From November 10-13, leading scientists, researchers, educators, policymakers, students, exhibitors and government institutions gathered at the 2024 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) to discuss cutting-edge developments in agronomy, crops and soil science. The theme for this year’s meeting was “AI […]
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Rutgers Earns Prestigious Accreditation from the Society of American Foresters
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) has earned official accreditation from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) for two tracks within its Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (EENR) program. Effective January 1, 2025, the EENR Natural Resources and Ecosystem Management track and Urban Forestry track will carry SAF accreditation. This prestigious recognition positions […]
Six students of Environmental and Business Economics receive Agthe Scholarship
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (DAFRE) at Rutgers University held a luncheon on November 6 to celebrate the recipients of this year’s Emily H. and Erwin G. Agthe Endowed Scholarship. The $3,000 scholarships, open to full-time juniors and seniors majoring in environmental and business economics, are based on both merit and need. […]
Veterinary Student Finding his Way Towards an Exotic Future
If there’s one thing Bryce Hunter has honed after his first year on the pre-veterinary track of the animal sciences program, it’s focus. The Honors Program at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is more demanding than his high school self could have anticipated, but that has only strengthened his resolve to reach […]
Post-Doc Wants to Help People Understand Hurricanes and Improve Prediction of Dangerous Storms
Joe Gradone has been recognized for his ability to make science accessible and relevant to diverse audiences New Jersey native Joe Gradone grew up less than 40 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, but his fascination with oceanography first surged while studying geology as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado. “It took me going to a […]
Rutgers SEBS Collaborates with Bergen Community College to Strengthen Food and Agriculture Workforce Pipeline
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) has partnered with Bergen Community College (BCC) as part of a five-year, $4.5 million grant, New Jersey NextGen for Sustainable Farming, awarded to BCC by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Supported by funding under USDA-NIFA’s NextGen program, SEBS provides a residential Experiential Learning Program […]
Angelina Shanley: A Marine Conservationist in the Making
On the outside, Angelina Shanley is a transfer student from upstate New York with a seeing eye dog. In her heart, though, she’s an environmental conservationist – more specifically, an ocean and marine life conservationist. Shanley was studying environmental science at Siena College, outside Albany, when, like many first-year students, she decided to change majors. […]
Rutgers Students Share STEM Learning through Science-in-Action Storytelling at Environmental Conference
Rutgers science storytellers and their science-in-action videos took a road trip to share their work as featured guests of the Environmental Storytelling Series in Syracuse, NY, on September 26-27. This series was organized jointly by the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s (SUNY ESF) Writing, Rhetoric, and Communications Program and […]
Rutgers Awarded $250,000 USDA NIFA Grant to Prepare Students for Vet School
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to make strides to diversify the agricultural workforce, and the Rutgers Department of Animal Sciences continues to answer the call. Just over a year after being awarded funding through the NextGen grant for the Animal Science Discovery Program, Aparna Zama, undergraduate program director, has secured a five-year $250,000 […]
Nutritional Sciences Department Unveils New Teaching Kitchen
The Department of Nutritional Sciences unveiled a new teaching kitchen on September 11 as part of a state-of-the-art culinary foods lab that is designed to support exciting new courses and serving more undergraduates. A novel bread ribbon-cutting for the new teaching kitchen drew students and faculty to the second-floor culinary foods lab in Davison Hall […]