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The Rutgers Energy Institute and Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy partnered for the first Women in Energy program at Rutgers University on November 8. The goal of the program is to empower students to take on leadership roles in the energy sector and realize their full potential, while building a thriving community of professional women. The program, […]
Human Ecology
“RU Sustainable to the CORE?” Conference Spurs Ideas for Sustainability at Rutgers
“Have you heard of the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals?,” asked keynote speaker Jonas Haertle, head of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Secretariat of the United Nations Global Compact Office. A majority of the more than 200 students, faculty and staff gathered at the Cook Student Center on October […]
Assistant Professor Ethan Schoolman Receives 2017 Sustainability Award from Higher Education Association
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) announced Ethan Schoolman, currently in the Department of Human Ecology, as the recipient of the Campus Sustainability Research Award for outstanding achievements and progress toward sustainability. AASHE bestows its prestigious awards on the institutions and individuals that are helping to lead higher education to […]
Associate Prof. Pamela McElwee Wins International Prize for Best Academic Book on Southeast Asia
Forests are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam, authored by Pamela McElwee, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, won the EuroSEAS Book Prize for the best academic book on Southeast Asia published in the social sciences. Based on more than 20 years of McElwee’s travel and research in Vietnam, McElwee’s book […]
SEBS Green Team Interns Help Develop Sustainable Solutions for Waste Management
Five Rutgers students participated in the Green Teams summer internship program of the PSEG Institute of Sustainability Studies at Montclair State University. Among the five Rutgers students were two SEBS undergraduates, Denia Cai Shi, Department of Plant Biology, and Dustin Wang, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics. The ten-week interdisciplinary paid internship program hired […]
Myla Aronson and Team Publish Paper on Planning for the Future of Urban Biodiversity
Most cities plan to protect biodiversity yet lack mechanism to measure success. Myla Aronson, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Lauren Frazee, doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Karen O’Neill, associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers alum Dr. Emilie Stander and an international […]
Grounded in 4-H and Graduating with Honors: Kristen Johnson (SEBS 2017)
When Kristen Johnson (SEBS 2017) entered Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences as a freshman, she already had a collection of endeavors and accomplishments under her belt as a lifelong participant in 4-H. One could surmise that if she came into her academic career running, after an outstanding record of achievement at Rutgers, she […]
Alumni are Honored with George H. Cook and Dennis M. Fenton Awards
Alumni, friends, and family gathered to honor six graduates selected by the Cook Community Alumni Association (CCAA) for their career accomplishments, community service, and leadership. The ceremony was held on April 30, 2017. Undergraduate alumni receiving the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award were Michael Hlubik CAES’70; Kerry Kirk Pflugh CC’80; and Marc Kollar CC’95, freelance media and […]
Faculty Research: How do Human Populations Affect the Environment
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2016 edition of Explorations. At the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, faculty research often focuses on science’s most pressing questions. But in the Department of Human Ecology, these questions are further complicated and enhanced by an additional component: the human element. How do human populations […]
Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Saves Students Nearly $1.6 Million
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Rutgers Today. Three of the recipients of the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project grants are faculty at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. They include Xenia Morin, Natalya Voloshchuk and Jill Lipoti, with projected savings for their students of $23,945.00. What is the Open and Affordable […]
