Students at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College (LaGCC) will be able to seamlessly transfer and earn an undergraduate degree in animal sciences at Rutgers, thanks to a new articulation agreement between the two institutions. Under the agreement, students in the animal science track who graduate with an associate’s degree in environmental science at LaGCC […]
Rutgers–New Brunswick Is Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Recipients
Rutgers University–New Brunswick has been named a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and recognized in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The university has 19 grant recipients this year, one from SEBS and including six from the School of Graduate […]
Preparing Tomorrow’s Meteorologists
The undergraduate program in meteorology at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences prepares students for a host of careers, from television broadcasters to research scientists, after completing a demanding curriculum. From this rigorous program come operational meteorologists whose work involves weather forecasting, environmental meteorologists who address air pollution and air-quality monitoring and modeling and […]
RU COOL Marks 30th Anniversary at the Forefront of Climate Change Research and Ocean Discovery
Rutgers, NOAA and glider maker mark RUCOOL milestone For 30 years, Rutgers’ Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has taken the lead in pioneering research that has changed our understanding of the oceans and the way information is collected. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Rick Spinrad joined Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and marine […]
Desire Walker (SEBS’26) Wins 2022 AKC Sir John D. Spurling Scholarship
The AKC Humane Fund, Inc. announced the 2022 recipients of the Sir John D. Spurling Scholarship, celebrating the human-canine bond. Each year, the AKC Humane Fund awards five full-time students enrolled in courses of study that contribute to the well-being of dogs and the advancement of responsible pet ownership. Desire Walker (SEBS’24) is one of […]
New Faces on Campus: Leah Kapps, First-generation Student on a Quest for Great Things
Leah Kapps, first-year student at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), grew up in Kearny, New Jersey. She’s a first-generation student, who is excited about earning a degree from Rutgers and making her family proud. A middle child, with two brothers, Leah lost her father when she was 10 years old. She feels […]
New Faces on Campus: Transfer Student Karina Zepeda Gil Chooses the Hands-On Experiences of SEBS
Karina Zepeda Gil (SEBS’24) enters Rutgers as a junior transfer student from Hudson County Community College (HCCC). The oldest of three children, Karina was born in New Brunswick, virtually in the backyard of the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus. She and her family moved to Hudson County when she was nine years old. A first-generation Mexican American, […]
Of Farms and Gardens: My Rutgers Gardens Internship
By Francis C. Blackman (SEBS’24) As an undergraduate student in the Environmental Policy Institutions and Behavior (EPIB) major program here at Rutgers, I had the opportunity to participate in the Rutgers Gardens Student Farm Internship this summer. When applying, it seemed like the Student Farm could offer a fulfilling setting to expand my knowledge of […]
SEBS Hosts 2022 CASE Institute to Prepare Next Generation of High School Agricultural Educators
More than a dozen high school teachers and pre-service teachers in training to become agricultural educators from across the U.S came to the Rutgers Cook Campus to attend the CASE Institute focused on the course, “Introduction to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources.” Held July 10–20, this institute was hosted by Rutgers School of Environmental and […]
Rutgers Alumna Kelly Bidle (CC’91) Named Inaugural Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Rider University
Kelly Bidle (CC’91, Biological Sciences) began her tenure as dean of the newly created College of Arts and Sciences at Rider University, effective July 1. The new college, the result of the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with Westminster College of the Arts, consists of four schools—three of them new—Westminster Choir […]
