By Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Ceratostigma is a member of the Plumbaginaceae, commonly known as the Plumbago or Leadwort family. The genus contains eight species native to tropical and temperate regions of Asia and Africa. The plants vary from herbaceous to woody subshrubs to shrubs. Used as a ground cover, they are […]
Recycle Your Pumpkins at Rutgers Farm for the Pigs
Halloween is just around the corner, meaning you’ve probably been picking pumpkins to decorate your front porch or carving pumpkins with friends and family to get in the spirit! Rather than throwing out your festive masterpieces, bring them to Rutgers Farm to have them recycled as feed for the pigs. The farm only accepts pumpkins […]
SEBS Professor Explains Why We Love Pumpkin Spice
Grocery store shelves are overrun by everything pumpkin spice this time of year from Pop-Tarts to cereal and even cream cheese. But what makes pumpkin spice a winning combination? We asked Beverly Tepper, graduate program director and a professor in the Department of Food Science, in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, why the combination of […]
Undergraduates Discover New Ways of Exploring the Ocean … With Data
Silke Severmann, associate professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, teaches the introductory course in oceanography at Rutgers. Her role in this first-year seminar is to introduce students to the application of technologies used in ocean observing systems. She helps undergraduates understand the relationships among the biological, physical, chemical and geological features of […]
SEBS Fall Open House Welcomes Prospective Students
This past Sunday, October 22, 2023, prospective first-year and transfer students had the opportunity to attend SEBS’ Fall Open House on Cook Campus. The event was held at the Cook Student Center and the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. A total of 280 guests, including high school students, college transfers and their […]
Rutgers Scientists Help Shore Fish Harvesters Implement Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change
New Jersey’s coastal fishers vulnerable to some of global warming’s harshest effects For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey’s commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts. Recognizing this resilience, and acknowledging the challenges posed by global climate change, Rutgers scientists have come to their assistance. One of […]
Climate Intervention Technologies May Create Winners and Losers in World Food Supply
Analysis by Rutgers scientists shows future techniques limiting global climate change may create uneven benefits, forcing difficult decisions worldwide. A technology being studied to curb climate change – one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now – would affect food productivity in parts of […]
Rutgers Launches Climate and Energy Institute With Wide-Reaching Goals
Institute will combine and unify the strengths of three existing institutes on climate, environment and energy research University leaders are creating an institute designed to elevate the local, national and international profile of Rutgers–New Brunswick as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions. The Rutgers Climate and […]
Transfer Student Augustus Haas (SEBS’25) Exploring the Landscape of Urban Forestry
Among the faces on the Cook campus this fall is Augustus Haas, a transfer student looking to complete his undergraduate degree at Rutgers. He’s a junior in the Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (EENR) major at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Augustus earned an associate’s degree in forestry at, a small private […]
Alumni Feature: Lara Vezard (SEBS’22)
Rutgers alumna Lara Vezard graduated from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2022, majoring in animal science on the pre-veterinary medicine and research track and minoring in sustainable global food systems. Upon graduation, Lara started a master’s program with Miami University, which is in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society. She attends […]
