Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Dept. of Animal Sciences]
Photo of two students holding piglets.

Farm tours now available! The Department of Animal Sciences has developed a Farm Tour Program aimed at guiding small groups of children and/or adults around the cattle, goat, horse, pig, and sheep facilities on Sheepfold Lane.

Welcome

The Department of Animal Sciences, with strong roots in the Land Grant tradition, has as its mission “to improve the health and well-being of animals, including humans, through integration of teaching, research, and outreach.” Our department aspires to be a global leader in training the next generation of scholars in the areas of comparative endocrinology and integrative physiology, equine science, and companion and laboratory animal science.

We’re Going Green!

We are posting, not printing, the Winter 2011/2012 issue of our department newsletter, Animal Science Update. Click on the link to see our current newsletter, which reports some of the major accomplishments of our students, faculty and staff during the past year and looks ahead to the Spring 2012 semester. Hope you enjoy it!

Alums and Friends

I would love to hear from you! Send me your story or a photo (with a detailed caption) for our website and/or next newsletter.

Benefit and Care of Pets Focus of New National Internet Resource

The most important job for many dogs and cats today comes quite naturally — they are companions and friends. To provide pet owners with unbiased research-based information, researchers and educators from America’s land-grant universities have banded together to provide a new Web resource on companion animals. More information

Support Animal Science

Your generous support of our department will help us maintain the excellence of our undergraduate program and strengthen our graduate training programs. Whether you choose to support Animal Sciences scholarships, graduate fellowships, or our Academic Excellence Fund, your contribution is greatly appreciated. In addition, when the Rutgers Annual Giving Fund contacts you, please consider earmarking all or part of your gift to the Department of Animal Sciences.

To make a gift, please contact the SEBS Development Office.

Warmest regards,

Carol Bagnell, Chair
Dept. of Animal Sciences

Seminars

Sulie L. Chang, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology
Seton Hall University

"Modulation of the Neuroimmune Axis in the Morphine Tolerant State"

February 3, 2012
Foran 138A
Cook Campus
9:15 AM

Seminar Schedule

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