Announcement by Francine Conway, Chancellor-Provost, Rutgers University-New Brunswick. July 21, 2022 I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laura Lawson as permanent Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and permanent Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES). As our campus community well knows, Dr. Lawson […]
Landscape Architecture
Senior Story: Tyler Holden (SEBS’22), Transforming His Life and Campus By Design
Tyler Holden, SEBS’22, graduates this May with a degree in Landscape Architecture from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). His path to choosing Landscape Architecture as his major was easy, growing more gratifying the deeper he understood the interrelatedness of its many parts. “The most interesting part of my major that I’ve grown […]
SEBS Landscape Architecture and EOF: Working Together for Student Success
Asia Wright, SEBS’23, Landscape Architecture, won the national Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Fountain Scholar program award, which honors students for past achievements as well as recognizes their future potential to influence the landscape architecture profession. Now in its 2nd year, the program was established to help Black and Indigenous students of color […]
Drawing Life as We Know It: RU Urban Sketching Project
A sketch is a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to inform the creation of a subsequent, more finished product. The Urban Sketching movement was created in 2007 by Seattle journalist and illustrator Gabriel Campanario. Like the plein air (outdoor) painting method popularized by French Impressionists of the 19th century, urban sketching encourages artists to work in situ, taking their art out of the studio and into the world. Urban Sketching […]
Rutgers Executive Dean Receives National Honor for Advancing Agricultural Education
Laura Lawson, interim executive dean at Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, recently received an Honorary American FFA Degree from the National FFA (Future Farmers of America.) Lawson, along with her fellow honorary degree recipients, were recognized as “individuals who have provided exceptional service on a national level to agriculture, agricultural education, or FFA.” […]
Graduate Amber Betances Capitalizes on a First Class Education
“To actually be able to apply all that I learned and assist in creating wonderful spaces has brought an entirely new level of fulfillment.“ Amber Lynn Betances, SEBS’16 (Landscape Architecture), GSNB’17 (Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture), is now the assistant landscape architect for the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. In 2018, Betances was one of several […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Catching up With Young Alumni Starting their Careers
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), we caught up with some of our recent alumni to see where they are in their journey as they launch their careers. Amber Lynn Betances SEBS’16 (Landscape Architecture), GSNB’17 (Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture) Assistant Landscape Architect NYC Department of Parks & Recreation “When people […]
Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture to Host Climate Bridge
Challenges of Climate Change for Spatial and Environmental Planning – An International Dialogue Climate change is creating new challenges for spatial and environmental planning on both sides of the Atlantic. While seeking to moderate the impacts of climate change from rising temperatures, extreme precipitation and sea level rise, the context of planning and policy must […]
Evan Eden SEBS’20: Applying Knowledge to Passion
Skateboarding has been a passion for Evan Eden SEBS’20 since he was in grammar school. Through his education in landscape architecture, Evan is finding ways to apply his knowledge and creativity to his passion and is currently working toward getting a permanent skate park built in his hometown of Montclair. He recently shared with us […]
CUES Partners with Drumthwacket Foundation on Property Master Plan as a Model for Sustainability
In 2018, the Drumthwacket Foundation partnered with the Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability (CUES) at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) to develop a master plan for the Drumthwacket property, the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey, in Princeton. As a large public estate, Drumthwacket has the potential to serve as a model for modern sustainability and its ability to harmonize with the goals of public engagement, education, […]








