The Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program, a certificate program that trains adult volunteers on important environmental issues in New Jersey in areas such as sustainable climate change solutions, storm water management, and habitat conservation marks its 20th anniversary this year. The milestone will be celebrated at the program’s annual Impact Summit on November 1 at the […]
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 […]
Josuel Barrios SEBS’29 – Raised on Rutgers Pride
Rutgers University welcomed more than 15,233 first-year and transfer students this fall, among them Josuel Barrios, a first-year student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), who was raised on Rutgers Pride. “I grew up with a lot of Rutgers spirit, going to the football games and Rutgers Day,” said Barrios, whose mom, […]
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 […]
National Association Establishes the Dr. Carl Pray Appreciation Club in Recognition of his Outstanding Global Contributions
At the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), scholars, colleagues and friends came together to celebrate the establishment of the Dr. Carl Pray Appreciation Club in recognition of the outstanding scholarly contributions, mentorship and international leadership of Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (DAFRE) […]
Claire Li SEBS‘29: Embracing Her Heritage and Looking to a Future in Forensics
Claire Li was born and raised in Markham, a suburb of Toronto, Canada, and loved the challenge of adjusting and thriving in Hudson College, a high school in the city of Toronto. “Going through the drastic change of staying in the urban city of Toronto to coming home from school to the suburbs was significant […]
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 […]
4-H STEM Ambassador Youth Program Welcomes its 17th Cohort to SEBS
Over the summer, New Jersey youth from around the state gathered at the Rutgers George H. Cook Campus for the annual 4-H STEM Ambassadors program kickoff. Now in its seventeenth year, the program empowers high school students from urban communities across New Jersey through year-round experiences that foster STEM identity and promote college readiness. 2025 […]
Professor and Founding Director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center Karyn Malinowski Retires After 47 Years
Karyn Malinowski, equine sciences extension specialist and professor, retired on June 30, after 47 years at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. She is a triple alumna of Rutgers, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in animal sciences and a doctoral degree in zoology. At the time of her work towards her doctoral […]
NJ 4-H Members Attend International Leadership Conference in Ireland
Five New Jersey 4-H members attended the 2025 Foróige Leadership for Life Conference from July 28-Aug. 1 at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, Ireland. Foróige’s Leadership for Life Conference, now in its 16th year, hosted 250 high school age youth from Ireland and the United States. NJ 4-H participants included Brooklyn Bilge of […]
