During her time at Rutgers, Megan Wang (’21, SEBS/HC) has taken a deep dive into her research in food science developing the knowledge she needs to understand what goes into our food (including our favorite snacks!), the chemistry and biology involved in stabilizing food, and the many facets of creating, managing, processing, developing, and overseeing food safety.
Wamia Siddiqui (’21, SEBS/HC/DRC), a new graduate in the public health major, arrived at Rutgers after attending a very small high school, worried she would not find a community to connect with. That worry quickly moved out of view when Wamia started finding community in many places, with the Honors College/Douglass Residential College “Dougie fam” as one of her first Rutgers community connections.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Alyssa Ehling had snacks, school supplies, bedding and everything else a first-year student could possibly need, all stuffed into a red cart out in front of Rutgers’ Honors College.
And, perhaps most importantly, she brought a box of high-grade face masks.
“I’m just excited,” said the first-year student from North Plainfield. “I was worried we would have to be remote for the whole year.”
And after a brief pause, Ehling began pushing the cart toward her new dorm room and the next chapter of her life.
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information and Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies Mary Chayko has been reappointed Faculty Fellow in Residence at the Honors College-New Brunswick in 2021-2022 for a fifth consecutive year. She will teach and mentor honors students, supervise their research, and conduct her own research on the impact of social media and digita
Their design of a cancer-diagnosing smartphone app able to classify breast tissue as benign or malignant with 96% accuracy captured first place for Rutgers’ Team Patho-ML in the Rice 360° Institute for Global Health student design competition.
Now in its 11th year, the prestigious international competition, drew a record number of semifinalists from 23 universities in six countries.
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