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Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab Fosters Student Success and Interdisciplinary Partnerships

The Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab, in the School of Environmental and Biological sciences, supports students from a wide variety of majors to partner with Rutgers researchers in the co-creation of compelling video narratives that communicate science as journeys of discovery for peer and public audiences. The Lab’s innovative pedagogical model was recently recognized by the New Jersey State Senate resolution for increasing public trust in science, developing science film leaders, and establishing a model worthy of emulation.

Immersive Learning Through Science Storytelling Lab Wins “2025 Broader Vision Award” by the Garden State Film Festival

The Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab, developed by SEBS scientists, science storytellers, STEM learning researchers and youth educators, has been awarded the Broader Vision Award by the Garden State Film Festival.

Immersive Learning Through Science Storytelling Lab Wins Film Award

Rutgers’ Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab earned the Garden State Film Festival’s 2025 Broader Vision Award, according to a press release. The Broader Vision Award annually recognizes organizations that use visual storytelling and filmmaking to further the common good.

Storytelling Highlights Positive Impact of Rutgers Research

Rutgers alumni and friends were treated to a screening of original short science-in-action stories featuring SEBS scientists on November 28 at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health. This event gave 160 audience members a front-row seat to some of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) scientists’ work that is making an impact around the world.

USDA-NIFA Grant Supports Collaborative Food Systems Solution Science Storytelling Project for New Jersey High School Youth

What does the future hold for food security through agriculture and marine technologies?

New Jersey high school students will discover the answers as part of an innovative USDA-funded 4-H afterschool program that provides youth with immersive science learning through digital storytelling, made in trusting partnership with Rutgers scientists.

Rutgers Interdisciplinary Pilot Project Connects High School Youth to University Science

A unique, cross-school collaborative pilot project, funded by Rutgers Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems (RUCAFE) in the New Jersey Institute for Food Nutrition and Health, provides high school youth from diaspora communities the opportunity to co-create original science-based video stories with Rutgers researchers. The project, titled FAME (Food, Agriculture and Marine Ecosystems) is based on an innovative informal STEM learning model connecting Rutgers’ researchers with the community through collaborative science storytelling.