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 colleagues, Effective January 1, 2021, Stacy Bonos (GSNB ’97; ’01), professor of turfgrass breeding and associate director of the Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science, has a new […]
Announcement: Leadership Changes at Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science
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 colleagues, I am pleased to announce that James (Jim) Murphy, extension specialist in turfgrass management, and Stacy Bonos, professor of turfgrass breeding, have been named director and […]
The Road from Food Science to the Jamaican Senate for Alumna Sherene Golding Campbell
Newly appointed in September 2020 as a senator in her native Jamaica, Sherene Golding Campbell is among a record number of women in that nation’s parliament: eight out of 21 Senate members, and 18 of 63 in the House of Representatives. Although Golding Campbell GSNB’02 traveled a twisting road from studying food biology to evaluating […]
Changlu Wang and Urban Entomology Lab Win 2020 Governor’s Excellence Award
Changlu Wang, extension specialist in entomology, and his Urban Entomology Lab, is a winner of the 2020 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in the Healthy and Sustainable Communities category, for their work in urban pest management. Wang and lab colleagues, who have collaborated with communities in more than 20 cities in New Jersey to conduct research, […]
Department of Environmental Sciences Wins Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences (DES) was named winner of the 2020 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award, in the Environmental Education (Educator Led) category, at a virtual ceremony held on Dec 14. This award category recognizes “an educator, student, group of students, or class that has planned and implemented a project or program with measurable, positive […]
Mr. Clean: Donald Schaffner Counsels the Public on Hygiene Dos and Don’ts
He debunked the “5-second rule” for dropped food on the floor (it’s not safe to eat), a finding reported worldwide in 2016. So, it’s no wonder that microbial risk assessment expert Donald Schaffner—professor at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and food science extension specialist—became the guy to weigh in on conventional wisdom, risk, and everyday […]
Weed and Disease Control Guide Wins ‘Excellence in Extension’ Award
Matthew Elmore, assistant extension specialist in weed science in the Department of Plant Biology, helped to develop the publication, Weed, Insect and Disease Control for Turfgrass Producers, which won the Excellence in Extension Award from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). Recognized in the long publications category by the ASA, the first edition of this […]
Cook Chapter of National Student Organization Promotes Opportunities for Minority Students in Ag
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) is a student organization focused on promoting academic and professional advancement for minorities in agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences at land-grant institutions. According to Jenice Sabb-Dumas, assistant dean and director of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) at SEBS, the EOF team began attending the MANRRS annual […]
How Did Red Algae Survive in Extreme Environments?
Rutgers-led team will study algae from hot springs worldwide, including in Yellowstone National Park. Red algae have persisted in hot springs and surrounding rocks for about 1 billion years. Now, a Rutgers-led team will investigate why these single-celled extremists have thrived in harsh environments – research that could benefit environmental cleanups and the production of […]
Veterans Day: Salute to Rutgers Alumna Ivette Amaya (SEBS ’18)
Each year on November 11, we commemorate Veterans Day in tribute to the men and women who have served the United States in the armed forces. Across Rutgers, we take pride in the dedicated service of those who have served in uniform, some of them still on active duty. Playing a pivotal role in helping our veterans advance […]
