The Department of Animal Sciences features alumni on its website and in its newsletter. This article is adapted, with thanks, from the Animal Sciences website. In 1983, Stephen Birchard, DVM, joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University, and 31 years later he continues to be passionate about teaching. […]
Alumni Enjoy Executive Dean’s Ag Field Day Garden Party
Sunshine and a decorative white picket fence greeted returning alumni at the 2nd annual “Let’s Do Lunch with the Executive Dean” at Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day on April 26. More than 120 alumni, spouses, children, retired faculty and friends of the School (and a couple of really cute pooches) attended the barbecue event […]
Five Cook Alumni Honored for Careers, Service
The George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Dennis M. Fenton Distinguished Graduate Alumni Awards for 2014 have been bestowed on five graduates – three with undergraduate degrees and two with doctoral degrees – by the Cook Community Alumni Association. The winners are Gary Brackett (Cook ’03), Hank Ebert (Cook ’79), George Hamilton (GSNB […]
Alumni Story: Steven Gomez (CC’01, GSNB ’10): Thinking Outside the Bun
The next time you go into a Taco Bell, look for the poster promoting the Doritos Locos Taco and thank alumnus Steve Gomez for his role in making this wildly popular taste treat a reality. An article in Business Insider describes it this way: “The Doritos Locos Taco is one of the most successful food […]
Anthony Broccoli (CC’77, GSNB ’79, ’98): Studying the Bigger Picture of Climate Change
Editor’s Note: This alumni profile on Tony was written in 2014. Since then, Tony served as chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences from 2014-2020, and was named a Distinguished Professor in 2020. “Many of the important turning points in my life took place at Rutgers,” says Anthony Broccoli, an alumnus and professor of Environmental […]
Alumni Story: Ralph Brinster (AG’53): Veterinarian and Human Health Revolutionary
The principle of “one medicine” or, as it is sometimes called, “one health” deems that the relationship between human and animal medicine and public health and the environment is inseparable. Ralph Brinster, V.M.D., Ph.D., exemplifies the concept. A 1953 graduate from the Department of Animal Sciences of what was known then as Rutgers’ College of […]
Alumni Story: Dylan Dreyer (CC’03) – Scientist and TV Personality Finds Meteorology Fun
She started out thinking she would be a research meteorologist and even spent some time as a student working with climate organizations, but for alumna Dylan Dreyer all it took was an internship with WCBS-TV New York weatherman Craig Allen and she knew being on television was her “dream job.” Knowing where you want to […]
Alumni Story: ‘RU Through and Through’ – Brevoort Conover (Ag ’52)
Rutgers alumnus and former faculty member Brevoort Conover, who passed away on April 13, 2014, was a 4-H Youth Development agent during his long career with Rutgers. He was recognized with several distinguished service awards and was inducted into the 4-H National Hall of Fame in 2010. In November 2013, he shared his story with […]
Alumni Story: Building Communities from the Ground Up – Michael S. Gould (GSNB ’76-Env. Science)
Not long after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated the Sri Lanka coast the day after Christmas in 2004, Michael Gould, Ph.D. (GSNB 1976 – Environmental Science), a manager with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), began developing and then implementing a reconstruction project to help the Sri Lankan people restore their infrastructure, their lives […]
Kristina Guttadora (CC ’99): Dedication to Helping Others Started Here
Last time we saw Kristina Mayberry Guttadora (Plant Biology, ’99) she was lugging huge bags of collard greens that had been gleaned from farmer Jim Giamarese’s field and was loading them on a truck for area food banks. Kristina is program director of Farmers Against Hunger, and since taking over in June 2011 has tirelessly […]
