The "Discovery Initiative" of the Office of Community Engagement invites you to any or all of the Discovery events and programs offered by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Please check our website often for updates to our event calendar and be sure to "Join Our Master Invitation List" by clicking on the icon displaying those words on our homepage. |
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"Reinventing the University for the 21st Century" The Executive Dean's Distinguished Lecture, featuring David Ehrenfeld
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 6 p.m.
Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Rooms
David Ehrenfeld, professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, believes that land grant universities, like Rutgers, are ideally positioned to lead the revolution in higher education by teaching students how to be more self-sufficient and less dependent on the global economy, and how to rediscover and implement the original American belief that production is more important than consumption.
Ehrenfeld has been a steady force in the Rutgers classroom for 38 years. Winner of the Barbara Goff Teacher of the Year Award in 2011, he teaches four very popular courses every year: Field Ecology and graduate Conservation Ecology in the fall, and undergraduate Conservation Ecology and Principles of Ecology each spring.
With a B.A. from Harvard in American history, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School with honors in biochemistry, and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in zoology, Ehrenfeld brings a broad and unusual perspective to both conservation biology and higher education.
There is no cost to attend the lecture and reception, but registration is requested.
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The Truth About Genetically Engineered Foods
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 4 p.m.
Alampi Room, Marine and Coastal Sciences Building
G.H. Cook Campus
Are genetically engineered foods as risky as some people claim? Or, as others say, are engineered crops and animals going to solve the world's agricultural constraints and eliminate food insecurity?
Gregory Jaffe, Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, DC, will cut through the heated rhetoric and discourse and provide facts about these new agricultural products and their impact on our food. Join us as he summarizes the benefits and risks of engineered crops during their first decade and gives his insights into the challenges and issues that face this technology in the coming years.
Further information about Mr. Jaffe and his talk is posted on the Discovery website. |
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"Extreme Weather and Climate Change:
How Can We Address Uncertainty?"
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Rooms
Katrina. Irene. Droughts in Texas and the Horn of Africa. Floods in the Midwest, Thailand and Pakistan. What's next?
Is exteme weather the new normal? How should scientists communicate the risks to a skeptical public? How are members of the public likely to assess these risks? How can policymakers make plans for adaptation, mitigation and development in the face of uncertainty?
Four distinguished visiting panelists will present their views and will engage in a spirited public discussion during this afternoon seminar. More information and a registration link will be posted soon on the Discovery website. |
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What's happening on the G. H. Cook Campus...
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Did you know you can keep up to date with what is happening on the G.H. Cook Campus with just the click of a mouse? The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences' website features campus news on its homepage and in an archive of interesting reports and articles. Bookmark http://sebs.rutgers.edu and plan to visit frequently. One of the archived accounts is referenced below: it describes how some of our student scholars and their instructors spent part of their winter break. |
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Plumbing the depths for science ....
 Eight Rutgers students could have been skiing in Vermont or basking in the Florida sun this past winter break. Instead, they were working in the waters off the Rutgers University Marine Field Station in Tuckerton, collecting bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates to identify and study.
The students were part of a winter session class taught by senior marine scientist Rosemarie Petrecca, who along with her colleagues, will conduct a comprehensive study of life in Barnegat Bay.
Read the entire account, written and photographed by Ken Branson, here. |
Save the date for these April and May events...
April 25, 2012 - Celebration of Excellence Awards Ceremony
and Reception
April 27, 2012 - Reconnect with Rutgers Food Science April 28, 2012 - Ag Field Day @ Rutgers Day
May 12, 2012 - Rutgers Rising Remembrance Service in the a.m.
Executive Dean's Tour and Reception at Rutgers
University Alumni Association Reunion in the p.m.
May 13, 2012 - University Commencement
May 14, 2012 - Convocation - School of Environmental and
Biological Sciences
Visit our website for more information about this and other events.
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