Student Spotlight

UPDATE: Sulis won the Regional Hult Prize Competition March 10, 2018 in Boston! Next up for the Sulis team is the Hult summer startup accelerator in London where the top 50 Hult Prize startups from around the world will spend eight weeks in a castle together, learning and refining their concepts. At the end of the summer, 6 teams will be chosen to compete for the $1 million global Hult Prize. Sulis is one of two Rutgers–New Brunswick teams among the 50 regional Hult Prize winners. The other is LivingWaters.

Since I was young, I have always had a fascination with flight. For a time, I even wanted to be an astronaut (ok, I still do). In high school I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work in the aircraft maintenance shop of a local airport and take flight lessons—I was able to say I flew a plane before I could drive a car! Flying is an experience like no other. From my first time in a small plane seeing the trees drop away as the plane climbed during takeoff, I became hooked. On a clear day, I could often see the ocean, New York, and Philadelphia at the same time.

Going to Honduras was like going home. The hot humid weather, trash littered on the side of the road, and beautiful tropical greenery scattered throughout the country. The cities with modern architecture and paved roads. The “communities” (or village areas) with dirt roads that could take out even the best rough terrain vehicle, houses that shouldn’t be able to withstand rainy season (but do), the kindest people living in some of the worst conditions, a lack of clean water systems, and access to little or no healthcare.

Thirty-six films from all over the world will be screened at Rutgers University-New Brunswick during the 2026 New Jersey International Film Festival as it marks its 31st anniversary. 

Second-year Honors College student Justin Najimian is no stranger to service and giving back. According to Najimian,  who majors in public health and minors in Spanish and health & society, service has played a monumental role in his experiences at the HC and beyond.

"As long as I can remember, service has been a constant in my life,” said Najimian.

Honors College student Mallory Vollbrecht (‘21, SAS/HC), a senior majoring in Cell Biology/Neuroscience and Psychology on a pre-med track, currently serves as the Philanthropy and Outreach Lead for the HC Serves Leadership Team. However, her experience with service work dates all the way back to her elementary school days where she first served by helping to care for the gardens surrounding her school.

Jeremy Lewan says he’s wanted to be a meteorologist since he was five years old. And now the Rutgers senior has been awarded the 2021 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Orville Family Endowed Scholarship for $10,000, the top prize in the country offered by AMS.

Lewan, who was born and raised in Bayonne, is currently a senior at the Honors College at Rutgers University- New Brunswick majoring in Meteorology with a 4.0 grade point average.

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.