Each summer, a handful of rising New Jersey high school seniors interested in health care careers participate in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Summer Science Scholars Academy (S3A). The students engage in a “mini-medical school” experience exploring the human body through a series of lectures, organ laboratories and clinical experiences. Students are […]
Staff
Is The Produce At The Farmers Market Local? Turns Out, Not Always.
Mary Ann Schrum, Rutgers Gardens
Raising an animal teaches life lessons to 4-Hers
Dave Foord, 4-H Youth Development, RCE of Sussex County
Lee Schneider, Assistant Dean of Office of Academic Programs, Retires After 48-Year Career
Lee SchneiderLee Schneider, assistant dean in the office of academic programs, is retiring after a 48-year career at Rutgers. Schneider began his Rutgers career in 1965 as an undergraduate and a football player for the Scarlet Knights. He has since helped thousands of students navigate the academic rigors of Rutgers as well as connect parents […]
2018 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
Good morning! I extend my congratulations and warmest best wishes to our graduates. I also want to express my thanks to friends and family who have supported your student scholars through their careers and life-building experiences here at Rutgers New Brunswick and its School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. All of you have reached a […]
Rutgers, Refuge, Sustain: Partners in Music and Nature Preservation
Roland Hagan, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
A Celebration of Excellence 2018
On April 23, faculty, staff and students attended the 25th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
Study Shows Bt-Field Corn Results in Reduced Pest Pressure in Other Non-GM Vegetable Crops
A Mid-Atlantic multi-state study compared the rate of European corn borer and corn earworm damage before and after introduction of Bt-field corn usage on other non-Bt crop fields. The study was published March 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Kristian Holmstrom, research project coordinator in the Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
GM corn keeps pests from unmodified neighbors
Kris Holmstrom, Department of Entomology
Dynamic Duo
Shawn and Michelle Arent, who can collectively bench press a few hundred pounds, are the power couple behind the Center for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the Cook Campus. Michelle is the director of training and conditioning at CHHP, and Shawn is the center’s […]
