Spotlight Archive
![[Search and Research]](/images/monthly-spotlights/NR13DodsKara8869.jpg "[Search and Research]")
Search and Research
Kara Dods (SEBS '13) made some pretty impressive discoveries at Rutgers...about herself.
Date Featured: 5/28/2013 - 6/30/2013
![[Congratulations, Class of 2013!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/congratulations-class-of-2013.jpg "[Congratulations, Class of 2013!]")
Congratulations, Class of 2013!
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences honors our newest graduates and welcomes them to our proud alumni family.
Date Featured: 5/20/2013 - 5/27/2013
Video: Future Scientists Present
The 2013 George H. Cook Scholars present their theses, speak about their experience, and share what they learned about themselves.
Date Featured: 5/15/2013 - 5/19/2013
![[Greening the Campus]](/images/monthly-spotlights/arborday.jpg "[Greening the Campus]")
Greening the Campus
Students and staff planted trees donated by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota on the George H. Cook Campus.
Date Featured: 4/28/2013 - 5/14/2013
![[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]](/images/monthly-spotlights/afd-2013.jpg "[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]")
Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day
Join us for our annual celebration of the school on Saturday, April 27.
Date Featured: 4/8/2013 - 4/27/2013
![[New Endowed Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Great-Egret-on-Raritan-Bay-South-Amboy.jpg "[New Endowed Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology]")
New Endowed Chair in Water Resources and Watershed Ecology
The Johnson Family Chair will be located in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at SEBS.
Date Featured: 3/25/2013 - 4/30/2013
![[Senior Wins Gates Scholarship for Graduate Study at Cambridge]](/images/monthly-spotlights/NR12LambertDevinn2785.jpg "[Senior Wins Gates Scholarship for Graduate Study at Cambridge]")
Senior Wins Gates Scholarship for Graduate Study at Cambridge
Devinn Lambert is one of two Rutgers scholars this year.
Date Featured: 2/22/2013 - 3/24/2013
![[International Summer Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching]](/images/monthly-spotlights/international/international-summer-2012IMG_2169.jpg "[International Summer Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching]")
International Summer Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching
Apply by March 4 for your chance to study abroad this summer.
Date Featured: 2/18/2013 - 2/21/2013
![[Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist]](/images/monthly-spotlights/fred-grassle.jpg "[Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist]")
Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist
Fred Grassle honored for his decades of work improving knowledge of ocean life.
Date Featured: 2/10/2013 - 2/17/2013
![[Breath Is Life]](/images/monthly-spotlights/NR12Morey_Kaitlin4222.jpg "[Breath Is Life]")
Breath Is Life
SEBS Junior Katie Morey transforms environmental health research into tools for urban faith communities.
Date Featured: 1/22/2013 - 2/10/2013
![[Rutgers Team Heads to Antarctica]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Oscar-Schofield-Antarctic.jpg "[Rutgers Team Heads to Antarctica]")
Rutgers Team Heads to Antarctica
Documentary planned on efforts of Oscar Schofield's 12th trip.
Date Featured: 1/3/2013 - 1/21/2013
![[Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year]](/images/monthly-spotlights/2012-happy-holidays.jpg "[Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year]")
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year
From Executive Dean Bob Goodman and Everyone at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
Date Featured: 12/20/2012 - 1/2/2013
![[Stay Connected with SEBS]](/images/monthly-spotlights/newsroom-launch.jpg "[Stay Connected with SEBS]")
Stay Connected with SEBS
Visit the SEBS & NJAES Newsroom for the latest stories, news, and information about our work in New Jersey and the world.
Date Featured: 12/4/2012 - 12/20/2012
![[Hurricane Sandy]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Richard-Buerkle---RU-Telecom-Analyst.jpg "[Hurricane Sandy]")
Hurricane Sandy
Find out how we've helped and how we're being shaped by this extreme weather event.
Date Featured: 11/20/2012 - 11/25/2012
![[Analyzing Ocean Data from Sandy]](/images/monthly-spotlights/8159869704_3828a334b7_o.jpg "[Analyzing Ocean Data from Sandy]")
Analyzing Ocean Data from Sandy
Oceanography professor Josh Kohut and Rutgers students deploy underwater glider to collect ocean data before, during, and after Hurricane Sandy.
Date Featured: 11/7/2012 - 11/20/2012
![[Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award]](/images/monthly-spotlights/parksforpeople.jpg "[Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award]")
Landscape Architecture Students Win National Award
SEBS students earn top honors in competition to re-imagine America's national parks.
Date Featured: 9/28/2012 - 11/6/2012
![[It's Not Your Dad's (or Mom's) Dining Hall Any More]](/images/monthly-spotlights/dining-services/326052_284342454913242_1834414525_o.jpg "[It's Not Your Dad's (or Mom's) Dining Hall Any More]")
It's Not Your Dad's (or Mom's) Dining Hall Any More
Rutgers Dining Services emphasizes variety, quality, and healthy eating.
Date Featured: 9/13/2012 - 9/27/2012
![[Community Day 2012: Sept. 13]](/images/monthly-spotlights/communityday-2012.jpg "[Community Day 2012: Sept. 13]")
Community Day 2012: Sept. 13
Kick off the school year at Passion Puddle from 4-7 pm with a free barbecue, live entertainment, giveaways, and a raffle for an iPod Touch!
Date Featured: 9/4/2012 - 9/12/2012
![[SEBS Students Offer Designs for Voorhees Environmental Park]](/images/monthly-spotlights/voorhees-park-sign.jpg "[SEBS Students Offer Designs for Voorhees Environmental Park]")
SEBS Students Offer Designs for Voorhees Environmental Park
Reclaimed South Jersey landfill is the focus of collaborative community park.
Date Featured: 8/14/2012 - 9/3/2012
![[Leaves of Three? Let Them Be!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/poisonivy.jpg "[Leaves of Three? Let Them Be!]")
Leaves of Three? Let Them Be!
This summer the growth of poison ivy and related plants appears to be exceedingly potent. Dr. Leonard Bielory offers advice.
Date Featured: 8/7/2012 - 8/13/2012
![[150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act]](/images/monthly-spotlights/morrill150.jpg "[150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act]")
150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act
In 1862, the Morrill Act laid the groundwork for the democratization of public higher education.
Date Featured: 7/2/2012 - 8/6/2012
![[Sea Worthy]](/images/monthly-spotlights/s12_NR11GrassleFred3922_r1.jpg "[Sea Worthy]")
Sea Worthy
J. Frederick Grassle, the founding director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, is one of the nation's most celebrated oceanographers.
Date Featured: 6/18/2012 - 7/1/2012
![[Love Letters to the Rutgers Gardens]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Fourth-Graders-in-Gardens---Holly---Spring-2012.jpg "[Love Letters to the Rutgers Gardens]")
Love Letters to the Rutgers Gardens
Kids at College Program Ignites Interest in Learning and "Love" for Rutgers.
Date Featured: 5/30/2012 - 6/17/2012
![[Organic Farming and Sustainability in Belize]](/images/monthly-spotlights/belize/home-image007.jpg "[Organic Farming and Sustainability in Belize]")
Organic Farming and Sustainability in Belize
SEBS Senior Jordan Mason tells the story of her own global reach.
Date Featured: 5/22/2012 - 5/29/2012
![[Congratulations, Class of 2012!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/congratulations-class-of-2012.jpg "[Congratulations, Class of 2012!]")
Congratulations, Class of 2012!
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences honors our newest graduates and welcomes them to our proud alumni family.
Date Featured: 5/14/2012 - 5/21/2012
![[For Rutgers Grad, A Second of Courage; Then, the Leap]](/images/monthly-spotlights/timothydinh.jpg "[For Rutgers Grad, A Second of Courage; Then, the Leap]")
For Rutgers Grad, A Second of Courage; Then, the Leap
Learn about SEBS Senior Timothy Dinh's adventures in the classroom and around the world!
Date Featured: 4/29/2012 - 5/31/2012
![["Bare-bones" Equine Research]](/images/monthly-spotlights/horse-skeleton.jpg "[\"Bare-bones\" Equine Research]")
"Bare-bones" Equine Research
Articulated horse skeleton enhances animal sciences program
Date Featured: 4/29/2012 - 5/7/2012
"Bare-bones" Equine Research
Check out Prof. Carey Williams and Animal Sciences' new articulated horse skeleton on Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day, Apr. 28
Date Featured: 4/24/2012 - 4/28/2012
![[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]](/images/monthly-spotlights/afd-2012.jpg "[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]")
Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day
Join us for our annual celebration of the school on Saturday, April 28.
Date Featured: 3/28/2012 - 4/23/2012
![[March 27: Reinventing the University for the 21st Century]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Ehrenfeld-with-Naturalist-Club.jpg "[March 27: Reinventing the University for the 21st Century]")
March 27: Reinventing the University for the 21st Century
Executive Dean's Distinguished Lecture featuring David Ehrenfeld
Date Featured: 3/20/2012 - 3/27/2012
![[NY Times: New Species of Frog Croaking in Plain Sight]](/images/monthly-spotlights/leopard-frog.jpg "[NY Times: New Species of Frog Croaking in Plain Sight]")
NY Times: New Species of Frog Croaking in Plain Sight
Rutgers ecologist Jeremy Feinberg makes discovery in New York.
Date Featured: 3/14/2012 - 3/19/2012
![[The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed]](/images/monthly-spotlights/bhattacharya2.jpg "[The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed]")
The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed
Prof. Debashish Bhattacharya has shed light on the early events leading to photosynthesis.
Date Featured: 2/23/2012 - 3/12/2012
![[International Summer Scholarship Application Period Now Open]](/images/monthly-spotlights/international2012.jpg "[International Summer Scholarship Application Period Now Open]")
International Summer Scholarship Application Period Now Open
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 22
Apply now for your chance to study abroad this summer.
Date Featured: 1/11/2012 - 2/22/2012
![[Creating Living "Eco" Walls]](/images/monthly-spotlights/ecowalls.jpg "[Creating Living \"Eco\" Walls]")
Creating Living "Eco" Walls
Michael Corragio (CC '06) and Ryan Burrows Grow a Green Business.
Date Featured: 1/4/2012 - 1/10/2012
![[Wishing You a Happy New Year]](/images/monthly-spotlights/happynewyear2012.jpg "[Wishing You a Happy New Year]")
Wishing You a Happy New Year
From Executive Dean Bob Goodman and Everyone at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
Date Featured: 12/30/2011 - 1/3/2012
![[Wishing You a Happy Holiday]](/images/monthly-spotlights/happyholiday2011.jpg "[Wishing You a Happy Holiday]")
Wishing You a Happy Holiday
From Executive Dean Bob Goodman and Everyone at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.
Date Featured: 12/21/2011 - 12/29/2011
![[Hidden Potential]](/images/monthly-spotlights/hazelnuts.jpg "[Hidden Potential]")
Hidden Potential
In hazelnuts, C. Reed Funk and Thomas Molnar have cultivated a largely untapped source of food and fuel - and a powerful philanthropic cause.
Date Featured: 12/5/2011 - 12/31/2011
![[To Infinity and Beyond!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/bhattacharya.jpg "[To Infinity and Beyond!]")
To Infinity and Beyond!
Debashish Bhattacharya explores the infinite possibilities of single cell research.
Date Featured: 11/1/2011 - 12/4/2011
![[Duckweed: Environmental Star]](/images/monthly-spotlights/EricLam.jpg "[Duckweed: Environmental Star]")
Duckweed: Environmental Star
Plant biologist Eric Lam, an expert on the small but plentiful pond denizen, and his Rutgers team investigates this potential new biofuel crop.
Date Featured: 9/30/2011 - 10/31/2011
![[The Explorers]](/images/monthly-spotlights/NR11RaskinIlya5474.jpg "[The Explorers]")
The Explorers
Professor Ilya Raskin and his students are helping people worldwide harness the health benefits of plants.
Date Featured: 9/15/2011 - 9/29/2011
![[Community Day 2011: Sept. 14]](/images/monthly-spotlights/communityday-2011.jpg "[Community Day 2011: Sept. 14]")
Community Day 2011: Sept. 14
Kick off the school year at Passion Puddle from 4-7 pm with a free barbecue, live entertainment, giveaways, and a raffle for an iPod Touch!
Date Featured: 9/7/2011 - 9/14/2011
![[Hands-on, Personal, and Enriching]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Arwa-IMG_1350.jpg "[Hands-on, Personal, and Enriching]")
Hands-on, Personal, and Enriching
The Biotechnology Undergraduate Scholars Program is supported by a National Science Foundation grant.
Date Featured: 8/22/2011 - 9/6/2011
![[New Jersey Waterways Under Stress]](/images/monthly-spotlights/mike-kennish.jpg "[New Jersey Waterways Under Stress]")
New Jersey Waterways Under Stress
Marine sciences professor Michael Kennish studies the Barnegat Bay.
Date Featured: 8/5/2011 - 8/21/2011
![[Celebrate Our School Year!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/year-in-review.jpg "[Celebrate Our School Year!]")
Celebrate Our School Year!
Check out the 2010-2011 Academic Year in Review.
Date Featured: 7/1/2011 - 8/4/2011
![[Clear Skies Ahead]](/images/monthly-spotlights/teresa-sikorski.jpg "[Clear Skies Ahead]")
Clear Skies Ahead
WeatherWatcher Teresa Sikorski does more than study weather--she eats, sleeps, and lives it.
Date Featured: 6/9/2011 - 6/30/2011
![[Saving Our Rare Bird Species]](/images/monthly-spotlights/oystercatcher.jpg "[Saving Our Rare Bird Species]")
Saving Our Rare Bird Species
Prof. Julie Lockwood and her team are creating management plans for bird conservation.
Date Featured: 6/1/2011 - 6/8/2011
![[Congratulations, Class of 2011!]](/images/monthly-spotlights/congrats-class-of-2011.jpg "[Congratulations, Class of 2011!]")
Congratulations, Class of 2011!
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences honors our newest graduates and welcomes them to our proud alumni family.
Date Featured: 5/17/2011 - 5/31/2011
![[Celebrate Commencement]](/images/monthly-spotlights/graduation.jpg "[Celebrate Commencement]")
Celebrate Commencement
Join us on May 15 as we honor our newest graduates.
Date Featured: 5/11/2011 - 5/15/2011
![[Helping the State Combat Top Disease Killers]](/images/monthly-spotlights/Nurgul-Fitzgerald.jpg "[Helping the State Combat Top Disease Killers]")
Helping the State Combat Top Disease Killers
Nutritional scientist Nurgul Fitzgerald co-chairs New Jersey Chronic Disease Advisory Council.
Date Featured: 5/2/2011 - 5/10/2011
![[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]](/images/monthly-spotlights/afd-2011.jpg "[Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day]")
Ag Field Day at Rutgers Day
Join us for our annual celebration of the school on Saturday, April 30.
Date Featured: 4/5/2011 - 4/30/2011
Helping the State Combat Top Disease Killers
Nutritional scientist Nurgul Fitzgerald co-chairs New Jersey Chronic Disease Advisory Council.
Date Featured: 3/10/2011 - 3/31/2011
![[Do Soft Skills Drive Economic Success?]](/images/monthly-spotlights/soft-skills.jpg "[Do Soft Skills Drive Economic Success?]")
Do Soft Skills Drive Economic Success?
Researchers will try to determine the infuence of social capital.
Date Featured: 3/10/2011 - 3/31/2011
![[Top Teacher]](/images/monthly-spotlights/scott-glenn.jpg "[Top Teacher]")
Top Teacher
Oceanography Professor Scott Glenn is the 2010 New Jersey Teacher of the Year.
Date Featured: 1/31/2011 - 3/9/2011
![[Adventures Beyond the Classroom]](/images/monthly-spotlights/zipline.jpg "[Adventures Beyond the Classroom]")
Adventures Beyond the Classroom
Apply now for an International Summer Scholarship!
Date Featured: 1/1/2011 - 1/30/2011
![[Celebrate Scarlet's Great Adventure]](/images/monthly-spotlights/glider.jpg "[Celebrate Scarlet's Great Adventure]")
Celebrate Scarlet's Great Adventure
Rutgers Glider Added to Smithsonian National Collection
Date Featured: 12/7/2010 - 12/31/2010
![[Passion Puddle]](/images/monthly-spotlights/PassionPuddle[PennyCarlson].jpg "[Passion Puddle]")
Passion Puddle
Photo by Dean Penny Carlson.
Date Featured: 1/1/2011 - 1/1/2017
