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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.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Jacqueline Giz’s graduation from the Rutgers Honors College represents more than a milestone in her academic career. It’s another step forward in a personal path toward a graduate in art history – the same degree her mom, Kimberly, was working toward when she died in 2014.

Rutgers-New Brunswick junior Amanda Henning comes from a small town in Tennessee that instilled in her a big sense of community. But the Honors College student also spent part of her childhood in the suburbs of Chicago, where she said the inequities of America’s education system were glaring.

Samantha Eng’s call to pursue a career in medicine and help heal physical and emotional pain grew out of her experience in preschool accompanying her mother for medical treatment in her quest to have another child.

In the doctor’s office, Eng observed many medical procedures, including injections, blood draws, and scans. "Instead of looking away during these procedures, I stared, fascinated. The staff were kind and explained what was happening with each test."

But there was something else about the experience that shaped the way Eng thinks about medicine.

Peristera Vikatos

Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English from the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick

On how Rutgers has impacted her life:

For more than two months this summer down south, Anish Suresh, an Honors College student at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, derived an equation in quantum gravity “that encapsulates information about the expansion of the universe.”

The first tennis racquet incoming student Naomi Karki held was pint-sized and colorful, with characters from the television show Dora the Explorer decorating the rim and handle.

The East Brunswick resident was 5.

She spent the next few months swinging the racquet around, never hitting a ball. Nonetheless, her parents kept her in the Pee Wee tennis program at the Nassau Tennis Club in Montgomery Township.

You can’t overstate the role chess plays in the life of Gabriella Glaz. 

Not only is the Tewksbury resident ranked among the top 70 women of all ages in the state of New Jersey, but she’s also captured rankings in the top 100 of her age group nationally every year from the time she was 13 until now, at age 18.