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The livestock scene on the George H. Cook Campus has evolved since the university’s first dairy farms conducted research in the 1860s. Today, the Department of Animal Sciences builds on its history working with livestock to bring new opportunities for students and the state. Dairy Roots If you visited or attended classes on the George […]
Animal Sciences
Fast Track, Young Alumni on the Move! SEBS Siblings: Chad and Aubrey Weibel
Reprinted from Explorations, Spring 2018 In this continuing series, alumni magazine Explorations profiles recent School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) graduates who have launched successful careers and are making an impact on society. This installment features a dynamic brother-and-sister duo who got their start at SEBS. Aubrey Weibel SEBS’13, Animal Science, Pre-veterinary Research Track […]
Did You Know Rutgers Has Its Own Horse Whisperer?
“I tell students this is the coolest class you are going to take at Rutgers. You are going to get dirty, you are going to get uncomfortable but realize it’s in the pursuit of you learning something and leaving different than when you came.” – Anthony Sacchetti Some days when Anthony Sacchetti is teaching students how […]
Alumni Donor Michael Graziano CC’79 – Pride and Support
Michael Graziano had his heart set on becoming a veterinarian when he stepped foot on the George H. Cook Campus as an animal science major. His time on campus, however, introduced him to a research-intensive trajectory that eventually earned him a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. Today, he is the vice president of drug […]
Two Graduates | One EOF Family
The New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) provides financial assistance and support services to college students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Here are just two success stories from the CLASS OF 2018. CLARESSA LOPEZ – Animal Science, SEBS’18 As soon as she stepped on campus during Summer Start-Up, a five-week residential program for all […]
2018 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
Good morning! I extend my congratulations and warmest best wishes to our graduates. I also want to express my thanks to friends and family who have supported your student scholars through their careers and life-building experiences here at Rutgers New Brunswick and its School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. All of you have reached a […]
2018 George H. Cook Scholars Granted their Honors Cords
On April 13, 55 George H. Cook Scholars, along with five students from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, presented their senior thesis in the Cook Student Center. The scholars program is directed by Malcolm Watford, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, while Janice Geiger serves as the administrative assistant. In order to be […]
Final Dismount for Graduating Mounted Patrol Officer Jaclyn Bird (SEBS ’18)
By Leena Roy (SEBS ’19) Reprinted from Rutgers University Equine Science Quarterly, Spring 2018 Ever since a young age, Jaclyn Bird has always been outside riding horses. Growing up in West Deptford, NJ, she followed in her older sister’s footsteps and began riding when she was eight years old. Although it was an activity for […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Supports Innovative Research on Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies on Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
By Kyle Hartmann Walter Cooper stands in an enclosed dirt horse arena with Titan, a thousand-pound cross-bred pony that almost overshadows him. A Vietnam veteran from the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry (1969 – 1970), Cooper can appear to be quite an imposing man himself, but next to a horse almost anyone seems small. Cooper was […]
Faculty for a Sustainable Future
When alumni look back on their college days, what comes to mind? Almost always, it is a professor—or two or three—who inspired, challenged, encouraged, and generally helped students to succeed. Today’s new faculty at the School fill that role and go well beyond. Well focused in their scholarly fields, our school’s new faculty members are […]
