Since its renovation and grand opening just over a year ago, the Teaching Kitchen, housed on the second-floor foods lab in Davison Hall on the Cook/Douglass campus, has truly hit its stride. Staying true to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) mission of hands-on, collaborative learning to life, the space has become a […]
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Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 Helps Transfer Students Navigate the Journey to Rutgers
Transferring to Rutgers University from a New Jersey community college is a common and successful pathway for many students, aided by statewide articulation agreements that are designed to streamline the process. Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 has made that transition and feels she has a lot to offer other students contemplating that transfer journey. Right out of […]
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, […]
Tagging Fluke through the FiTREP Program Managed by Rutgers
The original article, “Tagging Fluke,” is reprinted, with permission, by On The Water magazine. Paul Ziajski, owner of Great Bay Outfitters, is the primary author of this article. Chase Wunder, the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellow at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, who is pursuing a master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution at […]
Rutgers Scientists Unveil Recent Studies on the Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, a Substantial Threat to U.S. Livestock
A pair of new studies led by researchers at the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology use genetic data to help trace the potential routes of introduction of the invasive (ALT), Haemaphysalis longicornis, into the United States, and to identify potential vaccine targets within the tick that can be exploited to protect vulnerable livestock populations. While […]
Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab Fosters Student Success and Interdisciplinary Partnerships
The Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences supports students from a wide variety of majors to partner with Rutgers researchers in the co-creation of compelling video narratives that communicate science as journeys of discovery for peer and public audiences. The lab’s innovative pedagogical model was recently […]
ARIS Research Fellowship Convenes at Rutgers for Kick-off of Yearlong Program
The inaugural Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Research Fellowship cohort convened at Rutgers University’s University Inn and Conference Center to kick off their journey, welcomed by Susan Renoe, Executive Director of ARIS and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Strategic Partnerships, University of Missouri, and Janice McDonnell, ARIS co-Principal Investigator and […]
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 […]
USDA-NIFA Grant Funds RU-VETLEAP Scholars Study Abroad in Belize
In September 2024, the Rutgers Department of Animal Sciences, with Professor Aparna Zama as principal investigator, received a five-year, $250,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) grant for the Rutgers University Veterinary Learning and Preparation program (RU-VETLEAP). RU-VETLEAP is designed to increase the number of Rutgers Animal […]
Rutgers Researchers Chart Next Steps for Developing Lateral Flow COVID-19-Type Tests to Monitor Coral Health
In a recent review in the journal BioEssays, Rutgers researchers described the next steps needed to produce affordable, field-portable diagnostic tests to deliver coral health monitoring tools to local communities. The latest collaborative effort brought together coral restoration practitioners, which included the Coral Restoration Foundation, academic researchers at Rutgers, small business owner, CapitalCorals Research & […]
