Videos of Graduation Speeches
Watch videos of concluded events from this year’s Commencement Week.
Academic Awards and Prizes Winners
Dean James J. Valentini and Dean of Academic Planning and Administration Lisa Hollibaugh were on hand to congratulate the students at the 2017 Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony, held on May 16 in Faculty House. Not all of the following awards were announced at the ceremony, but all were given.
Special Achievements To Be Noted
Presented by Dean of Academic Planning and Administration Lisa Hollibaugh
Harry J. Carman Fellowship
Class of 1939 Summer Research Fellowship
- Spencer Cohen ’18
- Hunter Koch ’18
- Chang Moon ’18
- Angela Vettikkal ’18
- Wenyi Zhang ’18
- Alexander Garnick ’19
- Victor Gordillo ’19
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship
Henry Evans Travelling Fellowship
- Michael Abolafia ’17
- Nadine Fattaleh ’17
- Elsa Hoover ’17
Albert Asher Green Memorial Prize
Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship
- Paula Gaither ’17
- Evan Garnick ’17
Richard Lewis Kohn Travelling Fellowship
David B. Truman Alumni Award
- Xian Zhi (George) Liu ’17
Salutatorian
Valedictorian
Prizes in the Core Curriculum and Prizes in the Creative and Performing Arts
Presented by Professor Julie Crawford, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize
- Glynnis Louise McGavin Eldritch GS’18
Seymour Brick Memorial Prize
- Antonia Georgieva ’18
- Eliana Pipes ’18
Karen Osney Brownstein Writing Prize
George William Curtis Prize in Oration
- Thomas Startz ’18 - Informative
- Caravaggio Caniglia ’19 - Persuasive
Joshua A. Feigenbaum Prize in Literature Humanities
Wallace A. Gray Prize in Literature Humanities
Dean Hawkes Memorial Prize in the Humanities
Jonathan Throne Kopit Prize in Logic and Rhetoric
Philolexian Prize Fund
Philolexian Society George Washington Centennial Prize
Austin E. Quigley Prize
Richard and Brooke Kamin Rapaport Summer Music Performance Fellowship
- Conner Duke ’18
- Alec Hon ’18
- Joseph Morag ’18
- Thomas Nielsen ’18
- Kelly Talim ’18
- Elena Ariza ’20
- Daniel Kim ’20
James P. Shenton Prize in Contemporary Civilization
Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer Prize
Richmond B. Williams Travelling Fellowship
- Sarah Ying Bai ’18
- Thomas Nielsen ’18
Prizes in Science and Mathematics
Presented by Professor Frits Paerels, Department of Astronomy
Richard Bersohn Prize
Computer Science Department Award
- Yubo Han ’17
- Weston Jackson ’17
The Herbert Deresiewicz Summer Research Fellowship
Thomas J. Katz Prize
Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize
Russell C. Mills Award
Professor Vam Amringe Mathematical Prize
- Noah Miller ’18 (junior)
- Vu-Anh Phung ’19 (sophomore)
- Quang Dao ’20 (first-year)
John Dash Van Buren Jr. Prize in Mathematics
- Hardik Shah ’17
- Srikar Varadaraj ’17
Bridges and Sturtevant Prize in Biological Sciences
- Julia Davis-Porada ’17
- Christina Firl ’17
- Alexandra Schurer ’17
Prizes in the Social Sciences
Presented by Associate Professor Shamus Khan, Department of Sociology
Charles A. Beard Prize in Political Science
Chanler Historical Prize
Taraknath Das Foundation Award
Albert Marion Elsberg Prize
Myra Kraft Prize for Exceptional Practical Experience in Human Rights Advocacy
Myra Kraft Prize for Superior Academic Achievement in the Study of Human Rights
Lily Prize in History
Garrett Mattingly Prize
Sanford S. Parker Prize
- Luis Sanchez ’17
- Zoey Chopra ’18
- Guillermo Carranza Jordan ’18
- Shambhavi Tiwari ’18
- Jessica Bai ’19
- Sahil Rai ’19
Edwin Robbins Academic Research and Public Service Fellowship
- Spencer Cohen ’18
- Peter Kalicki ’18
- Yasmeen Abdel Majeed ’18
- Yowana Wamala ’18
Romine Prize Senior Seminar
- Katherine Ruesterholz ’17
Romine Prize Senior Thesis
Phyllis Stevens Sharp Fellowship in American Politics
- Elise Barber ’18
- Marium Dar ’18
- Danny Haidar ’18
Caroline Phelps Stokes Prize
Alan J. Willen Memorial Prize
Prizes in the Humanities
Presented by Professor Ellie Hisama, Department of Music
Charles Paterno Barratt-Brown Memorial Prize
- Emily Burns ’17
- Emma Volk ’17
Bunner Prize
Deutscher Verein Prize in German
Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize
Earle Prize in Classics
James Gutmann Prize in Philosophy
John Vincent Hickey Prize
Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize
Benjamin F. Romaine Prize Fund
Senior Thesis Prize in Art History and Archeology
Ernest Stadler Prize for Excellence in the Study of Classical Antiquity
Susan Huntington Vernon Prize