Editor’s Note: Juhi Patel, 2022 SEBS Class Representative, is a double major in Exercise Science and Political Science. Congratulations to my fellow members of the Class of 2022. Congratulations to the friends, families, deans, professors, faculty, and mentors who have supported us on our journey here today. And a special shout out to my mom […]
Announcement: Sara Elnakib to Lead Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear NJAES and SEBS community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Elnakib, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences educator and department head, Rutgers Cooperative […]
Plant of the Month: A Colorful Bromeliad for the Holiday Season
December ushers in the winter season and our attention turns indoors for festivities and family for the holiday season. It is also time to buy and gift plants appropriate to the season. The Poinsettia, with its bright red bracts is the traditional plant of the season, but there remain numerous other long lived candidates that […]
President Holloway Announces University Climate Action Plan
Rutgers will establish an Office of Climate Action and work to eliminate greenhouse gases before the university’s 275th anniversary In his second address to the University Senate on Sept. 24, President Jonathan Holloway announced the university’s commitment to a Climate Action Plan and the formation of the Office of Climate Action that will lead the […]
Join the March to Rutgers Gardens Event on September 25
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, September 25, 2021 (rain date: September 26), Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts will co-host a two-mile walk winding from Douglass Campus through Cook Farm to Rutgers Gardens. The March 2RUGardens event is meant to underscore the rich and varied […]
Plant of the Month: Nasturtiums–Great for the Garden and Table
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Why do some plants have flowers that simply beg for further investigation, while others we can grow for years, perhaps even eat, and never really stop to appreciate the plant for its beauty? I have grown Nasturtiums, botanically know as Tropaeolum majus since youth and […]
Plant of the Month: When a Petunia Is Not a Petunia
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Everyone loves using the common names for plants. It is a language that is intuitively understandable and is simply easier to remember than those cumbersome botanical names that seemingly make no sense! Yet, there are difficulties. One challenge with common names is when two different […]
Rutgers-bred 007 Bentgrass is Top Seed at Tokyo Olympics Golf Tournament
When play got underway for the men’s golf tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the comments from both players and commentators included superlatives like, “perfect,” “immaculate” and “nothing better,” to how well the manicured 007 bentgrass greens at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, the host venue, have performed. Among those watching and listening intently was Richard […]
Supporting Minority Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences at Rutgers
MANRRS student organization regains its footing at Rutgers Steven Jeanty (SEBS’21, plant science major; agriculture and food systems minor), has always wanted to be a farmer, but finding the support to work in agriculture, especially in the urban environment from which he comes, has been especially daunting. “Being young and Black is not the typical […]
Senior Stories 2021
We asked our Class of 2021 graduates to talk about their time at SEBS—a significant or rewarding moment during their career, something they were thankful for, or perhaps a lesson learned. Here are their responses. Angelo DiTomaso A significant moment during my undergraduate experience was my George H. Cook Honors Program presentation. The week of […]
