Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear NJAES and SEBS community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Elnakib, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences educator and department head, Rutgers Cooperative […]
SEBS Faculty Harini Sampath and Kay Bidle Receive Universitywide Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the SEBS faculty who were recognized with 2021-22 Universitywide Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards announced April 26 by Rutgers Executive Vice President Prabhas Moghe and Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway. Harini Sampath, associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, was awarded The Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence. This award recognizes the […]
Senior Story: Nolan Fehon (SEBS’22), Leaving a Legacy of Climate Activism
Throughout his time as a student at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), Nolan Fehon has made sustainability, climate change and environmental activism his passion and mission. Fehon has been a member of Students for Environmental Awareness (SEA) for four years, serving as secretary for one year and as president for the past […]
New Jersey’s Temperatures Rise by 4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Twice the Global Average Since 1900
Heavy rainfall, flooding, increasing heat waves and heat-related illness are likely to become more common in New Jersey by 2100, according to a report by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist and the University of Delaware. State of the Climate: New Jersey 2021 is an annual overview for state […]
NOAA Launches New Marine Species Mapping Tool Developed in Collaboration with Rutgers
NOAA Fisheries has launched the Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal, a new tool developed in collaboration with the Global Change Ecology and Evolution Lab at Rutgers University, to better track the location and movement of marine fish in U.S. waters. An interactive website, this tool reveals that the ranges of many marine species are shifting, expanding and […]
Distinguished Prof. Debashish Bhattacharya Uses Genomics and Gene Editing to Help Save Coral Reefs
Rutgers researcher Debashish Bhattacharya, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, who has been recognized for trying to save dying coral reefs, will examine their genetic makeup to try to pinpoint the genes involved in coral bleaching caused by climate change, which could have a devastating effect on reef ecosystems throughout […]
Why You Should Care About Biodiversity
Government biodiversity experts from around the world will meet in China at the UN Biodiversity Conference to discuss global goals that could have a positive impact on climate change, deforestation and population growth and prevent the extinction of many plant and animal species. Rachael Winfree, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and […]
Join Rutgers Forestry Club for 150th Arbor Day Anniversary Campus Event April 29
Join the Rutgers University Forestry Club as it commemorates the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day in the U.S. with a symbolic planting and forestry education event on April 29 at 2 p.m., on the George H. Cook Campus. This event, the club’s first Arbor Day celebration, will be held outside of Waller Hall, located at […]
Senior Story: Jennifer Obrizan (SEBS’22), Reaping the Harvest of Hard Work!
Jennifer Obrizan transferred to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) as a junior in fall 2020 after graduating from Middlesex County College with her associates degree in biology. She chose to attend Rutgers University specifically for its 4+1 Agricultural Science Education program—a joint program with SEBS and the Graduate School of Education (GSE). […]
Entomology Graduate Program Scores Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Grayson Tung and Zoe Narvaez, doctoral students in the Graduate Program in Entomology, were named fellows of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited […]
