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At the end of every semester, Honors College (HC) students share and celebrate their work with their peers in the Academic Showcase. From first-year students presenting their first projects to seniors showcasing their final Capstones, the Academic Showcase unites students in an open and supportive interdisciplinary environment.

At this year’s Fall Academic Showcase, many students expressed enthusiasm about being able to share their work with fellow students within the Honors College community.

Mansi Shah’s home in New Jersey is only about 20 miles from Rikers Island. While the distance between a New Jersey suburb and New York City’s main jail complex might seem insurmountable, the Rutgers Honor College graduating senior has devoted much of her time bridging the gap between her experience as a high-achieving honors student and the lives of the incarcerated.

Six proposals, from a pacifier that can deliver nutrients to newborns to a Bluetooth device to help prevent sexual assault, are in incubation stage this year

The Honors College Forum culminates in interdisciplinary project-based teams presenting detailed plans for change-making products, services, or initiatives. At the end of the fall 2015 semester, an impressive range of innovation and creativity was on display in the many projects presented in sections and in the plenary pitch competition.

Three Rutgers University–New Brunswick students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars, one of the most prestigious national honors for undergraduates looking to pursue research careers in the fields of natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Cormac Grindall, Andrew Krapivin and Jackson Lee are working with exotic materials that conduct electricity, exploring the theoretical foundations of computation and using the power of computing to explore fundamental questions in physics.

When Nadia Fedoryka came to Rutgers four years ago, she wasn’t sure the direction she should take but knew she had time to figure it out.

She loved science but wanted to know what makes individuals tick. Understanding the economy, she thought, would help her in life and whatever career she chose.

So Fedoryka decided to take an interdisciplinary approach to life and school and see where it would take her.