Dylan Dreyer, Co-Host, The 3rd Hour of Today,” and Meteorologist with NBC News, is the 2025 Convocation Speaker for the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences on May 19. Dreyer, who graduated cum laude from Rutgers Cook College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in meteorology, served as weather anchor for the Rutgers TV […]
Rutgers Hosts 34th Annual Turfgrass Symposium
The 34th Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium hosted on March 20 by the Center for Turfgrass Science provided Rutgers faculty, students, staff, as well as national and international participants with the opportunity to exchange ideas and encourage collaboration on research topics in turfgrass science. The symposium featured presentations on modern approaches to research in turfgrass science […]
Food Science Celebrates 70th Anniversary of its Undergraduate Program
Hundreds of Rutgers–New Brunswick students gathered on the George H. Cook Campus to enjoy free food, live music and prizes at an event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Food Science undergraduate program at the School of Environmental ad Biological Sciences (SEBS). Held on April 11, the event was jointly coordinated by the Food Science […]
Gloria Dominguez-Bello Among Four Rutgers Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
Gloria Dominguez-Bello, the Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinctive honors within the scientific community. The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through […]
Not Mushroom for Debate – “The Last of Us” Spores Interest in Mycological Research
In the HBO hit series, The Last of Us, a global pandemic fueled by a mutated Cordyceps fungus turns people into zombies – a scenario seemingly realistic to anyone who watched nature documentaries under quarantine. While Cordyceps is a real fungus that affects insects, famously seen parasitizing ants in BBC’s Planet Earth hijacking their brains […]
Scientists Witness Plant Cells Generate Cellulose and Form Cell Walls for First Time
In a discovery with potential practical applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers and plant biologists capture first live images In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose – a major constituent of all plant cell walls – a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall […]
Rising to a Global Challenge, Scientists Win Acclaim for Developing Ways to Measure Rainforest Biodiversity
Rutgers researchers shine in competition designed to produce rapid and autonomous technologies to identify vanishing species The challenge posed by organizers of the XPRIZE Rainforest competition to the international scientific community was formidable. Devise a way to document the biodiversity within a remote Amazonian rainforest without stepping foot within, they said. Design a tent-size, portable […]
Tariffs and Their Impact on the U.S. Food Industry: A Closer Look at Produce and Wine in New Jersey
By Ramu Govindasamy, professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics The recent announcement of sweeping new tariffs by the United States government has sent ripples through the global trade landscape. With a 10 percent general tariff imposed on most imports and a targeted 20 percent tariff on products from […]
Three Nutritional Sciences Faculty Honored by the American Society for Nutrition
The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and ASN Foundation announced the induction of the 21 members into the 2025 Class of Distinguished Fellows of ASN, the highest accolade bestowed by the society and honoring individuals for their significant contributions and outstanding lifetime achievements in the field of nutrition. Joshua Miller, professor and department chair, and […]
Micronesia’s Pohnpei State Endorses Landmark Food Security Policy Developed in Collaboration with SEBS Science Team
The expansive Pacific Island nation of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is taking bold steps to develop sustainable local food production with support from an interdisciplinary food system science team from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Pohnpei State is home to FSM’s most biodiverse ecosystems that includes many endemic species and […]
