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The groups hope to follow in the steps of Roshni Rides, the Rutgers team that won the $1 million prize last year

The challenge: Find out a way to harness the power of energy to transform the lives of 10 million people in less than a decade. The prize: $1 million in seed money to support a sustainable, start-up businesses that addresses a humanitarian need.

Maine Christos, Nicholas Page are expanding knowledge through science

Nicholas Page has high ambitions; his goal is to develop the first drug-based treatment for autism. Maine Christos is pushing the boundaries of human knowledge by analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

For the last two years, I have been working as part of a research group, led by Professor Stephen Schnetzer, in the High-Energy Experimental section of the physics department here at Rutgers. The focus of our research has been the search for a hypothesized new subatomic particle, known as a vector-like quark (VLQ). Belonging to a class of elementary particles, quarks comprise part of the building blocks of the universe, coming together to form such particles as protons and neutrons, which in turn constitute atomic nuclei.

Each year, the Honors College recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to service—an integral part of our mission. Please join us in congratulating this year’s outstanding Changemaker Award recipients, who have served in their communities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and beyond:

Aasha Shaik

This year, the marathon celebrates 20 consecutive years of students coming together for children in the tristate area.

Two years ago, Matthew Ramina was making plans to attend Rutgers as a first-year Honors College student, but his life took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Booker leads charge to get college students to vote after Florida shooting

After student activists organized last month's marches for stronger gun laws, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said there was a way they could have an even bigger impact: Register and vote.

Booker, D-N.J., and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., introduced legislation Wednesday requiring colleges to take a more active role in making students eligible to vote.

When choosing my Byrne Seminar for the spring semester, I knew immediately that I wanted to take a paper-based electronics class. As someone who has an interest in both art and science, I thought that I could truly let my creativity flow. I wasn't completely sure what to expect, but I was excited to find out. Dr. Mazzeo, an Honors College Faculty Fellow who lives in the building and an engineering professor, teaches this course. His Byrne revolved around incorporating capacitive touch into any project you desired.

Schwartz launched Road to Wall Street, a program that grooms Rutgers students for jobs in the financial industry and connects them to alumni already there

Harvey Schwartz, president and co-chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, spoke to hundreds of Rutgers students on April 4 about his journey to Wall Street, the value of mentoring and disruption in the financial industry.  

This quote and this picture (first above, left), taken at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple, tell the story of a trip taken out of curiosity, and fueled by adventure. Over spring break, I visited Japan as 1 of 23 students chosen to represent Rutgers Business School as part of the Kakehashi Project, a program designed to promote friendship ties between Japan and citizens of North American countries.

As all Honors College members have before them, first-year students demonstrated our mission this spring by creating more than 50 extraordinary social innovation projects intended to improve the lives of others, while they also learned to work together to define, shape, and articulate their ideas. Their peers selected just 12 project teams to present at the Forum plenary on a single night before a panel of judges from business and academia.