Danielle Brown – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Students
Rutgers Students Work to Bring Wind Energy to New Jersey
This September, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an order to increase New Jersey’s offshore wind goal to nearly 50 percent by 2040. A group of 12 Rutgers students is hard at work to help the state meet that deadline. They are part of the inaugural cohort of the Wind Institute Fellowship Program: a pilot launched last […]
Preserving the High Seas and the Life Within
Cymie Payne, Kyra Bostic – Department of Human Ecology
Kendall Soto (SEBS’24), Creating a More Just Society
Kendall Soto (SEBS’24), EPIB major, is currently spending a semester abroad in Greece. Kendall recently joined 11 other study-abroad students as a Global Justice Fellow at a conference in London with President Holloway, international Rutgers Alumni, university administrators from RU-Global and ISGRJ-Newark, as well as local activists, to explore and converse about the possible ways […]
‘Fields of Devotion’ Wins Best Short Documentary at Garden State Film Festival
James Simon, Xenia Morin, Lara Brindisi – Dept. of Plant Biology; Micah Seidel – SEBS
“Fields of Devotion” Wins Best Short Documentary at Garden State Film Festival
On March 26, Fields of Devotion was shown to a packed house and won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023 Garden State Film Festival. This is the second award for the film, which was awarded Best Climate Film by the New York Science and Nature Feedback Film and Screenplay Festival in late 2022. In attendance at the Garden State Film Festival’s […]
Rising Waters on Our Coasts and What It Means for Public Access?
New Jersey law ensures the public’s right to access coastal shorelines and waters. To help people know where to access tidal waterways and get information about the amenities at each location, the state has an online map that shows over 3,900 public access points. However, the impacts of climate change are likely to affect public […]
New Agreement Offers Pathway for CUNY Undergraduates to Transfer to Rutgers Animal Sciences Program
Students at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC) will be able to seamlessly transfer and earn an undergraduate degree in animal sciences at Rutgers, thanks to a new articulation agreement between the two institutions. Under the agreement, students in the animal science track who graduate with an associate’s degree in environmental science at LaGCC […]
Rutgers Hosts 2023 World Food Prize New Jersey Youth Institute
High school students participate in global fight against hunger The New Jersey Youth Institute (NJYI), hosted by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), is a transformative experience for high school students. Rutgers welcomed 177 students, 21 teachers/mentors, and 28 expert judges comprised of Rutgers staff, faculty and industry professionals to the Douglass […]
Rutgers–New Brunswick Is Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Recipients
Rutgers University–New Brunswick has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and recognized in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The university has 19 grant recipients this year, one from SEBS and including six from the School of Graduate […]