Yanhong Jin, professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, served as a distinguished speaker at the “Workshop on Transforming Agri-food Systems: Global Perspectives.” Jin presented on the topic, “Impact of GMO on agricultural productivity in a global perspective” at the workshop, which was hosted on August 8 by the Centre for International […]
Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Rutgers University Scientists in Micronesia to Advance Food Security Initiatives
Rutgers University scientists James Simon, Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Biology, and Ramu Govindasamy, professor and chair, Department of Agricultural and Food Resource Economics, and Dena Seidel, science communication researcher, paid a courtesy call on Governor Stevenson A. Joseph, Pohnpei State, Micronesia. The Rutgers delegation was joined on the visit by Micronesian officials Hubert Yamada, […]
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 […]
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, […]
A Kitchen Challenge: Nudging College Students Toward Healthy Eating
Structured program, along with enhanced nutrition education and social support may be key drivers, Rutgers researchers find Is there a way to encourage college students to make healthier food choices in their daily diets? Yanhong Jin, a professor with the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological […]
2023 Annie’s Project Farm Risk Management Course for New Jersey Women Farmers
Rutgers Cooperative Extension presents a new online version of the popular Annie’s Project, offering New Jersey women farmers relevant and important farm risk management lessons to help them succeed. The six-week online training course, “Annie Goes Online: Risk Management On Your Kitchen Table,” will be held virtually on Zoom, one evening per week, on Jan. […]
Six SEBS Faculty Selected for 2022-23 Provost’s Teaching Fellows Program
Congratulations to the six faculty in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who are among the 2022-23 Cohort of Provost’s Teaching Fellows announced by the Office of the Chancellor-Provost. The program was initiated in 2021 to support pedagogical innovation aimed at improving student learning outcomes. It includes full cohort sessions to share goals and […]
Cynthia Rosenzweig (CC’80, GSNB’83), NASA Climate Scientist, Wins World Food Prize
Cynthia Rosenzweig of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center receives $250,000 Cynthia Rosenzweig, a NASA climate scientist and Rutgers University alumna, has been named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her work on the impact climate change has on food production worldwide. Rosenzweig won the $250,000 prize for her achievements as the founder of […]
From Immigrant, First Generation Student to Wall Street: Alum Luis Gasca (SEBS ’21)
Catching Up, Moving Ahead, and Giving Back At the age of seven, when Luis Gasca immigrated with his mother and sister to the U.S. from Colombia, he only spoke Spanish. Gasca was enrolled in an English-speaking school in his new hometown of Trenton, NJ, to acclimate to the new language and catch up with his […]
Rutgers Study Highlights Impact of “Hidden Costs” of White-Tailed Deer on New Jersey Farming
A new study unveiled by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) estimated the financial costs of deer damage in 2019 at nearly $1.3 million among a sample group of 27 New Jersey farmers. Through interviews conducted between October 2020 and March 2021, the authors were able to determine […]