The Atlantic surf clam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that started more than two decades ago. In a comprehensive study of surf clams collected from an area about 45 miles due east […]
Students
A New Era Begins: SEBS Launches Redesigned Website
On May 1, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences launched its website rebrand, continuing a campaign dedicated to highlighting the school’s excellence, resources, facilities, access to research, and significant innovation through scientific exploration. The redesigned website simultaneously emphasizes the existing esteem of SEBS’ academic merit and research while embracing a new digital chapter. Phil […]
Rutgers SEBS Hosts 2024 EOF Graduation Ceremony
On April 19, the SEBS Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) celebrated graduates of 2024 at Rutgers University’s Jersey Mike’s Arena. The EOF program provides financial assistance and support services to New Jersey students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The honorees included graduating EOF students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement throughout their college careers. 1,466 graduates […]
Students Turn Eating Areas on Campus into Living Laboratories
At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, even the cafeterias are being used as teaching tools. That’s because Rutgers–New Brunswick has been a part of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) – an international network of colleges and universities that use campus dining halls as living laboratories – since 2017. “A dining facility, be it a dining hall, […]
Senior Spotlight: Jennifer Fleck (SEBS’24)
SEBS senior Jennifer Fleck is graduating this May, majoring in nutritional sciences on the dietetics track. She recently committed to the two-year Master of Science Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences at Rutgers, where she will earn her master’s degree in nutrition and have the opportunity to do an internship in dietetics during her second year. […]
Rutgers SEBS Hosts 2024 World Food Prize New Jersey Youth Institute
On March 8, high school scholars, expert judges, and teachers gathered at the Busch Student Center for the New Jersey Youth Institute (NJYI) event supported by the World Food Prize Foundation and hosted by Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). The mission of the World Food Prize is to inspire action in sustainability […]
Television Weather Forecaster Kelly Ann Cicalese (SEBS’11) Shares the Challenges of Her Work and What She Loves Most
When snow is in the forecast, SEBS alumna Kelly Ann Cicalese’s job as a meteorologist with WCVB’s StormTeam 5 in Boston is at its most challenging – and rewarding. The Sewaren, N.J., native who first developed an interest in weather in grade school, found her way to a career as a weather forecaster at Rutgers […]
Alumni Feature: Aleen Takvorian (SEBS ‘21)
Alumna Aleen Takvorian graduated with a degree in public health as a part of a joint program between the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Aleen was meant to graduate in 2022 but finished the program a year early, receiving her degree in […]
Alumni Feature: Chelsea Phuangthong (SEBS’21)
SEBS’ alumna Chelsea Phuangthong graduated in 2021 with a major in biochemistry. Following graduation, Chelsea works at Merck, a pharmaceutical company located in Kenilworth, New Jersey. After working at Merck for nearly two years as an Associate Scientist, she was recently promoted to Scientist this past November. As a scientist at Merck, she works in […]
Virginia Zrebiec (CC’76) Still Enthusiastic About Learning at Rutgers Almost 50 Years Later
Virginia Zrebiec is as enthusiastic about learning as when she was an undergraduate at Rutgers several decades ago. A plant science major, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Cook College she is once again an engaged member of the student body on the George H. Cook campus. Virginia, who returns to Rutgers […]
