College of Arts and Sciences Awards
ART HISTORY
The Noah L. Butkin Award (Book Award) for the best term paper on an art history topic written by an undergraduate student: Morgan McCommon
The Friends of Art Prize (Monetary Award) for outstanding contribution to the arts community by an Undergraduate art history major or minor: Aleksa Sorgatz
ART STUDIO/ART EDUCATION
The Arnold Phillip Award (Monetary Award) for excellence in art: Nathan Carmichael
The William Grauer Award (Monetary Award) for excellence in art studio courses: Dylan Rasmussen & Sammy Armstrong
BIOLOGY
The J. Paul Visscher Memorial Award of the Cleveland Audubon Society (Monetary Award) to the student who demonstrates outstanding ability and promise in the field of ecology or environmental science: Katherine Leone
The Michelson-Morley Undergraduate Research Prize (Monetary Award) for outstanding research presentations, funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Jack Kincaid
CHEMISTRY
The Analytical Chemistry Award (Subscription Award): Jasmine King
The Carl F. Prutton Prize (Monetary Award) for scholarship in chemistry to a student pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree: David Yan
The Ignacio Ocasio Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award (Handbook Award) for the highest achievement in freshman chemistry: Carly Tucci
The Iota Sigma Pi/Frank Hovorka Prize (Monetary Award) to the woman chemistry major with the highest average after three semesters: Annabella DeBernardo & Jasmine King
The Mateescu Citizenship Award (Monetary Award): Naishka Caldero Rodriguez & Linh Nguyen
The Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence (Certificate): Anatole Borisov
The Olin Freeman Tower Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in physical chemistry: Anatole Borisov
The W.R. Veazey Prize (Monetary Award) to the student with the highest academic achievement in physical chemistry courses: Collin Merrick
CLASSICS
The Florence Appelbaum Greenbaum Scholarship (Scholarship) for students studying in Classics: Angela Kang & Jillian White
The Kathleen S. and Frederick C. Crawford Summer Scholarship (Scholarship) to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Alexander Cabulong, Henry Grome, and Alexander Kritikos
ENGLISH
The Arnaud Gelb Journalism Award (Monetary Award) for the best nonfiction story under 500 words: Yvonne Pan & Aimee Wiencek
The Arnaud Gelb Journalism Award (Monetary Award) for the best nonfiction story over 500 words: Jordan Reif
The Arnaud Gelb Journalism Award (Monetary Award) for the best sports story: David Chang
The Edith Garber Krotinger Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in creative writing: James Fox, Masha Goykhberg, and Caedmon Mills
The Finley Foster/Emily M. Hills Poetry Prize (Monetary Award) for the best poem or group of poems:
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Adam Benjamin |
Kevin Pataroque |
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David Chang |
Yanqingyun Sun |
The Helen B. Sharnoff Award (Monetary Award) for formal poetry submitted by undergraduate students: Adam Benjamin & Talia Eshenbaugh
The Holden Prize (Monetary Award) for the best English paper written by an upper-class student: James Fox, Cassandra Knaggs, and Jennifer Marer
The Nemet Scholarship (Scholarship) for demonstration of excellence in creative writing:
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Adam Benjamin |
Sammy Sizemore |
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Nathan Nagvajara |
Yanqingyun Sun |
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Malcolm Neale |
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HISTORY
The John Hall Stewart Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in historical studies: Sarah Powell & Kellyn Toombs
The Sigma Psi Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in history: Songgu Cai & Jasmine Cuenca
JUDAIC STUDIES
The Eudese and Elmer Paull Prize (Monetary Award): Keren Moiseev, Julia Silverstein, and Hugh Smith
The Ira and Ruth Bressler Prize (Monetary Award): Hallana Beck & Alan Kronenberg
MATHEMATICS, APPLIED MATHEMATICS, & STATISTICS
The Max Morris Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in mathematics to a student pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree: Michael Judkovich
The Chair's Award (Monetary Award) to a student contributing to the intellectual life of the majors program: Kieran Gallagher & Archie West
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
The Arabic Book Prize (Monetary Award) for high achievement in Arabic: Ryan Arvizu
The French Book Prize (Monetary Award) for high achievement in French: Jumoke Adebulu
The German Book Prize (Monetary Award) for high achievement in German: Ben Cheng
The Italian Book Prize (Book Award) for high achievement in Italian:
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Alex Clampffer |
Rocco Scarselletta |
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Kristen Elsner |
Joseph Shulik |
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Fernanda Peralta |
Abraham Wolpert |
The Japanese Book Prize (Monetary Award) for high achievement in Japanese:
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Jesse Cvelbar |
Yuhan Xia |
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Yinfeng Xia |
Di Xu |
The Spanish Book Prize (Monetary Award) for high achievement in Spanish: Rachel Aaron & Yusra Rafeeqi
The Emile B. DeSauze Award (Monetary Award) for attaining the highest honors in modern languages and literatures: Joseph Laurienzo
The Spanish Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in Spanish: Eliana Castillo & Peter Chin
MUSIC
The Charles E. Clemens Prize (Monetary Award) for talent and accomplishment in music: Alex Lenhart
The Ronis Recital Prize (Monetary Award) to an outstanding undergraduate majoring in music who has made an exceptional contribution to the musical life of the university and has been selected, by audition, to perform in the Leonard and Joan Ronis Annual Memorial recital: Karen Ji & Diane Jo
PHILOSOPHY
The Truman P. Handy Philosophical Prize to an outstanding junior for excellence in philosophy: Jeremy Rodrigues
PHYSICS
The Albert A. Michelson Prize (Monetary Award) awarded upon completion of the junior year to a physics major who has demonstrated superior performance: Ryan Buechele & Benjamin Cheung
The Donald E. Schuele Award (Monetary Award) for an outstanding junior majoring in engineering physics: Skylar Dannhoff
The Richard F. Sigal Physics Scholarship (Monetary Award) to a physics student who has demonstrated excellence in their studies and intends to pursue a career in physics: Skylar Dannhoff
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
The Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Award (Monetary Award) for outstanding academic performance in psychology: Isabella Beninate
The National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association Award (Book Award) for outstanding leadership and achievement in communication sciences: Susan Wong
SOCIOLOGY
The Mark Lefton Award (Monetary Award) for excellence in sociological studies: Jasmine Cuenca, Yihong Nie, and Rochelle Stephens
The Robert C. Davis Award (Monetary Award) for demonstrated commitment to sociological studies: Obasi Ndukwe
The Stella Berkeley-Friedman Award (Monetary Award) to a senior for the highest academic achievement in the study of sociology: Maria Fallavollita & Isa Malik
Case School of Engineering
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
The Cristina A. Camardo Award (Gift award) to a biomedical engineering student in recognition of his or her leadership and service within the university community: Shwetha Ramachandran & Keyvon Rashidi
The Outstanding Senior Project Award: Ryan Kocevar
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
The Chemical Engineering Award (Monetary Award) for the Outstanding Sophomore Student: Greer Donnalley, Raj Mukkamala, and Max Pennington
The Chemical Engineering Award (Monetary Award) for the Outstanding Junior Student:
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Colin Crago |
Sophia Poppenberg |
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Kiera Olson |
Alexandra Welsh |
The Monroe J. Bahnsen Award (Monetary Award) for achievement in chemical engineering whose work in design and research projects has been outstanding: Jadon Wolf
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
The Allison C. Neff Prize (Monetary Award) in recognition of high proficiency in professional studies and participation in professional activities to a junior majoring in civil engineering: Akwasi Duah, Christopher Lemley, and Luke Traverso
The Craig J. Miller Memorial Award (Monetary Award) to an undergraduate or graduate in the general field of civil engineering who has shown outstanding academic achievement: Elizabeth White
The Harry R. Nara ’46 Prize (Monetary Award) to an undergraduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering who embodies the dedication and spirit of Professor Harry R. Nara ’46: Colin Allen
The Roy Harley Prize to a promising student in civil engineering: Eric Maccaro & Cameron White
COMPUTER AND DATA SCIENCES
The Andrew R. Jennings Award (Monetary Award) to the senior for excellence in computer science: Ellis Saupe
ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER, AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
The Andrew R. Jennings Award (Monetary Award) to the senior for excellence in computer engineering: Carter Hoon
The Chairman’s Award (Monetary Award) to a student in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering who shows exceptional academic or leadership potential: Hunter Stecko
The Donald P. Eckman Award (Monetary Award) to the outstanding senior in systems and control engineering: Joseph Recchia
The Electrical Engineering Service Award (Monetary Award) to the student performing outstanding service to his or her class: Jessica Harding
National Electrical Engineering Consortium William L. Everitt Award (Monetary Award) to a student who has excelled academically in communications or computers: Ryan Burns
The Undergraduate Alumni Capital Award (Monetary Award) in Systems and Control Engineering to a senior for academic excellence and professional promise: Rory Owen
Weatherhead School of Management
ACCOUNTANCY
The Apple Growth Partners Scholar Award (Monetary Award) to a junior, senior, or Master of Accountancy accounting major with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher and who has displayed high ethics and strong leadership skills in student organizations: Sarah Hamilton
The Beta Alpha Psi Scholars Recognition Award (Monetary Award) for outstanding scholarship among members of the Pi Chapter: Jacob Berg
The Cohen & Co. Award: (Monetary Award) Samantha Dubmar
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The Deloitte Award (Monetary Award) to an outstanding junior majoring in accounting: Aletheia Uechi
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The EY Award: (Monetary Award) Antonio Ionadi
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The KPMG Award: (Monetary Award) Jacob Berg
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The Meaden & Moore Award: (Monetary Award) Wendy You
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The Plante Moran Award: (Monetary Award) Jordan Gross & J'Niah Johnston
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The PwC Award: (Monetary Award) Seldon Magruder
The Dean’s Award in Accounting/The Marcum Award: (Monetary Award) Natalie Walton
The Wallach-Lee Families Scholarship Award: (Scholarship) Shannon McGarry & Alexander Stasko
The Institute of Management Accountants CMA Scholarship: (Exam Fee Waiver) Natalie Walton
ECONOMICS
The Economics Department Award for Service (Monetary Award):
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Beth Canel |
Claire Jeffress |
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Jason Guo |
Steven Nyeo |
The Gardiner Scholarship (Scholarship) to a junior majoring in economics who is also interested in finance: Elias Abboud
The Howard T. McMyler Award (Monetary Award) to an outstanding junior majoring in economics: Andrew Ford
The James Dysart Magee Award (Monetary Award) to an outstanding student in economics for the senior year: Kieran Gallagher
The Marvin J. Barloon Award (Book Award) for outstanding performance in economics:
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Jad Daw |
Reese Puntus |
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Miranda Deppisch |
Trey Razanauskas |
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Naomi Kane |
Nicholas Rowe |
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Marisa Katz |
Mark Swiler |
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Max Liu |
Kasey Vangelov |
MANAGEMENT
The Kevin J. Semelsberger Prize (Monetary Award) for excellence in management:
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Zineb Benkirane |
Travis Johnston |
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John Fissel |
Sam Nalli |
The Robert O. Berger, Jr. Award to a junior who demonstrates overall achievement in scholarship, as well as notable community participation and leadership: Sam Chaffee
Collegiate Awards
The Alexandra Piepho Learning and Life Scholarship to the student who demonstrates enthusiasm for experiential learning and life, provides guidance to others and exhibits a broad scope of learning interests: Jasmine Haraburda
INTERSECTIONS: SOURCE POSTER SESSION WINNERS
December 6, 2019
Engineering Poster Competition:
1st (tie)- Bailey Flint (Portable Neonatal Hypothermia Device. Faculty Mentor: Colin Drummond, Biomedical Engineering Department.)
Life Sciences Poster Competition:
2nd- Brian Zhang (Wnt-induced excessive lipolysis drives fat loss in skin fibrosis. Faculty Mentor: Radhika Atit, Biology Department.)
INTERSECTIONS: VIRTUAL INTERSECTIONS AWARD WINNERS
April 27, 2020
Arts & Humanities:
1st- Joshua Breckenridge, The Role of the Roman Government within the Grain Market during the Beginning of the Roman Empire. Faculty Mentor: Evelyn Adkins, Classics Department.
Biological Sciences:
1st- Jack Kincaid, Diet-Induced Obesity Accelerates Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Development and Reduces Survival Rate in Mice. Faculty Mentor: Nathan Berger.
2nd- Michelle Helou, Caveolin Mediates HIV Endocytosis in an Intestinal Epithelial Monolayer via Lipid Rafts. Faculty Mentor: Alan Levine. Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology.
Design & Innovation:
1st- Bailey Flint, Portable Neonatal Hypothermia Therapy Device. Faculty Mentor: Colin Drummond and Matthew Williams, Biomedical Engineering Department.
Engineering:
2nd- Jackson Routhier, Core Temperature Monitoring Device for Athletes. Faculty Mentor: Colin Drummond and Matthew Williams, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Physical Science & Mathematics:
1st- Jared May, Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth and Characterization of ZnGeGa2N4. Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Kash, Physics Department.
The Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Memorial Scholarship (Monetary Award) for significant contributions to campus life, scholarship and, community service:
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Haneen Abdel-Nabi |
Joel Fuentes |
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Jamie Booker |
Richard Gilmore-Vega |
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Wintana Eyob |
Jiara Sanders |
The Joseph Skigin Memorial Award (Scholarship) to an outstanding pre-medical student for the senior year: Anitra Karthic
The Peter Witt Scholarship (Scholarship) to deserving students who demonstrate a vital and active interest in the improvement of life in Cleveland:
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Robert Bruno |
Joy Mason |
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Jasmine Cuenca |
Malcolm Neale |
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Sriya Donthi |
Nikaya Polsani |
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Richard Gilmore-Vega |
Kristen Sanford |
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Jasmine Haraburda |
Chloe Van Dorn |
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Anitra Karthic |
Susan Wong |
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Jack Kincaid |
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The Stanley E. Wertheim Prize (Monetary Award) for an outstanding junior in the Case School of Engineering who has demonstrated leadership skills through involvement in campus or co-op activities: Bailey Flint
The Harriet Levion Pullman Award (Monetary Award) to a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service: Claire Jeffress
The Louis K. Levy Prize (Monetary Award) to an outstanding junior in the College of Arts and Sciences: Neil Rana
The George T. Hunt Junior Award (Monetary Award) to a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences for outstanding leadership, scholarship, and service: Carrie Stenger
The Phi Beta Kappa Prize (Book Award) to the sophomores with the best academic record in a liberal arts curriculum after three semesters:
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Varun Aysola |
Gabrielle Bais |
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Brendan Bourges-Sevenier |
Jessica Bumgarner |
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Songgu Cai |
Langdon Caldwell |
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Aritra Chakraborty |
Peter Chin |
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Afriti Chinoy |
Francesca Conti |
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Sophia Damico |
Annabella DeBernardo |
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Tara Dickinson |
Beatriz Feijo |
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James FitzGibbon |
Fiona Fragomen |
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Min Gao |
Elizabeth Heiny |
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C.J. Hill |
Justin Hu |
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Fabiana Irigoyen |
Karen Ji |
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Shuo Jiang |
Ramona Johnson |
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Habin Jung |
Marie Kallay |
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Noah Kamm |
Graham Kang |
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Hannah Kang |
Erryk Katayama |
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David Kim |
Alexander Kritikos |
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Sophie Catherine Kushman |
Olivia Laniak |
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Nicolas Larkin |
Dev Laungani |
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Kristen Lay |
Theresa Lee |
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Veronica Madell |
Henry Maher |
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Emerson McGinnis |
Jessica Meng |
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Olivia Min |
Anton Molnar |
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Alexandra Muehleisen |
Prerna Muthyala |
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Amog Mysore |
Nathan Nadler |
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Grace Olson |
Issra Osman |
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Jialing Pan |
Nikhil Parail |
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Jordan Perez |
Sarah Powell |
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Owen Price |
Reese Puntus |
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Shwetha Ramachandran |
Nicholas RochaKim |
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Nathan Ruhde |
Ana Scherf |
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Macin Sheeder |
Josie Shiff |
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Allison Siekmann |
Maeve Slife |
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Kevin Telfer |
Kellyn Toombs |
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Mayura Umapathy |
Christiana Wang |
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Daniel Warner |
Sarah Wegman |
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Jakob Wegmueller |
Desmond Weisenberg |
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Timothy Winschel |
Camille Witt |
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Amy Wu |
Samuel Young |
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Lucy Zheng |
Yiyang Zhi |
Best academic record awards to the sophomores and juniors who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 4.000 without course withdrawals or use of the Pass/No Pass option
The Outstanding Sophomore Awards of the Weatherhead School of Management (Gift Award):
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Kyler Barnard |
Jenna Ruccolo |
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Elisabeth Chillrud |
Ziyi Zhang |
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Hazel Luong |
Margaret Zimmer |
The Outstanding Junior Awards of the Weatherhead School of Management (Gift Award): John Fissel, Travis Johnston, and Sam Nalli
The Outstanding Sophomore Awards of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Gift Award):
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Andriana Ashley |
Katherine Smersfelt |
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Megan Finnerty |
Emily Van Pyrz |
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Hannah Gullo |
Madison Weldon |
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Sarah Ng |
Alec Winpenny |
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Claire Pratt |
Jessica Zhu |
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Natalie Rothrock |
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The Outstanding Junior Awards of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Gift) for the students who have attained the highest academic record at the junior level: Caroline Dudenhoeffer & Hannah Robinson
The Outstanding Sophomore Awards of the Case School of Engineering (Gift Award):
| Erol Balkovic | Jacob Baraz |
| Richard Chen | Wonyoung Choi |
| Taylor Clark | Kehley Coleman |
| Meira Farhi | Luis Forteza |
| Gershon Gilman | Hein Htet Aung |
| Alec Johnson | Brinda Kapur |
| Zach Karlsen | Ryan Karpuszka |
| Tyler Kovach | Quang Le |
| Rachel LeBlanc | Shiqi Li |
| Marcus Lin | David Liu |
| Liam Matthews | Eric Metz |
| Raj Mukkamala | Nicholas Nazak |
| Megan Nellis | Jacob Pabia |
| Kaixin Pan | Parth Patel |
| Shyam Polaconda | Alice Qian |
| Shwetha Ramachandran | Alex Rambasek |
| Ananya Sahu | Karl Scherf |
| Michael Sturdevant | Fayez Syed |
| Colb Uhlemann | David Valencia |
| Thomas Varley | Benjamin Voth |
| Daniel Warner | Elizabeth White |
| Jonathan Yn | Samuel Young |
| Justin Yun | Sarah Yurick |
| Ningjing Zhang |
The Outstanding Junior Awards of the Case School of Engineering (Gift Award):
| Mauricio Beltran Del Salto | Ryan Burns |
| Hobart Chen | Eena Cheng |
| Colin Crago | Bill Ding |
| Marlee Dingle | Jacob Engelbrecht |
| Ben Ferreri | Dallan Goldblatt |
| Ilissa Hamilton | Emma Hammelef |
| Timothy Jin | Brian Kent |
| Austin Keppers | Aparna Paul |
| Nicholas Pogharian | Sophia Poppenberg |
| Adam Rice | Nathaniel Salopek |
| Josef Scheidt | William Schwartzman |
| Hunter Stecko | Zane Varner |
| Matthew Vasil | Calvin Vuong |
| Abigail Waltz | Stephanie Yang |
| Benjamin Young |
The Outstanding Junior Awards of the College of Arts and Sciences (Gift Award):
| Nadia Abbass | Katherine Anderson |
| Kyle Barclay | Olivia Battistoni |
| Virginia Behmer | Ryan Buechele |
| Melissa Carr | Benjamin Cheung |
| Abigail Cross | Jasmine Cuenca |
| Jad Daw | Emma DiLavore |
| Jacqueline Diaz | Sriya Donthi |
| Maria Fallavollita | James Fox |
| Joshua Holmes | Wayne Hou |
| Michael Judkovich | Anitra Karthic |
| Andy Kim | Jack Kincaid |
| Jasmine King | Yash Kumar |
| Rita Lakhssassi | Jonathan Lee |
| Jonathan Liu | Aditya Mahesh |
| Isa Malik | Nicole Palmer |
| Anastasia Petropoulos | Nicholas Pogharian |
| Amulya Prabhala | Ricardo Ramirez |
| Jackson Rudoff | Daniel Shao |
| Joseph Shulik | Caroline Theile |
| Makala Wang | Eli Weiskirch |
| Ruiqi Wen | Aaron Wise |
| Xinrong Yang | Benjamin Young |
| Brian Zhang | Gloria Zhang |
| Lily Zheng |