![[Subscribe via RSS]](https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rss-subscribe-button.png){kind=small}
Restoration efforts need to be conducted at much greater spatial and temporal scales to have long-term benefits A popular coral restoration technique is unlikely to protect coral reefs from climate change and is based on the assumption that local threats to reefs are managed effectively, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers, Coral Research Alliance […]
Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers Scientists Track Dramatic Bee Decline at New Jersey and Pennsylvania Farms
A dramatic decline in the bee population at fruit farms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania has Rutgers scientists wondering whether it is a natural phenomenon or a warning about a future threat to the world’s food supply. In a study published in the science journal Insect Conservation and Diversity, Rutgers scientists, who have been tracking the decline in […]
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 […]
Graduate Student Megan King Receives Multiple Grants
Megan King, who is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Graduate Studies in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program, has received the 2022 Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Torrey Botanical Club’s research grant. The Vicki A. Funk Graduate Research Grant is part of an international competition and […]
SEBS Faculty Pamela McElwee and Malin Pinsky to Begin Earth Leadership Program Training
Pamela McElwee, professor, Department of Human Ecology, and Malin Pinsky, associate professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, who were named Fellows of the Earth Leadership Program (ELP), will join their colleagues in the North American Cohort in an ELP training session in Racine, Wisconsin, from June 12-18. Elected in 2021, McElwee and Pinsky are […]
President Holloway Joins Rutgers Forestry Club for 150th Anniversary Arbor Day Celebration
Arriving fresh from a meeting across town, still formally dressed in suit and tie, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway addressed the attendees and participated in a tree planting on George H. Cook campus to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day. Holloway expressed the importance of the activity not only to the community, but to […]
Julia Van Etten’s Work with Science and Art Blossoms into Origins of Life Research
Rutgers doctoral student Julia Van Etten, whose @Couch_Microscopy Instagram page garnered more than 25,000 followers by showcasing microorganisms as art, has been working with NASA on research into how red algae can help explain the origins of life on Earth. In this film, Van Etten, a graduate student in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program, speaks about her work […]
Senior Story: Ryan Schmidt (SEBS’22), Ecology is Music to His Ears
Ryan Schmidt (SEBS’22) graduates this May from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources and a minor in Music. He initially was enrolled as a Music Education major in the Mason Gross School of the Arts with the intent to become a high school music […]
Bee Diversity is Important for Maintaining Healthy Ecosystems and Life on Earth
Rutgers scientists assessing the level of diversity among bee species necessary for sustaining populations of wild plants have concluded that ecosystems rely on many bee species to flourish, not just a few dominant ones. The report, published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B, supports the fundamental idea that biodiversity is key to sustaining […]
Senior Story: Nolan Fehon (SEBS’22), Leaving a Legacy of Climate Activism
Throughout his time as a student at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), Nolan Fehon has made sustainability, climate change and environmental activism his passion and mission. Fehon has been a member of Students for Environmental Awareness (SEA) for four years, serving as secretary for one year and as president for the past […]
