Announcement from Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Please welcome Shailja Mathur, the new Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Educator in Somerset County, who will be part of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Management working group within FCHS. Shailja is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Lifestyle Coach, Certified […]
Kenneth McKeever Elevated to Fellow of the Equine Science Society
Kenneth McKeever, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences and associate director of Research at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, was elevated to the rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society during its Symposium Awards Banquet in Grapevine, Texas, on June 9. The rank of Fellow of the Equine Science Society is an elite […]
Karyn Malinowski Honored with Distinguished Service Award from Equine Science Society
Karyn Malinowski, founding director of the Equine Science Center at Rutgers University, received the 2023 Distinguished Service Award at the 2023 Equine Science Society Symposium in Grapevine, Texas, on Friday, June 9. Presented to her during the Equine Science Society Symposium’s 2023 Awards Banquet, the award is the most prestigious honor that the Equine Science […]
Rutgers-led Project Successfully Conducts Testing of Shellfish Reef Structure Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience
The Rutgers-led Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project—awarded $12.6 million last fall to develop an artificial reef ecosystem to help project coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion—recently conducted laboratory testing of modular oyster reef-mimicking structures for eventual installation in the Gulf Coast. The multi-institution project, “Reefense: A Mosaic Oyster Habitat (MOH) for Coastal Defense,” […]
Food Science Professor Karl Matthews Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Karl Matthews, chair and professor in the Department of Food Science, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Food Science/Food Microbial Safety for the 2023-2024 academic year by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Matthews’ award will take him to Mauritius where he will teach and conduct research […]
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. Visits Rutgers to Call for More Transparency in Food Labeling
On June 20, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) on the New Brunswick campus to call for more transparent food labels and better guidance for consumers. “Consumers have a right to know what’s in the food they are buying,” said Pallone. “We’ve all […]
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Steven Handel Wins Prestigious ASLA LaGasse Medal
Steven Handel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolution, was awarded the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) LaGasse Medal, which recognizes “notable contributions by individuals to the management and conservancy of natural resources and/or public landscapes.” A Rutgers faculty member for 36 years, Handel was among 16 individuals and two organizations recognized by ASLA […]
SEBS/NJAES Faculty Honored with 2022-2023 Universitywide Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards
Congratulations to Matthew Newman and Grace Saba on being recognized by the university with Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards, which honor outstanding members of the Rutgers community selected by their colleagues for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, or public service through a program of seven awards. For each award, the recipient receives a commemorative certificate and […]
Rutgers Office for Research Celebrates Innovation and Research at 2023 Patent Celebration
The research and innovation community at Rutgers came together to celebrate its own at the 2023 Patent Celebration hosted by the Rutgers Office for Research. Some 171 Rutgers researchers have been issued a total of 315 U.S. patents between fiscal years 2020-2022 (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2022). Rutgers researchers who received patents were awarded […]
Judith Storch Recognized as Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Judith Storch, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, was named a 2023 Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in recognition of “outstanding commitment to the ASBMB through participation in the society in addition to accomplishments in research, education, mentorship, diversity and inclusion, advocacy, and service to the scientific community.” […]
