Features - Innovation Lab | Honors College

Through the Honors College Innovation Lab, students are tackling real world problems in meaningful ways through sustainable business concepts and strategies. Below are stories that highlight their creativity, intellectual curiosity, deep collaboration, and impact and engagement in the world.

Honors College alumni and current students, including (top left) Akshay Kamath, Joseph Bajor, Clairisse Whang, Alyssa Krisinski, (bottom left) Juliet Petillo, Yash Dave, and Harrison Zhang, make up the social venture Nutrivide.

Rutgers Award-Winning Invention Aims to Reinvent Drug Delivery

By Modesta Alobawone, Rutgers Today | October 11, 2021

An interdisciplinary team of Rutgers Honors College alumni and students has become one of the first from the Honors College Innovation Lab to bring their social innovation to the public sphere. To-date, the team has been awarded a patent and won more than $90,000 in seed money, including $63,500 this spring as part of the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge. Read more about Nutrivide, a fellow Honors College team called Sulis and their success, and the sustained support that makes it possible for these students to pursue their work.

Curiosity, Knowledge, and Purpose in Action

By Claire Donahue, HC Media Team Lead Features Developer

Sarah Pomeranz ('20, RBS/HC/DRC) has dedicated her time at Rutgers to developing her leadership and entrepreneurship skills, and expanding her knowledge of the world, all to focus on social justice. Following graduation, she'll begin her year as a John Lewis Fellow through the prestigious Humanity in Action Fellowship with a full-time position this fall as a strategy consultant at Accenture in Washington, DC.

Annie Zhang works on developing "smart jewelry" in the College Avenue Makerspace located within the Honors College at Rutgers–New Brunswick. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Romanenko

HC Student Creates ''Smart Jewelry'' to Fight Sexual Violence

By Cynthia Medina | Rutgers Today

As Annie ('19, Bloustein/HC) reflects on her experiences at Rutgers, she believes that the most important takeaway is Merakhi, a company that she created with her fellow Honors College students to develop smart jewelry that prevents sexual assault and saves lives.

Yash Sanghavi ('19, RBS/HC) in front of the Entractiv smart mirror

An HC Capstone: Reflecting on Entractiv

By Simran Fernandes ('19, RBS/HC/DRC)

Originally meant to be a wedding gift, one design project turned into an entrepreneurial venture for Yash ('19, RBS/HC). His work developing Entractiv, a smart technology start-up, and leading an interdisciplinary team of students serves as his Honors College Capstone Project.

Team Sulis Shares India Pilot Progress and Finishes First Week at Hult Prize Accelerator Program on a Strong Note

By Team Sulis

Sulis team members Sarah Pomeranz ('20, RBS/HC/DRC), Anurag Modak ('20, SAS/HC), Ari Mendelow ('18, SOE), and Yuki Osumi ('20, SAS/HC) shared an update of their India Pilot Program and news that they ended their first week at the Hult Prize 2018 Accelerator Program in London among the top 6 of 40