The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continues There’s some good news in New Jersey about a potentially deadly tick-borne bacterium. Rutgers researchers examined about 1,000 ticks in the Garden State and found that none were carrying Rickettsia rickettsii, the bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever. But cases of tick-borne spotted fevers have […]
Hair Salons Open Next Week, but Should You Go?
For many of us getting a haircut and covering the gray to finally shed that COVID-19 hairdo can’t come soon enough as businesses in New Jersey reopen months after being shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But just because Gov. Phil Murphy says you can go back to the hair salon or barbershop […]
New Research by Rutgers Scientists Reaffirms Modern Sea-Level Rise Linked to Human Activities
Surprisingly, Earth had nearly ice-free conditions with carbon dioxide levels not much higher than today and had glacial periods in times previously believed to be ice-free over the last 66 million years, according to a paper published in the journal Science Advances. “Our team showed that Earth’s history of glaciation was more complex than previously thought,” said lead […]
2020 SEBS Virtual Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Robert M. Goodman
My heartfelt congratulations to each of you in the Class of 2020! You are the 152nd graduating class from our school—the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Also, I extend my sincere hopes that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. If there ever was evidence that the world needs a flood […]
2020 SEBS Virtual Convocation Remarks by Dean of Academic Programs Laura Lawson
Thank you, Jeremy Posluszny, Class Representative, for speaking so warmly on behalf of your fellow classmates. I extend my congratulations and best wishes to the more than 723 graduates who make up the SEBS Class of 2020. I offer a special “thank you” to the parents for your sacrifice, and to extended family and friends for your support of these accomplished men and women who persevered through […]
2020 SEBS Virtual Convocation Remarks by Class Representative Jeremy Posluszny
BEYOND THE SYLLABUS Welcome, graduates, faculty, staff, family, and friends. I’m Jeremy Posluszny, an environmental and business economics major here at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. I am honored to address you today at our historic S.E.B.S. Convocation Ceremony. Though we may not be able to celebrate in person with each other, the screens and masks between us do […]
SEBS and NJAES Executive Leadership Team Statement for Racial and Social Justice
Dear SEBS and NJAES community, The tension, anger, and frustration of this moment requires us to acknowledge that racial inequality persists in our society and that we need to escalate our work to address it head-on. In the last couple weeks, our nation and the world have witnessed several gruesome injustices against African Americans that […]
William “Bill” Roberts, inventor of the air-inflated greenhouse covering system that revolutionized agriculture worldwide, passes away
William “Bill” Roberts, who had a distinguished 41-year career as an extension specialist in bioresource engineering at Rutgers, passed away on May 21, 2020. He was 88 years old. Roberts was among a small number of Extension faculty that achieved the level of Distinguished Professor, the highest professorial ranking at Rutgers. He developed the first […]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Funds Rutgers Culture of Health School Program
The Rutgers University Foundation, along with New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s (RCE) Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS), has received a grant in the amount of $100,000 from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. The donation, made through The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, will be […]
Senior Story: Zaire Sanders (SEBS’20), a First-Generation College Graduate, Discovers Resiliency and Success
Zaire Sanders, SEBS Class of 2020 and Exercise Science major, plans to become a doctor. That’s been his dream. He’s always understood he’d need to put in additional years of intense study following his graduation from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) before he could complete medical school and don that coveted white […]
