Daniel Gifford – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
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Senior Story: Eva Popp (SEBS’21) Wins Young Botanist Award
Eva Popp spent much of her undergraduate career exploring the field of botany and plant ecology, so it is fitting that the Botanical Society of America chose her to receive the Young Botanist Award. The purpose of the award is to offer individual recognition to outstanding graduating seniors in the plant sciences and to encourage […]
Eva Popp (SEBS’21) wins young botanist award
Eva Popp – Department of Plant Biology
Senior Story: Nadia Fedoryka (SEBS’21) Finds her Path to Education, Close-knit Communities at Rutgers
When Nadia Fedoryka came to Rutgers four years ago, she wasn’t sure the direction she should take but knew she had time to figure it out. She loved science but wanted to know what makes individuals tick. Understanding the economy, she thought, would help her in life and whatever career she chose. So Fedoryka decided […]
Senior Story: For Food Science Major Parker Herrera (SEBS’21), It’s All Connected
Not knowing exactly what your career path will be can be stressful for college students. But for food science major Parker Herrera, it’s an opportunity to do what he enjoys: experiment. He loved his part-time job at The Spice & Tea Exchange in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where he helped create and sell custom spice blends and […]
Join the Feed a Family 5K and Help Feed New Jersey Families
This June, Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Department will host its first annual virtual Feed a Family 5K and Wellness Walk. FCHS is partnering with Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) to raise funds that will stock NJ food pantries with nutritious foods and help families learn easy, tasty ways to use that […]
LA Graduate Student’s Art Installation Connects and Documents Ecological Change in Abbot Farm Marshlands
In March 2021, Zoe Orlino, a graduate student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers, installed a series of bricolage art pieces at the Abbott Farm Marshlands in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. As the culmination of her thesis research on design, making and representation, these handcrafted pieces reveal the hidden story embedded in the […]
Return to SEBS: Online Learning Leads to New Alumni!
A SEBS Academic Programs Initiative welcomes back former SEBS and Cook College students to complete their degree When Rutgers University pivoted to fully online courses for the fall semester of 2020, SEBS Academic Programs staff realized that this might be the perfect opportunity for former students who were missing a few courses to graduate. Too […]
Return to SEBS: Online learning leads to new alumni!
Penny Carlson; Julie Traxler – SEBS Academic Advising
Annual Nutrition, Endocrinology, and Food Science (NEFS) Graduate Student Conference Resumes Virtually for 2021
The 13th Annual Nutrition, Endocrinology, and Food Science (NEFS) Graduate Student Conference took place virtually on Tuesday, April 13. We welcomed 96 attendees, including 21 poster presenters, to the event. The annual NEFS Conference is the result of collaborations between the Rutgers University Nutritional Sciences, Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences, and Food Science graduate student organizations (GSOs). Graduate students in the three GSOs work […]
