Accolades

Across campus and academia, Columbia College students, alumni and faculty are recognized for their scholarly pursuits. Among their achievements this year were being named Fulbright winners, being awarded MacArthur “genius” grants and being named by the Society of Columbia Graduates as Great Teachers. Students also excelled in their academic departments, in the Core and as campus leaders.

All accolades (PDF)

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student recipients of departmental honors

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student academic award and prize recipients

11

student and alumni recipients of Fulbright Grants

2

professors named MacArthur Foundation Fellows

2

faculty newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences

3

faculty newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Class of 2013 Fellowship Snapshots

A.J. Hudson ’13

Alexzander “A.J.” Hudson ’13, who helped start a chapter of Active Minds, was recognized for his extracurricular efforts with the King’s Crown Leadership Excellence Award in health and wellness and honored as a Senior Marshal at graduation. Senior Marshals are nominated by their peers and by faculty and administrators for their academic, extracurricular and personal achievements.

Devyn Tyler ’13

Devyn Tyler ’13, a French and Francophone studies major, studied migration and identity as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. The MMUF program provides research training, faculty mentorship and financial support for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a Ph.D. and a career in the professoriate, and whose intellectual and social commitments embody those of the late Dr. Benjamin Mays.

Eric Kutscher ’13

Eric Kutscher ’13’s thesis, "Public Health of Promiscuity: Regulating Gay Bathhouses During the Outbreak of AIDS in San Francisco and New York City," won the Department of History’s Garrett Mattingly Thesis Prize in History. This prize, established in 2003 by the history department, is awarded annually for a senior thesis of superior distinction in any historical field and period.

Gerard Ramm ’13

With the support of the Henry Evans Travelling Fellowship, Gerard Ramm ’13 devoted several months after graduation to exploring his Native American heritage. The Henry Evans Travelling Fellowship, established by Henry Evans (Class of 1881)’s widow in memory of her husband, supports purposeful travel in the year after graduation to pursue imaginative non-coursework projects beyond New York.