Five Rutgers undergraduates doing independent research in immersive learning through science storytelling presented rough edits of their science-in-action films at the Planet Forward environmental storytelling summit in Washington DC on April 20. Working in teams, the undergraduates presented two student-authored science stories that they have developed in trusting partnership with scientists from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) about New …
“Fields of Devotion” Wins Best Short Documentary at Garden State Film Festival
On March 26, Fields of Devotion was shown to a packed house and won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023 Garden State Film Festival. This is the second award for the film, which was awarded Best Climate Film by the New York Science and Nature Feedback Film and Screenplay Festival in late 2022. In attendance at the Garden State Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony were the film’s associate …
Xenia Morin Selected as “Dr. Barbara Munson Goff Teacher of the Year” by Alpha Zeta
Xenia Morin, associate teaching professor in the Department of Plant Biology and undergraduate program director of Agriculture and Food Systems, was named the 2022 Teacher of the Year by the Rutgers Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, the national honor and service fraternity for agriculture and environmental studies. Her teaching style embraces active learning strategies that engage students and …