Newsletters

Spring 2023 Newsletter

Information: Happy New Year, and welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice holiday break. We can’t wait to share some exciting Division updates from last year. A few notable updates include: Ping Xie, Associate Professor in Cell Biology and Neuroscience (CBN), receiving the Grossman Innovation Prize; graduate student Leela Biswas in the Schindler Lab, winning the 2022 American Medical Association (AMA) Research Challenge; and a feature on Biological Sciences alum Ali Bhatti and
his mission to make STEM education more accessible. On the staff side, Divisional Director of Administration Anabell Williams was promoted to interim Vice Dean of Administration for the School of Arts and Sciences, and Molecular Biosciences graduate program administrator Carolyn Ambrose is retiring after forty years at Rutgers. We are excited to see what this semester will bring!; Click to view Newsletter

Information: Welcome back, DLS colleagues! We are thrilled to be on campus experiencing the dynamic energy created by our collective in-person connections. In this newsletter, we have included updates on new accomplishments and developments within our Division, highlighting the broad achievements of our outstanding faculty, students, and staff. Two notable ones include the conferral of the prestigious Rita Allen Foundation Scholar award, with a special designation as the Milton E. Cassel Scholar, to Kevin Monahan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MBB),and the awarding of a Goldwater Scholarship to Sohaib Hassan, a senior majoring in Genetics. We are also delighted to welcome the following new faculty members to the Division: Yang Lyu (MBB), Santiago Cuesta (CellBiology and Neuroscience), Erik Hummer [Kinesiology and Health (DKH)],Morgan Murray (DKH), Nadyne Venturin-Trindade (DKH), and Tara Cominski (Biological Sciences). We are excited at the prospect of their contributing a wealth of new ideas and excellence to the teaching and scholarship missions of DLS.; Click to view Newsletter

Information: As we enter our second semester of being back at Rutgers, and students areonce again filling the campuses, there is a sense of new energy andexcitement. Certainly, things are not what they were before, with plexiglassbarriers and masks, as we are doing our due diligence to be mindful of thepandemic, but we are grateful to have faculty, students, and staff fill theclassrooms and offices with chatter once again. Great things continue takingplace in the Division, so I invite you to check out some of the highlights from the past semester.; Click to view Newsletter

Information: Welcome to the Fall issue of the Division of Life Sciences newsletter! Since our
last newsletter, we have returned to campus and are navigating what school
looks like in person. We are excited to share about the process of transitioning
back into the lab, as well as the exciting research and creative and thoughtful
teaching that has continued in the face of the pandemic.; Click to view Newsletter

Information: It has been quite a year-redefining what research and teaching look like amidst the pandemic. Despite the challenges, our departments have been busy with conducting novel research, designing new courses, and figuring out new ways to better connect with and teach our students through a virtual format.; Click to view Newsletter