Editor’s Note: Jean-Pierre Jacob (SEBS ’19) is an Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources major and Sociology minor. Hello graduates, family, friends and distinguished faculty. My name is Jean-Pierre Jacob. I am a graduating senior and I majored in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources with a minor in Sociology. Here’s a little bit about me. While […]
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Crocheters Speak for the Trees – Rutgers Gardens Gets Yarn-Bombed
A recent trend that is popping up in public spaces is yarn-bombing – the act of covering objects in public places with decorative knitted, crocheted or fiber material, as a form of street art. A combination of aesthetics and whimsy, yarn-bombing offers a fresh embrace on ordinary, even mundane objects, such as bike racks, benches, […]
The tick population is booming. Is climate change to blame? And will tick-borne diseases increase?
Dylan Simpson – Graduate Student – Department of Entomology
2019 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
Good morning! First of all, congratulations and warmest best wishes to the Class of 2019. You are a special class… an indelible piece of the rich, ongoing history of this special place. I am going to tell you a few brief alumni stories to illustrate what I mean by special. We start with Paul Robeson, on […]
SEBS Class of 2019: Martha Elisabeth Black, Inspired by Rutgers Master Gardener Program
Meet Martha Elisabeth Black, a working mother who turned her passion for horticulture fanned by her volunteering as a Rutgers Master Gardener for Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County into a career in horticultural therapy. A G.H. Cook Scholar, Black was inducted in the Matthew Leydt Society and Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. The Leydt Society […]
Rutgers senior earns Ernest Bell scholarship
Geoffrey Leonberg, Karyn Malinowski, Kenneth McKeever – Department of Animal Science; Rutgers Equine Science Center
SEBS Class of 2019: Erin O’Neill, Spirit of Rutgers
Erin O’Neill is a self-described ‘introvert,’ yet in 2018 she won the Spirit of Rutgers Award—an award that recognizes an individual that represents the values, traditions, and mission of Rutgers through their outstanding engagement, enthusiasm, spirit, and commitment to the campus community. Erin has participated in the RU Dance Marathon every year—this year as a […]
SEBS Class of 2019: Dorothy Lee, Natural Born Leader
Dorothy Lee is an outstanding student with a tremendous sense of social and societal responsibility, especially in the areas of social and environmental sustainability. Recognizing that food waste is one of the most important contributors to food insecurity and to the emission of greenhouse gases, thus climate warming, Dorothy founded the Compost Club, which has been […]
SEBS Class of 2019: Joshua Daw, A Great Eye for Detail
Joshua Daw, a Marine Biology major with a minor in Anthropology, is a unique combination of creative and meticulous, traits that are highly valued in painstaking data collection research projects like the one he’s worked on alongside his thesis advisor Daphne Munroe, associate professor at Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) in Bivalve, NJ. As Munroe […]
Bethpage kid Andy Wilson has a grassroots story
Andy Wilson – Rutgers Turf Program
