July/August 2008
Around the Quads
2008 Academic Awards and Prizes
Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis (left) and Dean of the College Austin Quigley (second from right) congratulate the winners of the 2008 Joshua A. Feigenbaum Prize in Literature Humanities, Alejandra Nicte Aponte '10 and Ari Reuven Zolin '10. PHOTO: DANIELLA ZALCMAN '09The Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony, at which students are recognized for their academic achievements, is a highlight of graduation week. Dean Austin Quigley told the students, family members, faculty and administrators who gathered in Low Rotunda on May 20 for this year’s ceremony that in these most competitive of academic times, where applications to schools such as Columbia rise annually, the prize-winners represented “the best of the best among our outstanding students.” Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis, who praised the students for their dedication and devotion to academics, presented the awards, along with several noted faculty members. Following are the 2008 recipients:
Special Achievements
Presented by Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn B. Yatrakis
The Harry J. Carman Fellowship
Julian Thomas Smith-Newman ’08
The George William Curtis Prize in Oratory
Persuasive:
Caitlin Alyssa Halpern ’10
Informative:
Adam Michael Hoffman ’10
The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship
Ari Solomon Freisinger ’08
The Henry Evans Traveling Fellowship
Matthew Alexander Spinelli ’08
The Joshua A. Feigenbaum Prize in Literature Humanities
Alejandra Nicte Aponte ’10
Ari Reuven Zolin ’10
The Solomon and Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellowship
Sherif Gamal Farrag ’08
The Wallace A. Gray Prize in Literature Humanities
Alison Gillian Rush ’10
Rebecca Marie Feinberg ’09 (Honorable Mention)
Jordan Chandler Hirsch ’10 (Honorable Mention)
The Albert Asher Green Memorial Prize
Thomas Dumitrescu ’08
The Dean Hawkes Memorial Prize
Erin Marie Meyer ’09
The Holthusen-Schindler Endowment Fund
Matthew Hoover Birkhold ’08
Kevin Joseph Coco ’05
Kinara Ann Flagg ’06
The Euretta J. Kellett Fellowships
Andrew Strand Ollett ’08
Marbre Caryn Stahly-Butts ’08
The Richard Lewis Kohn Traveling Fellowship
Prabhath Udugampola ’10
The Richard and Brooke Kamin Rapaport Summer Music Performance Fellowships
Victoria Wai-San Chan ’10
Stephanie Shao-Tsi Chou ’09
Thaddeus LaRoy Evans ’09
Amy K. Kang ’09
Steven Andrew Kramer ’08
Katherine Theresa Lupica ’11
Elizabeth Lucia Lyon ’11
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar ’09
Jordan Topiel Paul ’08
Jonathan Daniel Payne ’09
Kathryn Pardue Smith ’09
Caleb Finney van der Swaagh ’09
The Arthur Rose Teaching Assistantship
Rudi Emmaus Batzell ’09
Emma Curran Hulse ’09
The James P. Shenton Prize in Contemporary Civilization
John Bodian Klopfer ’09
Rachel Elizabeth Anderson ’09 (Honorable Mention)
Daniel Reuven Mazori ’08 (Honorable Mention)
The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
Renuka Marie Hines ’08
Samuel G.O. Beck ’08 (Honorable Mention)
Joseph Nathaniel Rubinstein ’08 (Honorable Mention)
Andrew Schlesinger ’08 (Honorable Mention)
The David B. Truman Alumni Award
Sydney Harter Cochran ’08
Andrew Schlesinger ’08
Salutatorian
Julia Ann Kalow ’08
Valedictorian
Maxim Pinkovskiy ’08
Prizes in Science and Mathematics
Presented by Professor James J. Valentini, chair, Department of Chemistry
The Computer Science Department Award
Daniel Marc Weiner ’08
The Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize
Thomas Dumitrescu ’08
The Russell C. Mills Award
Shaun David Sawlzberg ’08
The Professor Van Amringe Mathematical Prize
Andra Liana Mihali ’11 (first-year recipient)
Atanas Valeryev Atanasov ’10 (sophomore recipient)
So Eun Park ’09 (junior recipient)
The John Dash Van Buren Jr. Prize in Mathematics
Dmytro Karabash ’08
Prizes in the Social Sciences
Presented by Professor John D. Huber, chair, Department of Political Science
The Charles A. Beard Senior Thesis Prize in History
Briana Elizabeth Dema ’08
The Carl B. Boyer Memorial Prize
Tzvetomira Vladimirova Atanassova ’08 Barnard
The Chanler Historical Prize
Jason Zachary Resnikoff ’08
The Albert Marion Elsberg Prize
Julia Coyner Robinson ’08
The Lily Prize in History
Julia Coyner Robinson ’08
The Garrett Mattingly Prize
Jason Zachary Resnikoff ’08
The Sanford S. Parker Prize
Maxim Pinkovskiy ’08
The Edwin Robbins Academic Research & Public Service Fellowships in History
Rudi Emmaus Batzell ’09
Sonia Tracey Tycko ’09
The Edwin Robbins Academic Research & Public Service Fellowships in Political Science
Joohee Julie Chung ’09
Paul Richard Morris ’09
The Romine Prize
Maxim Pinkovskiy ’08 (honors thesis)
Jasmine Allegra Andino-Skinner ’08 (seminar paper)
The Phyllis Stevens Sharp Fellowship in American Politics
Preeti Bhattacharji ’09
Lindsey Kaley ’09
The Caroline Phelps Stokes Prize
Sara Blackwell ’08 Barnard
The Taraknath Das Foundation Prize
Michelle Alexandra Mayer ’08
Andrew Strand Ollett ’08
Prizes in the Humanities
Presented by Professor Zoë Sarah Strother, the Riggio Professor of African Art, Department of Art and Archeology
The Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize
Nicholas Yoke Hin Wong ’11
Senior Thesis Prize in Art History and Archaeology
Taylor Marie Walsh ’08
The Lea Baechler Prize
Florence Sin-Yan Lui ’08
The Charles Paterno Barratt-Brown Memorial Prize
Christopher John Westcott ’08
The Dino Bigongiari Prize
Alexander James Whitcomb ’08
The Karen Osney Brownstein Writing Prize
Sara Marie Davis ’08
Julia Ann Kalow ’08
Margie Abigail Rosebrock ’08
The Bunner Prize
Finn Walter Dusenbery ’08
The Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize
Andrew Strand Ollett ’08
The Earle Prize in Classics
Andrew Strand Ollett ’08
The James Gutman Prize in Philosophy
Owain Rhys Evans ’08
The John Vincent Hickey Prize
Jefferson Dean Baum ’08
The Adam Leroy Jones Prize in Logic
Stephen Ezra Weinberger ’08
The Jonathan Throne Kopit Prize in Logic and Rhetoric
Amelia Maxine Josephson ’11
The Helen and Howard Marraro Prize
Matthew Alexander Spinelli ’08
The Philolexian Prize Fund
Hannah Lillith Assadi ’08
Shaday Lamarr Stewart ’09
The Benjamin F. Romaine Prize
Andrew Strand Ollett ’08
The Ernest Stadler Prize for Excellence in the Study of Classical Antiquity
Sydney Harter Cochran ’08
The Marina Griswold Van Rensselaer Prize
Marguerite Jane Van Cook ’09 GS
The Deutscher Verein Prize in German
Jamie Lynn Richardson ’08
The Susan Huntington Vernon Prize
Luis David Lucas ’08
The Richmond B. Williams Traveling Fellowship
Taylor Heywood Cowdery ’09
Matthew Scott Franks ’09