The Class of 2026 inductees into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni have excelled in a varied range of fields—obstetrics and gynecology, addiction prevention and treatment, veterinary medicine, football and entrepreneurship, and government and insurance industry leadership—but they all share a uniquely Scarlet bond: A significant, unwavering devotion to supporting the university where they began […]
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Giving Back and Building Up: Food Science Alumni Return to Network with Students
On October 21, the Rutgers Food Science Alumni Committee and the Food Science Undergraduate and Graduate student clubs held their annual Alumni & Student Speed Networking and Awards Ceremony. The event took place at the NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the George H. Cook campus. Nearly 50 attendees, including more than a […]
“Brewology: the Science Behind the Suds” Takes Place at Alumni-Owned Brewery
On October 7, 2025, SEBS alumni gathered in the loft at Flounder Brewing Co., a brewery in Hillsborough, NJ, for an event called “Brewology: The Science Behind the Suds.” The brewery, a converted 18th century barn, is owned by Cook College alumnus, Jeremy Lees CC’99, Landscape Architecture. Guests who participated in the event were treated […]
Celebrating Nicki Graf CC’77 and Her 37-Year Career of Cultivating Plants and People at Rutgers
Perhaps as iconic to Cook Campus as Passion Puddle and the Rutgers Farm, the Floriculture Greenhouse with its towering smokestack has long been a joyful place for plant-minded people at Rutgers. One of the oldest buildings on Cook campus, the Floriculture Greenhouse originally served as a research station focusing on cut flower production and preservation […]
Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 Helps Transfer Students Navigate the Journey to Rutgers
Transferring to Rutgers University from a New Jersey community college is a common and successful pathway for many students, aided by statewide articulation agreements that are designed to streamline the process. Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 has made that transition and feels she has a lot to offer other students contemplating that transfer journey. Right out of […]
Steve Jankoski CC’77, a Scarlet Knight Super Fan, Gives Back Generously to Rutgers
Steve Jankoski will never forget the extremely hot 1977 commencement ceremony in New Brunswick when he and his brother, Frank, were the first in their family to receive college degrees. “I thought ‘Wow! I made it! I graduated from Rutgers University,’” says Jankoski, who studied agricultural economics at Cook College, while Frank studied chemical engineering […]
Lee Schneider CAES’70, GSNB’72, GSE’88: Firmly Rooted in Rutgers
Lee Schneider (CAES’70, GSNB’72, GSE’88), retired from Rutgers in 2018, ending a notable 48-year career at Rutgers. At his retirement, he served in the role of assistant dean in the Office of Academic Programs at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). He has helped thousands of students navigate the academic rigors of Rutgers […]
Cook Community Alumni Association Celebrates its Annual Fish Fry, Supporting Rutgers Gardens and Embracing Lasting Friendships
Summer months on the George H. Cook campus are quieter than most, with many students on break, completing internships, and traveling before the start of the fall semester. There is one day each July, however, when decades worth of stories and favorite songs are heard wafting across Ryders Lane from Rutgers Gardens. It’s the Cook […]
Katie Applegate Bobowski CC’92: Dedicated Environmental Educator and Community Leader
Since graduating from Cook College in 1992, Katie Applegate Bobowski has lived with her family in seven states – Oregon, Utah, Maryland, Arizona, Montana, Colorado and, since 2016, Alaska. In each place she’s lived, Katie’s grassroots commitment to community and to environmental education has been steadfast throughout, particularly those organizations that invest in youth and […]
Jeff Grob CC’85: Destined to be a Landscape Architect
Jeff Grob graduated with a degree in landscape architecture from then Rutgers Cook College in 1985. Today, he’s a senior associate at Stantec, an international company that provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and more for infrastructure and facilities projects. After more than 40 years of experience as a […]
