Senior Ashley Crawley was awarded the Henry Rutgers Award for her honors thesis entitled “The Neuroscience of Addiction: Longitudinal Changes in the Responses of the Brain’s Striatal Regions across Prolonged Drug Use.”

The Henry Rutgers Scholar Award recognizes graduating seniors who have completed outstanding independent research projects leading to a thesis. The award is the highest achievement at Rutgers for an honors thesis. Students receiving the award are recognized Rutgers wide in the commencement program and receive a substantial prize.