Transferring to Rutgers University from a New Jersey community college is a common and successful pathway for many students, aided by statewide articulation agreements that are designed to streamline the process. Abbey Isaac SEBS’25 has made that transition and feels she has a lot to offer other students contemplating that transfer journey. Right out of […]
Three Years After Fleeing War-Torn Ukraine, Illia Kholiavin (SEBS’25) Honored Among Rutgers’ Highest Academic Achievers
Illia Kholiavin joined 234 of his peers inducted into the prestigious Matthew Leydt Society When Illia Kholiavin fled his war-torn Ukrainian hometown of Mariupol in 2022, he left behind the only life he’d ever known. “I didn’t leave my city for more than a week in my life,” said Kholiavin, who had to abandon medical […]
Rutgers SEBS Collaborates with Bergen Community College to Strengthen Food and Agriculture Workforce Pipeline
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) has partnered with Bergen Community College (BCC) as part of a five-year, $4.5 million grant, New Jersey NextGen for Sustainable Farming, awarded to BCC by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Supported by funding under USDA-NIFA’s NextGen program, SEBS provides a residential Experiential Learning Program […]
Alumni Feature: Chelsea Phuangthong (SEBS’21)
SEBS’ alumna Chelsea Phuangthong graduated in 2021 with a major in biochemistry. Following graduation, Chelsea works at Merck, a pharmaceutical company located in Kenilworth, New Jersey. After working at Merck for nearly two years as an Associate Scientist, she was recently promoted to Scientist this past November. As a scientist at Merck, she works in […]
Rutgers Alumnus Paul Orbe (CC’94) Receives Fulbright Award
On August 31, the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Paul Orbe (CC’94), an-award winning teacher, has received a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program award. He teaches Honors Chemistry and Forensic Science at Union City High School in New Jersey. Orbe has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from […]





