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Honors College Juniors Elisa Bu Sha and Julianne Chan Among Four Rutgers Students to Earn Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

2024 Goldwater Scholars - Photo by Nick Romanenko
Elisa Bu Sha (C-L–'25, SEBS/HC) and Julianne Chan (C-R–'25, SOE/HC) have been selected as Goldwater Scholars, a prestigious national honor for undergraduates who plan to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Bu Sha, an HC Changemaking Mentor, is conducting research in neurobiology, and Chan in environmental contaminants in water.

Junior Wins Udall Scholarship, Rutgers’ First Recipient Since 2004

Photo of Julianne Chan by Luca Mostello | Rutgers University
Julianne Chan ('25, SOE/HC) has much to celebrate this spring having also just been recognized as a Goldwater Scholar this year. Her studies and related research in environmental engineering, and specifically plastic pollution, have earned her the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, which recognizes future leaders in the environmental, tribal public policy, or Native American health care fields.

Rutgers Seniors Receive Prestigious Scholarship to Pursue Love of Languages

Albert and Alan

Alan Levita’s love of languages runs so deep, he once dreamt he had a little pocket translator: If he pressed a button, he could speak any language in the world.

“I quickly learned that you can't really learn every single language and even learning a second or third one is very difficult. So, I settled on studying linguistics because linguistics, technically speaking, isn't about learning any specific language. It's about learning how a language functions at its core.”  

Honors College Summer One Read 2024—Imbolo Mbue’s "How Beautiful We Were"

Rutgers alumna Imbolo Mbue's lecture at the Rutgers Academic Building
Rutgers alumna Imbolo Mbue speaking with students
Rutgers alumna Imbolo Mbue's discussing her book with students during her lecture
New York Times bestselling author and Rutgers alumna Imbolo Mbue visited the Honors College as part of the Summer One Read during Welcome Week. Her book, How Beautiful We Were, was read by first-year students during the summer, an experience intended to foster a community-wide discussion around a contemporary social issue or theme that is deeply intertwined with social impact and inclusive excellence, in preparation for the first-year HC mission courses.

Rutgers Welcomes the Class of 2028: Julia Rhodes

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Even before taking her first class at Rutgers, Julia Rhodes had already had a paper published in a national scientific journal and had worked on a research project at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute. 

Her initial foray into research came during her junior year at Council Rock South High School in Holland, Pennsylvania, when she designed a project to test the memory capabilities of a tiny flatworm called a planarian. 

People of Rutgers: J.D. Bowers, Dean and Resident Dog Dad

Photo of J.D. Bowers, Dean of the Honors College, with his dog, Makai.

What I do

As the dean of the Honors College, I serve as the academic, co-curricular, student affairs, and residential leader of the overall honors experience for our nearly 2,000 current students and our alumni-and-friends communities. I also serve as a Faculty Fellow in Residence, living in the college's central building at 5 Seminary Place (College Ave. Campus), providing programs, events, mentoring, and social engagement for all of our first-year students.

Tennis Sophomore Naomi Karki Travels to Take Part in China-US University Tennis Invitational Tournament - Rutgers University Athletics

Photo of US and China tennis teams

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Over the summer, Rutgers tennis sophomore Naomi Karki traveled to China to volunteer with other tennis players as part of the China-US University Tennis Invitational Tournament.

 

 

 

“To have the opportunity to travel to a new part of the world and connect with a different culture is so special,” Karki said (pictured front row, second from left). “You have to come in with an open mind and heart to make the most of it and really immerse yourself within a new place.”

The Honors College Welcomes Its 10th Class—the Class of 2028!

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Auditorium session
Students decorating bags

The Honors College, founded in 2015, welcomed its 10th class this fall—the Class of 2028! New students received a warm welcome during Welcome Week as they settled in and began to connect with the Honors College (HC) deans and staff, meet their Changemaking Mentors, and make new friends.