Yorqui Morales (SEBS'24)
Yorqui Morales had planned to follow in his father’s footsteps and study dentistry, but after starting college he found himself on a detour.
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The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences brings together faculty, staff, and students for immersive, hands-on research and experiential learning. By connecting human and environmental health, we inspire socially responsible leaders to build a sustainable and just future.
We develop tomorrow’s solutions today.
Leaders Belong Here
SEBS both requires and provides invaluable experience-based education which creates meaningful opportunities for students to grow from learners into leaders in the professional world.
David LoBiondo (SEBS'24)
When David LoBiondo came to Rutgers, he never expected to start his day watering plants and feeding the half-dozen chickens that live outside his dorm building. But as a Helyar House resident, LoBiondo, along with 39 other undergraduate students, had the opportunity to live and work together on the G.H. Cook campus at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
By the Numbers
34%
of SEBS students are first-generation students
$4.2 Million
in scholarships awarded to SEBS students annually
100%
of SEBS students participate in experiential learning
A Place to Grow
Beyond the Classroom
On campus and off, you’ll discover a multitude of learning venues. From living labs, farms, gardens, and ecological preserves to the nearby Raritan River and research stations across the state, see for yourself that not all classrooms have walls.
Beyond the Country
Gain a planetary perspective through study-abroad opportunities and international research/collaboration, or by interacting with the vast faculty and student body who come to Rutgers from across the globe.
Beyond Graduation
Your SEBS education is only the beginning of a transformative process of hands-on learning that will prepare you for real-world success in a wide range of important fields.
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At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, even the cafeterias are being used as teaching tools. That’s because Rutgers–New Brunswick has been a part of the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC) – an international network of colleges and universities that use campus dining halls as living laboratories – since 2017.
Mamadou Ndiaye graduated with a degree in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) in May 2019. When he and his fellow classmates walked across the Convocation stage at Passion Puddle on the George H. Campus to receive their degrees, little did they know that the time-honored tradition of in-person graduation exercises would be upended a short year later.
For Women’s History Month, Rutgers Today asked some of Rutgers acclaimed scientists to share their own history of what inspired them to enter their field. Among them is Anne Nielsen, Associate Extension Specialist in Entomology at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Here is her story.
