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 the appointment of associate professor Siobain Duffy as the new chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (DEENR) […]
4-H Agent Carol Ward Retires After a 36-Year Love of Teaching, Learning, and Education
Reprinted from the Winter 2022 Equine Science Quarterly, Rutgers Equine Science Center. Upon hearing about the impending retirement of Somerset County 4-H agent Carol Ward, Equine Science Center director Karyn Malinowski was immediately interested in highlighting someone who has given so much back to the equine and 4-H community. With a long career spanning multiple […]
Announcement: Prof. Julie Lockwood Appointed Interim Director of EOAS
Announcement by Francine Conway, Chancellor-Provost, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Julie Lockwood, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, will serve as Interim Director of the Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) beginning Feb. 3. Lockwood brings strong leadership to EOAS, especially through […]
Bruce Clarke, Extension Specialist in Turfgrass Pathology, Retires from Rutgers After a Long and Distinguished Career
Bruce Clarke, extension specialist in turfgrass pathology in the Department of Plant Biology, retired on January 1, 2022, after close to 40 years of dedicated service to Rutgers University and the turfgrass industry. Clarke (CC ’77, GSNB ’82) started his education at Rutgers in 1973 as an undergraduate in the first matriculating class of Cook […]
Announcement: Lauren Errickson Named Director of Rutgers Gardens
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 SEBS and NJAES community, I am delighted to announce Lauren Errickson will be the new director of Rutgers Gardens, effective January 3, 2022. For the past five […]
Nutritional Sciences Professor John Worobey Retires
Professor of Nutritional Sciences John Worobey will be retiring from Rutgers after 37 years of service. A member of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Worobey also served as undergraduate program director. After graduating from high school in 1969, Worobey enrolled at Rutgers, where he planned to major in mathematics and become a high school […]
Announcement: Leadership Transition at Rutgers Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center at Cream Ridge
Announcement from Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, Senior Associate Director, NJAES; Director, Office of Administration and Strategic Development; and Director, Resource and Economic Development at Rutgers. On Sept. 1, 2021, the role of director of the Rutgers Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center at Cream Ridge (formerly the Rutgers Fruit and Ornamental Research and Extension Center), currently held […]
Supporting Our Asian Community
Dear SEBS and NJAES community, I want to take this moment to acknowledge the pain that exists in our community from the hate-filled acts of violence targeting Asian communities and individuals around the U.S. The tragedy in Georgia and the escalation of hate crimes since March of last year call attention to a history of […]
Acknowledging Harm From Insensitive Post
Dear SEBS students, Earlier this week we shared a post on our Instagram account of one of our associates at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in a farm field. The image of an African American woman in a farm field, especially out of context, has rightly caused concern and alarm. […]
Announcement: Update on Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SEBS/NJAES
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 SEBS and NJAES community, Last June, the SEBS and NJAES Executive Leadership Team posted a statement in support of racial and social justice in our community and […]
