. His project will use genomics, genetics, and cell biology to identify and understand the corals’ response to heat stress conditions and to pinpoint master regulatory genes involved in coral bleaching due to […]
Senior Story: Max Dvinskikh (SEBS’22) – Headed for the Ivy League!
“Max Dvinskikh is an honors student and currently has the highest GPA of our graduating seniors,” says Ines Rauschenbach, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology. “They have worked on multiple research projects and been extensively involved in many clubs and programs on campus. Max has also been invited to further their […]
Bee Diversity is Important for Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems and Life on Earth
Rutgers scientists assessing the level of diversity among bee species necessary for sustaining populations of wild plants have concluded that ecosystems rely on many bee species to flourish, not just a few dominant ones. The report, published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B, supports the fundamental idea that biodiversity is key to sustaining […]
Plant of the Month: Solomon’s Seal ‘Knee Deep’ in Garden Worth Forms
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Regardless of which species of Solomon’s Seal you select, you will certainly not be disappointed in how the various species accent and enhance the garden. The gracefully arching stems of the taller species nicely compliment ferns, Hosta and other denizens of the shade, while the Dwarf […]
Peter Guarnaccia Honored with Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award by Rutgers
Peter Guarnaccia, professor in the Department of Human Ecology, was recognized with the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award by the Committee to Advance Our Common Purposes (CACP). “I am thrilled to receive the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award. I am very honored to be recognized for my more than thirty years of work […]
Senior Story: Julia Buttgereit (SEBS’22) – Food Science Major Creates an Enriching Experience
When Julia Buttgereit first discovered that she could combine her interests in baking and chemistry and turn it into a career in the field of food science, she was instantly intrigued. Food science would allow Julia to use her creativity in a scientific setting, and she would be able to help create new foods for […]
