Transferring to Rutgers University–New Brunswick just got even easier for Middlesex College dietetics students, thanks to a new articulation agreement between the college’s Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Dietetics Department and Rutgers’ Department of Nutritional Sciences, which is in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Under the agreement announced Wednesday, June 22, students who […]
Jennifer Robertson (CC’97): Cat Woman!
Jennifer Robertson is the keeper of the Big Cat Falls exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo. She is among the alumni acting as stewards and interpreters of nature, serving in New York City, South Dakota, and Camden. For alumna Jennifer Robertson, working at the Philadelphia Zoo isn’t like herding cats; it is herding cats. Big ones. As keeper of the Big Cat Falls […]
Ph.D. Candidate Emily Hanselman Receives the Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship for 2022 from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Foundation
Emily Hanselman is the recipient of the Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship for 2022 from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Foundation. This $5,000 award recognizes the excellence of her proposed project, “Behavioral and metabolic measures of oral carbohydrate caloric signals.” “Congratulations on receiving this prestigious award,” said Keith Dillon, chief engagement officer and vice president, […]
Graduate Student Megan King Receives Multiple Grants
Megan King, who is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Graduate Studies in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program, has received the 2022 Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Torrey Botanical Club’s research grant. The Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant is part of an international competition and […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Associate Director of Outreach, Carey Williams, Receives the 2021 Governor’s Award for Horseperson of the Year
The 2021 Governor’s Award for Horseperson of the Year was presented to professor Carey Williams, who has served Rutgers University as the equine extension specialist since 2003. She also serves as the Rutgers Equine Science Center associate director of outreach. Williams accepted the award at the 65th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Celebration at the […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Announces New Jersey Equestrian Safety Week
Rutgers University Equine Science Center has partnered with New Jersey Assemblyman Ronald Dancer to bring awareness to equestrian safety, announcing the inaugural “New Jersey Equestrian Safety Week” to be held from Sunday, June 5 to Saturday, June 11, 2022. Riding is considered one of the most dangerous sports in the United States because injuries are […]
Plant of the Month: Diervilla – No Codling Required
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Diervilla is a member of the Caprifoliaceae or Honeysuckle family. Although a large family with over 860 species, Diervilla is a small genus with only three species, all native to Eastern North America. The genus was named by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) in 1706 […]
SEBS Faculty Win Rutgers Global Grants
SEBS faculty, representing a broad range of majors and programs at the school, were awarded 2022 Rutgers Global Grants, annual seed grants open to all Rutgers faculty, including tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and non-tenure track faculty. These grants help to support a strong core of SEBS faculty who are dedicated to international research and collaborations. […]
Jessica Ware (GSNB’08-Entomology): The Insect Curator
Alumni Profile As a freshman at the University of British Columbia, Jessica Ware envisioned a career as a marine biologist. But in an invertebrate zoology class, she was stunned to learn there are more species of insects than any other animal on the planet. About a million insect species have been identified but several million […]
Belle Huang: Master of Microbial Biology and the Balance Beam
Belle Huang ends her Rutgers career with a bachelor of science degree in biology, a master’s degree from the School of Graduate Studies in the Microbial Biology Graduate Program administered by SEBS and four NCAA tournament appearances in gymnastics. See Huang in action in the video.
