Changlu Wang – Department of Entomology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
SEBS
Max Häggblom Co-directs 2022 European Microbiological Societies’ Professional Development Summer School for Postdocs
Max Häggblom, chair and distinguished professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, served as lead instructor and co-director of the 2022 FEMS Summer School for Postdocs held Sept. 3-13 in Split, Croatia. FEMS, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies, was set up in 1974 and is a growing coalition of 56 member societies from […]
Opinion: Why Hurricane Ian killed so many people
Cara Cuite – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Dept. of Human Ecology
Why Are Spotted Lanterflies So Bad? Here’s the Damage They Do in NJ
George Hamilton – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Dept. of Entomology
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 […]
Charlie Kontos Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Activism Awarded to High School Senior
The Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist Award is named for Charlie Kontos, who passed away in 2010 and was, at the time, enrolled as a doctoral student in the Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program administered by the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Before his premature passing at age 33, Kontos had already made a significant contribution […]
So much rain in NJ lately — but is the drought finally over?
Dave Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Remnants of Hurricane Ian expected to bring heavy rain to NJ
Steven Decker – Department of Environmental Sciences
Spotted lanternfly to bug NJ for several more weeks
George Hamilton – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Dept. of Entomology
SW Florida residents in Ian’s path had about a day’s warning to evacuate. Was it enough?
Cara Cuite – Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Dept. of Human Ecology




