Fall course registration at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) commence on March 31. Continuing students will see several new faces added to the faculty ranks, representing a wide range of majors at SEBS. Meet four new faculty recently who were hired across four of the school’s 13 academic departments and 21 majors […]
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Elise Schicker (SEBS ’25) Looks to a Future in Neuroscience
Elise Schicker, a biotechnology major from Hillsdale, NJ, is graduating in the spring 2025 with plans to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Schicker is currently working in the neurosurgery department at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researching epilepsy, specifically SUDEP (sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy). She hopes to apply her experience to studying […]
Scientists Harness AI to Help Protect Whales, Advancing Ocean Conservation and Planning
Using machine learning, Rutgers researchers develop a “probability map” from databases that combines whale monitoring and environmental data Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict endangered whale habitat, guiding ships along the Atlantic coast to avoid them. The tool is designed to prevent deadly accidents and […]
Nora Jean Nealon (SEBS’13) Comes Full Circle as Faculty Member at NJ’s First Vet School
Fourteen years after her first teaching experience as an undergraduate student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), Nora Jean Nealon (SEBS’13) finds herself just as passionate about and fulfilled by teaching in her current role as a faculty member at the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine at Rowan University. Her journey to […]
From Ukraine to Rutgers, Illia Kholiavin (SEBS ’25) Perseveres with Biochemistry Degree
Illia Kholiavin is no ordinary SEBS senior. He’s no ordinary transfer student, either. He came to Rutgers from Ukraine in 2023 after his hometown, located in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, was ravaged by war. Kholiavin was a med school student back home, but his major, like so much in his life, changed suddenly […]
“Chromatic Canopies,” a Student-Created Public Art Installation in Helyar Woods is Unveiled at Rutgers Gardens
“Chromatic Canopies: A Student-Created Public Art Installation in Helyar Woods” features laser-cut acrylic shapes installed on branches or downed trees (no healthy trees were harmed in the process) along the Fern Trail. Members of the campus community and local residents were invited to a guided tour of the art pieces, with the students explaining their […]
Thomas Molnar (CC’00; GSNB’06): Alumnus, Faculty, Star Plant Breeder
Cook College alumnus Thomas Molnar came to Rutgers University in the 90s, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in plant science in 2000, then a Ph.D. in plant biology in 2006. Now an associate professor of plant biology at SEBS, Molnar has cultivated a reputation for innovative research of hazelnut trees. Ferrero Group, the famed Italian […]
Pohnpei State Endorses Landmark Food Security Policy Developed in Collaboration with SEBS Science Team
The expansive Pacific Island nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is taking bold steps to develop sustainable local food production with support from an interdisciplinary food system science team from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Pohnpei State is home to FSM’s most biodiverse ecosystems that includes many endemic species and […]
Rutgers Science Webinar Plunged Into Ocean Exploration
More than 265 students from across the U.S. dove into the mysteries of the ocean and explored how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can address global environmental challenges during a virtual event hosted by Rutgers University’s Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS). The students from the FIRST LEGO League, participated as part of their […]
In Mark Robson’s Science Class, Hands-on Learning Brings Students into the Heart of Nature
Robson’s path to students loving science involves cranberries, craisins and cran-apple juice. It was Cranberry Night for the students of Mark Robson’s evening science course, “Plants and People,” and the instructor wasn’t entirely happy with himself. On this cool fall evening, the professor and administrator at Rutgers University-New Brunswick had toted in whole cranberries […]
