Have you ever wondered what steps Rutgers science teams take to understand and solve complex environmental challenges? Rutgers alumni and friends were treated to a screening of original short science-in-action stories featuring SEBS scientists on November 28 at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. This event gave 160 audience members a front-row […]
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Rutgers Debuts New Creative Expression and the Environment Minor
Rutgers University has debuted a new minor in creative expression and the environment in the Fall 2023 semester. The interdisciplinary minor helps students learn about the environment and sustainability, as well as react to these issues through the arts and humanities lens. This minor is open to students from the Mason Gross School of the Arts, […]
SEBS Senior Kiran Ganesh’s Transformative Rutgers Summer Service Experience in Washington D.C.
Kirandharshini (Kiran) Ganesh, a senior at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), had the experience of a lifetime this past summer as part of a cohort of 26 undergraduates selected this year for the Rutgers Scarlet Service in Washington DC RSS-DC program. Managed by the Rutgers Office of Federal Relations, the program offers […]
Rutgers Center for Lipid Research Holds 8th Annual Symposium
On November 10, 2023 the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR) held its 8th annual symposium under the theme, “The fat-soluble vitamins strike back.” The symposium, which was held at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the Rutgers–New Brunswick campus, was attended by more than 100 participants. The annual event drew […]
Ph.D. Student Bill Errickson Places 2nd in Poster Session of the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) held its 2023 International Annual Meeting from October 29 to November 1, in St. Louis, Missouri. The annual meeting is an opportunity for leading scientists, researchers, educators, policymakers, students, exhibitors, and government institutions to gather to […]
USDA-NIFA Grant Supports Collaborative Food Systems Solution Science Storytelling Project for New Jersey High School Youth
What does the future hold for food security through agriculture and marine technologies? New Jersey high school students will discover the answers as part of an innovative USDA-funded 4-H afterschool program that provides youth with immersive science learning through digital storytelling, made in trusting partnership with Rutgers scientists. Faculty and researchers from the departments of […]
Two Rutgers Graduate Students Awarded for Best Oral Presentations at ACMAP Conference
In mid-October, graduate students Tomiwa Oyedokun (Ph.D. student, Nutritional Sciences) and Jeffrey Douyere (MS student, Food Science) won first and second place, respectively, for Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP). The conference took place in West Virginia from October 18 to October […]
NJ High School Students Represent the Garden State Combating Food Insecurity at the Global Youth Institute
From October 24-27, seven New Jersey high school students, along with their teachers and chaperones, participated in the Global Youth Institute, a prestigious youth education program hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. They were among 150 exceptional high school students from around the world selected to travel to Des Moines, Iowa, to attend this transformative […]
SEBS Fall Open House Welcomes Prospective Students
This past Sunday, October 22, 2023, prospective first-year and transfer students had the opportunity to attend SEBS’ Fall Open House on Cook Campus. The event was held at the Cook Student Center and the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. A total of 280 guests, including high school students, college transfers and their […]
Transfer Student Augustus Haas (SEBS’25) Exploring the Landscape of Urban Forestry
Among the faces on the Cook campus this fall is Augustus Haas, a transfer student looking to complete his undergraduate degree at Rutgers. He’s a junior in the Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (EENR) major at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Augustus earned an associate’s degree in forestry at, a small private […]
