Xenia Morin – Dept. of Plant Biology; Dena Seidel – Depts. of Plant Biology and Marine and Coastal Sciences.
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New Faces on Campus: Naydeline Navarrete (SEBS’27) Sets Her Sights on a Career Teaching Agriculture
Naydeline Navarrete – SEBS
Naydeline Navarrete (SEBS’27): Setting Her Sights on a Career Teaching Agriculture
Naydeline Navarrete (SEBS’27) —a native New Yorker—chose John Bowne High School in the city because of her love of animals and Bowne’s agriscience institute. The lure of working with animals was strong and the agriscience program not only involved animals, but a 4-acre farm. Naydeline found herself volunteering for everything from managing her own plot, […]
‘Fields of Devotion’ Connects New Jersey Communities to Rutgers Research
Fields of Devotion, the science-in-action film featuring Rutgers University plant biologists developing disease-resistant food crops, is bringing farmers and university researchers together to discuss ways to jointly tackle New Jersey’s food production challenges. The film, directed by Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) science communications researcher Dena Seidel, will air on New Jersey PBS on August 19 at 5:00 […]
4-H Teams with Rutgers Scientists and Engineers to Train 54 Teenagers to Serve as STEM Ambassadors
Since 2009, the Rutgers 4-H Youth Development department has trained and supported teenagers from several of New Jersey’s biggest cities to lead STEM programming for youth through camps, libraries, and afterschool programs. This July, the program’s 15th cohort of STEM Ambassadors spent a week at Rutgers-New Brunswick to expand their own understanding of STEM topics […]
Gift of $1.25 Million for Rutgers Nutrition Student Scholarships Honors Vitamin Industry Pioneer
By Debbie Meyers Entrepreneur Carl DeSantis’s gift pays tribute to the legacy of his lifelong friend and business partner E. Gerald “Jerry” Kay. Carl DeSantis began his entrepreneurial journey in the 1970s by running his home-based, mail order vitamin and herbal supplement company out of his garage in Florida. Meanwhile, up in New Jersey, after […]
For Type 2 Diabetics Who Exercise, Some Approaches Are Better Than Others
Rutgers researchers conclude that the timing and type of workout is critical for optimal effects An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities – and their timing – are extremely good for people’s health. The study, published in The American […]
In its 10th Anniversary Year, Personal Bioblitz Breaks Records!
The Personal Bioblitz was launched in 2014 by Lena Struwe, director of the Chrysler Herbarium and professor of botany in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, challenging participants to observe and report as many wild species as possible from everyday life using the global community science website and free app, iNaturalist. It was another record-breaking year […]
The NExT Big Thing Program – Sarcopenia and Obesity: A Tale of Two Conditions
Since 2022, the Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism (NExT) at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) has offered a unique opportunity for students and researchers to learn about the latest advances in fields as diverse as how nutrients and exercise impact body composition in health and in diseases and […]
SEBS Graduate Among Those Inducted into the Matthew Leydt Society
Sohaib Hassan has dreamed of becoming a scientist since doctors diagnosed him with muscular dystrophy at age 10. But he feared his physical limitations would prevent him from keeping up with his peers in the lab, making it impossible to run experiments and move the needle forward on finding a cure for the disease. This […]
