In September 2024, the Rutgers Department of Animal Sciences, with Professor Aparna Zama as principal investigator, received a five-year, $250,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) grant for the Rutgers University Veterinary Learning and Preparation program (RU-VETLEAP). RU-VETLEAP is designed to increase the number of Rutgers Animal […]
Students in Food Development Class Unveil Plant-Based Beverage Creations
The lobby of the Food Science building on the George H. Cook campus was transformed into a teeming taste-testing venue on May 1 as students enrolled in the three-credit “Food Product Development” course showcased the plant-based beverages they created over the course of the semester. Taught by associate professor of food engineering Paul Takhistov, the […]
Live From Antarctica: Rutgers Opens a Portal to One of Earth’s Most Remote Places
The innovative program connects students with researchers in the Antarctic, inspiring a love of science Wearing overalls, layered sweatshirts, and a knit cap to fend off the chilly weather, Rutgers biological oceanographer Mya Sharpe stood on a deck of Palmer Station on Anvers Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, broadcasting live to students, some more than 6,000 miles away. As […]
Elise Schicker (SEBS ’25) Looks to a Future in Neuroscience
Elise Schicker, a biotechnology major from Hillsdale, NJ, is graduating in the spring 2025 with plans to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Schicker is currently working in the neurosurgery department at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researching epilepsy, specifically SUDEP (sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy). She hopes to apply her experience to studying […]
In This Class, the Professor Taps Undergrads to Conduct Research
In “Food, Nutrition, and Health,” Yanhong Jin encourages students to develop studies and gather data. Some have had their work published. Rutgers University-New Brunswick undergraduate students in Yanhong Jin’s elective class, “Food, Nutrition, and Health,” find themselves becoming researchers – some of whom may get their work published. Jin, a professor in the Department of Agricultural, […]
Senior Story: Salvatore Fricano (SEBS’23) Studies the Ocean’s Impact on the World
Salvatore Fricano is helping plan for the first worldwide navigation of a new underwater ocean glider Salvatore Fricano grew up spending summers on the Jersey Shore, where the vastness of the ocean captivated his imagination. “I just saw the horizon with nothing on it and it looked like an adventure waiting to happen,” he says. […]
