Family recipes, specialty pies and 2.3 million followers With videos that feature deft in-the-air pizza dough twists and charming patter with family members, all at her parents’ New Jersey restaurant and home, Rutgers University-New Brunswick sophomore Julia Molinari has emerged this year as a social media sensation with several video series, including Let’s Make a Pizza that […]
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Ishir Hazarika SEBS’28: Local Champion for Environmental Consciousness
Across the university, Rutgers welcomed more than 14,400 first-year and transfer students this fall, according to preliminary figures. This year’s Class of 2028 comes from the largest applicant pool in the university’s history. Members of the incoming class, selected from among the largest applicant pool in the university’s history, have already made a difference in their […]
Karishma Subramanian SEBS ’28 Begins Her Journey Into Occupational Therapy
Karishma Subramanian, a first-year student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is excited to begin her first semester on the George H. Cook campus and see her dream of one day becoming an occupational therapist. “I was inspired by my mom who has been an occupational therapist for almost 25 years. I […]
Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassadors Embark on Enriching Pre-College Experience
Since its inception in 2009, the Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassadors program has engaged more than 550 high school students from New Jersey’s urban communities in year-round experiences designed to promote STEM identity and college readiness among those underrepresented in science and engineering. The program trained its 16th cohort of students drawn from cities such as […]
Rutgers Doctoral Student, Jae Kerstetter, Awarded Prestigious SARE Grant
Congratulations to Jae Kerstetter, a Rutgers doctoral student on receiving a 2024 Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) graduate student grant for their dissertation research. Titled “Back to Nature: Searching for Novel Sources of Host-Plant Resistance Against Spotted-Wing Drosophila,” their project involves studying the genetic differences between wild and farmed blueberry plants in New Jersey and looking […]
Malik Dobson SEBS’26 Wins National Taekwondo Athlete of the Year Title
Since before he was in grade school, Malik Dobson has been kicking and sparring in taekwondo matches, but perhaps the sweetest win for the 24-year-old Rutgers student came in April during a national collegiate competition. Dobson was named the Male Athlete of the Year at the 2024 National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA) Championships, held at the University […]
Alumni Feature: Patricia Kolesa (SEBS’19)
Patricia Kolesa, MS, RDN, graduated from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in 2019 with a degree in Nutrition Sciences on the dietetics track, and minors in Biology and Psychology. After completing her undergraduate degree, she earned her master’s degree in Sports Nutrition and Entrepreneurship from Simmons University and her dietitian’s license in […]
Grad’s Daily Routine Involved Caring for the Chickens at His Residence Hall
When David LoBiondo came to Rutgers, he never expected to start his day watering plants and feeding the half-dozen chickens that live outside his dorm building. But as a Helyar House scholar, LoBiondo, along with 39 other undergraduate students, are afforded the opportunity to live and work together on the Cook Campus at Rutgers-New Brunswick. […]
Family’s Journey Inspires Senior to Pursue Career in Medicine
Yorqui Morales had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps and study dentistry, but after starting college he found himself on a detour. “My father was a dentist in the Dominican Republic in the ‘70s and ‘80s before we all came here,” said Morales, who moved to the United States with his family when he […]
Emily Hanselman Recognized as Finalist in ASN’s Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition
Emily Hanselman has been named as a finalist for the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition, an award competition of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) which recognizes the highest quality research presented by students and young investigators at NUTRITION 2024. Hanselman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and studies sensory […]
