We congratulate these SEBS and NJAES faculty and staff on their accomplishments, appointments and awards below. For university-wide announcements, please visit the Rutgers Faculty and Staff Newsletter. 2026 Erin Comollo, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS), and FCHS Minor Program Director; Karla Esquilín-Lebrón, teaching instructor in the Department of […]
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After Sandy, balancing the needs of nesting birds and people [AUDIO]
A small gray bird crouches in the sand at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. Except for its bright orange beak, the American oystercatcher is difficult to spot among the sand and shells. It’s nesting season for many endangered or threatened species of bir…
Wildlife Expert Receives USDA Grant to Study Bats and Bugs
Brooke Maslo, wildlife expert and assistant professor in the Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources was awarded a $34,501 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant to study how bats might help farmers combat the brown marmorated stink bug and other agricultural pests. Using DNA analysis of insect fragments in bat guano, […]
Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award Re-Imagining America’s National Parks
A team of graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers earned top honors in a national student design competition sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and the U.S. National Park Service. “The objective was to create a ‘Park for the People’ that promotes reverence for place and advances social, economic […]



