Dean James J. Valentini and Dean of Academic Affairs Lisa Hollibaugh were on hand to congratulate the students at the 2019 Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony, held on May 21 in Faculty House. The following awards were announced at the ceremony. A number of other awards were not announced at the ceremony but were still given.
Special Achievements to be Noted
Presented by Dean of Academic Affairs Lisa Hollibaugh
Harry J. Carman Fellowship
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship
- Sofia Nina-Bernardes Martins ’19
Henry Evans Travelling Fellowship
- Kathryn Patz ’19
- Zina Precht-Rodriguez ’19
Albert Asher Green Memorial Prize
Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship
- Luke DeCourcey Cregan ’19
- Nicole-Ann Lobo ’19
David B. Truman Alumni Award
Salutatorian
Valedictorian
- Sofia Nina-Bernardes Martins ’19
Prizes in the Core Curriculum
Presented by Emmanuelle M. Saada, professor of French and Romance philology, and the Carnoy Family Program Chair for Contemporary Civilization
Joshua A. Feigenbaum Prize in Literature Humanities
Wallace A. Gray Prize in Literature Humanities
Dean Hawkes Memorial Prize in the Humanities
James P. Shenton Memorial Prize in Contemporary Civilization
Jonathan Throne Kopit Memorial Prize
- Alejandra C. Quintana Arocho ’22
Prizes in the Creative and Performing Arts
Presented by Emmanuelle M. Saada, professor of French and Romance philology, and the Carnoy Family Program Chair for Contemporary Civilization
Seymour Brick Memorial Prize
Karen Osney Brownstein Writing Prize
George William Curtis Prize in Oration
- Informative
Fahima Ali ’21 - Persuasive
Megan Rodriguez ’22
Austin E. Quigley Prize
The Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer Prize
Prizes in Science and Mathematics
Presented by Frederik Paerels, professor of astronomy
Theodore R. Bashkow Award
- Serina Y. Chang ’19
- Robert Netzorg ’19
Richard Bersohn Prize
Bridges and Sturtevant Prize in Biological Sciences
- Waleed Ali ’19
- Ananya Jain ’19
- Sakila Nazia ’19
Jonathan L. Gross Award for Academic Excellence
Thomas J. Katz Prize
Alfred Moritz Michaelis Prize
Professor Van Amringe Mathematical Prize
- Quang Dao ’20
- Myeonhu Kim ’20
- Anda Tenie ’22
John Dash Van Buren Jr. Prize in Mathematics
Prizes in the Social Sciences
Presented by Adam Reich, assistant professor of sociology
Charles A. Beard Prize in History
Charles A. Beard Prize in Political Science
Chanler Historical Prize
- Andrea Charlotte Floersheimer ’19
- Emily Anne Gruber ’19
Albert Marion Elsberg Prize
- Mahir Rafi Riaz ’19
- Sylvia Davidovicz Smith ’19
Myra Kraft Prize for Exceptional Practical Experience in Human Rights Advocacy
- Meghana Bharadwaj ’20
- Justin Holiman ’20
Myra Kraft Prize for Superior Academic Achievement in the Study of Human Rights
Lily Prize in History
Sanford S. Parker Prize
Romine Prize
- Senior Seminar
Orko Sarkar ’19
Taraknath Das Foundation Award
- Sam Aldridge ’19
- Liza R. Chowdhury ’19
Alan J. Willen Memorial Prize
Prizes in the Humanities
Presented by Katja Vogt, professor of philosophy
Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize
Charles Paterno Barratt-Brown Memorial Prize
Bunner Prize
Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize
Earle Prize in Classics
- Andrew Edward Hauser ’19
- William Garrison Steere ’20
Arthur E. Ford Poetry Prize
- Daniela Rodriguez Saldarriaga ’19
James Gutmann Prize in Philosophy
- Saikeerthi Rachavelpula ’19
John Vincent Hickey Prize
Adam Leroy Jones Prize in Logic
Benjamin F. Romaine Prize
Ernest Stadler Prize For Excellence in the Study of Classical Antiquity
Margaret Corn ’19
Deutscher Verein Prize in German
Senior Thesis Prize in Art History and Archaeology
Susan Huntington Vernon Prize