Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers has a long and distinguished history. The graduate program includes approximately 80 faculty and 75 graduate students. The program is interdisciplinary in nature and offers graduate education and training in microbial, plant, animal, and human ecology under the direction of outstanding faculty located at three campuses (New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden); two marine stations (in Tuckerton and Bivalve); the Pinelands Field Station in New Lisbon; and the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.

Members of the faculty actively pursue research in conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, evolutionary biology, marine biology, microbial ecology, population and community ecology, population genetics, and restoration ecology.

Students may study toward either M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. An M.S. is not required to enter the Ph.D. program.

1. Joan Ehrenfeld  has been appointed to the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee of the US EPA Science Advisory Board .    

2.  Ed Green was asked to serve as Editor of Forest Science for an unprecedented 7th year. 
3. Steven Handel has an art installation at The Jewish Museum on Fifth Avenue and 93rd Street in  Manhattan.
4. Newsletter

1. Oct. 29: Dr. Mark Hauber Seminar "Never trust a cowbird:life history lessons from avian brood parasites."
2. Nov. 5: Dr. Marci Meixler Seminar : "New techniques in aquatic conservation: fish passage prediction, community modeling, and biodiversity protection."
3. Nov. 12 : Dr. Karina V.R. Schafer Seminar

   "Carbon sequestration of forests and wetlands."

4. Nov. 19: EcoGSA Eminent Ecologist Lecture: Dr. Alison Power "Implications of Host and Vector Diversity for the Spread of Plant Viruses."