Student Spotlight

HC Student Creates ''Smart Jewelry'' to Fight Sexual Violence

Annie Zhang works on developing "smart jewelry" in the College Avenue Makerspace located within the Honors College at Rutgers–New Brunswick. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Romanenko

As Annie ('19, Bloustein/HC) reflects on her experiences at Rutgers, she believes that the most important takeaway is Merakhi, a company that she created with her fellow Honors College students to develop smart jewelry that prevents sexual assault and saves lives.

Rutgers Senior Heads Student-Led Rocket Launch

Whether it’s landing the first human on the moon, launching the first satellite into orbit or capturing the first images of Mars, space exploration has long been a competition led by a handful of organizations vying to become “the first.”

But a Rutgers student said this competitive atmosphere deters some of the brightest minds who could make innovation happen faster, so he decided to start his own space effort.

Two HC juniors among three undergraduates awarded 2019 Goldwater scholarships

Juniors Rikab Gambhir, Mariya Galochkina, and sophomore Brandon Gomes earned Goldwater Scholarships, designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics and natural sciences and engineering. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Romanenko

Mariya Galochkina and Rikab Gambhir, both juniors at the Honors College, together with Rutgers sophomore Brandon Gomes received the Goldwater Scholarship from a pool of 1,223 applicants across 442 colleges and universities throughout the country.

A Gifted Science Student Discovers her Mission

Avina Rami learning about compassion while studying spinal cord injury

Avina Rami was always strong in science. She graduated from Biotechnology High School in Freehold, New Jersey, a magnet school where the academic program is intensely focused on biology, technology, and engineering. But it was at Rutgers, in the W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, where Rami, a graduating senior in the Class of 2019, found the calling that would drive her research and exert a profound influence over the direction of her undergraduate work.

The Honors College at Rutgers-New Brunswick Graduates Its First Class

More than 335 members in the Rutgers University Class of 2019 are graduating as part of the inaugural class of the Honors College at Rutgers-New Brunswick earning distinction as Honors College Scholars. Meet some members of the first graduating class!

HC rising senior, Timothy Nuber, featured by Big Ten Network

College kids are often told to shoot for the stars. Rutgers University rising senior Timothy Nuber takes those words of encouragement quite literally.

Congratulations to the Fourth Annual Honors College Changemaker Award Recipients

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 and thanking this year’s outstanding Changemaker Award recipients, who have served in their communities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and beyond:

Caroline Kratka

Congratulations to the Winners of the Spring 2019 Forum Pitch Competition

Fifteen teams were chosen by peers this spring to present at the Forum plenary before a panel of judges from business and academia and approximately 250 peers. Congratulations to all of the teams who presented and to the six teams who placed—three chosen by the judges and a different three chosen by peers!

Rutgers team is finalist in L'Oreal's international Brandstorm Challenge

Alex, Zaynab, and Justin with their trophies.

Honors College students Alex, Justin, and Zaynab presenting at the competition.

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick sophomore Justin Lee said he didn’t hesitate when his friend Alex Nguyen, another Rutgers Business School sophomore, asked him to be part of a team that would compete in .

But Lee said he never expected to actually wind up on a stage in Paris, standing among the six teams chosen as finalists. Ditto for Nguyen and their team-mate from Rutgers University's School of Arts and Sciences, Zaynab Kahn.

“I Know What I Need to Do Now.”

As I watched and listened, the students got the feedback they’d been waiting for. After a year or more of hard work, almost fifty soon-to-graduate researchers, investigators, and creators were finishing up presentations of their projects at the annual Honors College Capstone Showcase on April 12, 2019.

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