Honors and Laurels Earned by the Class of 2024
National, university and departmental awards presented to members of the Class of 2024
Nationally Competitive Scholarships
Mitchell Scholarship: Chloe Nguyen will do graduate work in Ireland specializing in technology, privacy and internet law. (Read more in Duke Today.)
Goldwater Scholarship: Sofia Guerrero received the scholarship that encourages students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. (Awarded in 2023. Read more in Duke Today.)
Udall Scholarship: Ariella Chukwuma received the award for students who have demonstrated a commitment to careers in the environment, health care or Native American tribal public policy or health care. (Awarded in 2023. Read more in Duke Today.)
Knight-Hennessy Scholarship: Daniel Collins will do graduate work in ocean studies at Stanford. University. (Read more in Duke Today.)
Schwarzman Scholarship: Sejal Mayer-Patel will do graduate study on global affairs in China (Read more in Duke Today.)
Gaither Fellowship: Kristin Zhu will work with the American Statecraft program, where she hopes to contribute to the Pivotal States series and research gaps in American foreign policy. (Read more on the OUSF website.)
Departmental Awards
African and African American Studies
John Hope Franklin Award for Academic Excellence: Tashia Ayanna Ethridge
Mary McLeod Bethune Writing Award: Sanceray Sanai Smith
Walter C. Burford Award for Community Service: Khilan Jamaar Walker, Moorea Rose Mitchell
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Visual Art Award: Gabriella Caroleena Underwood
Nancy Kaneb Art History Award: Ruth Sarah Player
Sue and Lee Noel Prize in Visual Arts: Elayna Yilan Lei
Visual Studies & Media Studies Award: Malynda Ellen Wollert, Willa Fabian Gilbert-Goldstein
Rodger Frey Film Essay Award: Annie Zhang
Sue and Lee Noel Prize in Visual Arts: Elayna Yilan Lei
Athletics
ACC Plaque for Excellence, Scholarship and Athletics: CJake Anthony Naso and Brianna Danielle Smith
Bass Connections
Excellence in Collaborative Leadership Award: Rachael Ellen Lau
Student Research Award: Thanh-Nhu Tran Bui, Erika Lili Berlik, Zixin Zhang, Shuaichen Liao ,Micaela Elanor Simeone, Kashyap Sreeram, Chloe Williams, Keena Gao, Emily Rose Hallock, Sunggun Lee, Darienne Rae Rogers, Rohan Gupta and Sujay Alluri
Biology
Edward C. Horn Memorial Prize for Excellence in Biology: Zachary Mathias Pracher
Excellence in Plant Science Prize: Mira Isabel Polishook
James B. Rast Memorial Award in Comparative Organismal Biology: Brennan David McDonald
Maggie Schneider Award in Marine Biology: Catalina Rose Lopez
Biology Faculty Award: Anna Clare Sparling
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Overall Academic Excellence Award: Ryan Butcher, Molly Ehrig, Hui Huang, Alexander Joseph Thomson, and Danielle Jayne Vaithilingam
Student Leadership Award: Alexandra Sarai Da Silva, Catherine Gervais
Most Outstanding Master's Project Award for Clinical & Translational Research: Hui Huang. Honorable Mention: Catherine Gervais
Most Outstanding Master's Project Award for Methodology: Qin Wang. Honorable Mention: Caroline Anne Falvey
Most Outstanding Master's Project Award for Biomedical Data Science: Alexander Joseph Thomson, Yilong Qu
Office of Health Professions Advising
Raymond Lublin, M.D. Award: Anna Clare Sparling
Classical Studies
Classical Association of the Middle West and South Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Classical Studies: Stephanie Allison Morgan, Jacob Alexander Rosenzweig
David Taggart Clark Prize in Classical Studies: Stephanie Allison Morgan, Jacob Alexander Rosenzweig
Anthony Fauci Award in STEM and Classics: Stephanie Allison Morgan
Computer Science
Alex Vasilos Memorial Award: Yuxi Long, Muhang Tian, Shiyou Wu, Chloe Qinyu Zhu
Rebecca DeNardis Memorial Award: Andrew John Fate-Bolognone, Brandon Derick Lopez, Joshua Oshotse, Alyssa Wang Zhao
Cultural Anthropology
Judith McDade Prize in Cultural Anthropology: Sebastian-San Miguel, Malynda Ellen Wollert
Paul Farmer Award for Justice and Social Responsibility: Corali Salomé Francisco-Zelkin, Huiyin Zhou
Doctor of Physical Therapy
ACAPT National Student Honor Society: Alyssa Marie Bush, Madison Rose Catalano, Brielle Rose Ciccio, Miles Scott Moore, Shannan Leigh Mueller and Hope Wendy Reynolds
Helen Kaiser Alumni Award: Kimberlyn Michelle Hayes
Jan Gwyer Student Recognition Award for Academic, Clinical, and Scholarly Excellence: Hope Wendy Reynolds, Miles Scott Moore
Robert Bartlett Student Recognition Award for Service and Leadership Excellence: Wesley Joseph Bell-Pritzlaff
DPT Inclusive Excellence Award: Razan Mazin Fayyad
Documentary Studies
Julia Harper Day Award for Documentary Studies: Staci Grimes
Duke Arts
Benenson Award in the Arts: Huiyin Zhou, Staci Grimes, Keena Gao, Ruby Wang, Yixuan Sun, Foxx Hart, Catherine Suzanne Grafe Knothe
Duke Divinity School
Award for Excellence in Bible- Old Testament: William Paul Vines Sharkey
Award for Excellence in Bible-New Testament: Katherine Jane Bracy Limkeman
Award for Outstanding Student in Theology: Joseph Neil Reigle
Award for Excellence in Worship and Liturgical Leadership: Leah Benn Miller
Jameson Jones Preaching Award: Beth Regena Glenn, Katherine Christine Mangum
Hoyt Hickman Award for Excellence in Liturgics: Patrice Elizabeth Turner
McMurry Richey Award in Field Education: Emily Lynn Stambaugh
McMurry Richey Award in Missions: Britt Anliza Taylor
McMurry Richey Award in Student Pastor: Evan A. Smith
Seminarian Award of the Fellowship of United Methodist in Music and Worship Arts: Leah Benn Miller
Frederick Buechner Writing Award: Jaime Steiert McGlothlin, Vivian Grace Saxon
Duke Global Health Institute
Madeline Boccuzzi Outstanding Master of Science in Global Health Student Award: Pamela Maria Espinoza Gonzalez
Earth and Climate Sciences
Thomas V. Laska Award: Emily Marie Nagamoto
Economics
Master's Program Award for Leadership: Timothy Chiu Ching-Lih Kusuma, Yuhao Zheng, Uyanga Gansukh
Master's Program Award for Academic Excellence: Yangfan Wang
Edward Tower Best Thesis Award: Marcos Hirai Catao
Craufurd Goodwin Distinction in Research Award : Lilia Yimin Qian
Best Thesis Finalist: Jakobe Zamir Bussey, Zixin Zhao
Outstanding Honors Poster – Faculty Choice: Heera Rajavel
Outstanding Honors Poster – Student Choice: Lucas Michael Johnson
English
Award for Most Original Honors Thesis: Heidi Ann Smith
Victor Strandberg Award for Excellence in the Literary Arts: Marina Jinghang Chen, Sita Conde
Barbara Hernnstein Smith Award for Outstanding Work in Literary Criticism or Theory: Skijler John Hutson
Stanley E. Fish Award for Outstanding Work in British & Anglophone Literature: Eliana Alex Genatt
Louis J. Budd Award for Outstanding Work in American Literature: Madeline Rubin, Milla Surjadi
George P. Lucaci Award for Creative Nonfiction: Ruby Wang. Second Prize: Rowan Huang
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Poetry: Jocelyn Andrea Chin
Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Fiction: Makee Gonzalez Anderson
Reynolds Price Award for Fiction: Tomas Elias Esber
Academy of American Poets Prize: Nima Babajani-Feremi
Evolutionary Anthropology
Mossé Award for Excellence in Research in Evolutionary Anthropology: Elizabeth Anne Siebeneck, Rachel Lorraine Poutre
Fuqua School of Business
Alan D. Schwartz Award for Mentorship: Bhavna Tripathy
Asa T. Spaulding, Sr. Award for Leadership: Louis Wu
Deans' Recognition Awards: Hilary Shea Badger, Keerthana Rao Balusu, Alyssa Diane Barnea, Lauren Camille Boone, Kunj Chheda, Vasileia Christaki, Louis A. Fierro III, Kandasi Kalyse Griffiths, Felipe Guevara Aguero, Jenna Kathleen Houchins, Ashley Marie Pech and Gabrielle Mercedes Rogers
Fuqua EMBA HSM Leadership Award: Dhruv Choudhry
Keohane Leadership Award: Arya Diwase, Stephen Chinedu Ezekoye
Team Fuqua Award (MMS): Kenneth Beau Allen, Piper Lorraine Hampsch, Olivia Louise Kohan, Aakash Nankani, Adèle Clarissa Swanson
Team Fuqua Award (MQM): Alexia Berenice Torres Calderón
The Breeden Award in Finance: David Chioma, Hannah Lillian Deichman
Distinguished Service Award (MBA): Annie Moore Forrest
International Comparative Studies Program
Capstone Research Prize: Grace Marguerite Endrud
Distinguished Thesis Award: Maya Ghanem
Journalism and Media Studies
Melcher Family Award for Excellence in Journalism: Charlotte Kramon
Fischer-Zernin Award for Local Journalism: Chloe Mai Nguyen
Patterson Prize for Excellence, Leadership and Integrity in Journalism: Milla Surjadi
Mathematics
Julia Dale Prize in Mathematics: Aram Tabrizi Lindroth
Mathematics Julia Dale Prize in Mathematics: Nguyen Nguyen, Jiaxi Zhang
Mathematics Excellence In Research Award: Aram Tabrizi Lindroth, Luke Finley Triplett, Jiaxi Zhang
Karl Menger Award: Nguyen Nguyen
Excellence In Community Service Prize: Elaijah Roger Lapay
School of Medicine
Brenda Armstrong Living the Dream Award: Braylee Nicole Grisel
Dean's Merit Scholarship: Mariam Mina Ardehali, Tamar Chukrun, Vikram Freedman Gupta, Ryan Joseph Kramer, Margaret S. Min, Charles Phifer Nicholson Jr., Sophie Evelyn Nick, Katherine Nancy Penvose, Albert Jacob Rechenmacher, Roshini Srinivasan, Troy Q'mars Tabarestani, Vishal Venkatraman, Eric Scott Warren Jr.
Dean’s Tuition Scholarship: John Lewis Atwater, Alexandria Mullikin, Ernest Neil Barral, and Prince Jeffrey Boadi, Alejandro J. Carruyo, Amanda Christina Del Risco, Julia Marie Denniss, Nicole Marie Diaz, Romel Joseph Holmes, Jr., Nia Michaela Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Moya-Mendez, Jennifer I. Okunbor, Edwin Simeon Jusi Owolo, Camille Noelle Pierre, Chidyaonga Shalita, David Alexander Webb Sykes, Kenyon Wright and Marilyn Melelani Fryar Yamamoto
Humanism in Medicine Award: Prince Jeffrey Boadi
Palmer/GSK Award: Alexander Daniel Cherches, Sophie Evelyn Nick
Rauch Future Leaders Merit Scholars: Kristina Moriah Stenstedt Dunworth, Bronwen Emily Foreman
Unsung Hero: Stacy Meredith Goins
Music
Henry Schuman Music Prize: Andrew John Fate-Bolognone, Julia Michelle Leeman, Joseph Cristofori Scarpa
Julia Wilkinson Mueller Prize for Excellence in Music: Julia Michelle Leeman, Aram Tabrizi Lindroth
Paul R. Bryan Award: Nina Zhang, Satya Yalamanchi
Ciompi Quartet Award in Chamber Music: Aram Tabrizi Lindroth, Jaewon Jung, Alexander Zhaokun Du, Allen Yiyang Zhang, Jean-Luc Pereira Rabodeau, Claire Yijun Li, Kenneth Kaishi Gong
Duke Symphony Orchestra Conductor's Award: Andrew S. Kelbley, Amira Axelle Arellano Miel, Spencer Samuel Schutz, Zachary Mathias Pracher
Office of the Provost
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award: Elaijah Roger Lapay
Global Health
Michael Merson Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Global Health: Shanzeh Mishal Sheikh
Physics
Daphne Chang Memorial Award: Alexander Dun Yin Tong
Rodney I. McCormick Award: Alexander Christian Migala
Political Science
Alona E. Evans Prize in International Law: Sanjit Beriwal
Elizabeth G. Verville Award: Koby Samuel Cohen
The Jerry B. and Callie Irene Stone Award: Frank J. Cejas Rodriguez
Ole R. Holsti Award in American Foreign Policy and International Relations: Robert Stefan Miron
The Robert S. Rankin Award for Leadership and Academic Achievement: Ruthie Ann Kesri
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American Government and Constitutional Law: Nicole Sara Rosenzweig
The Robert S. Rankin Award in American, National, State, and Local Governments: Kay Yanily Maldonado
Pratt School of Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Senior Prize: Sarah Ann Bailey, Grace Eunhae Lee
Aubrey E. Palmer Award: Sarah Ann Bailey
Marie Foote Reel Undergraduate Research Award: Arya Kishan Tschand
Charles Rowe Vail Memorial Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award: Claire Yijun Li
da Vinci Award: Alexandra Leigh Hoffman, Benjamin Alfred Johns, Jonathan Caswell Piland
David Randall Fuller Prize: Ian Marcos Morales
Eric I. Pas Award: Sarah Ann Bailey, Annie Wollmuth
Edward D. "Ned" Light Memorial Award: Jacklyn Leah Herzberg
George Sherrerd III Memorial Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Andy Summers He, Sophia Marie Williams
Helmholtz Award: Joanna Rui Peng
Howard G. Clark Award for Excellence in Research: Anand Manohar Chundi, Dahlia Halabi, Selena Halabi, Jack R Kovach, Claire Yijun Li, Benjamin Charles Perry, Rajiv Sundar Raman, Bowie Nathan Shreiber, Mia Ellen Woodruff, Sophie Ru Wu
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Faculty Award: Benjamin Alfred Johns, Isabelle Warger Sanz
Otto Meier, Jr. Tau Beta Pi Award: Keith Alexander Cressman
Pi Tau Sigma Scholarship Award: Miranda Liu, William Joshua Guanzon King
Pratt School of Engineering Student Service Award: Kishen Mitra, Jack Stuart Rhodes
Raymond C. Gaugler Award in Materials Science and Engineering, Spencer Samuel Schutz, Raymond Kelly Lennon
Theo C. Pilkington Memorial Award: Jacklyn Leah Herzberg
Walter J. Seeley Scholastic Award: Brandon Kunjun Bae, Andy Summers He, Alexandra Leigh Hoffman, Benjamin Alfred Johns, Minjun Kwak, Jonathan Caswell Piland, Cathylin Wen Wang, Chengyang Zhou
William Brewster Snow Environmental Engineering Award: Sarah Ann Bailey
Psychology
Karl E. Zener Award for Academic Excellence in Psychology: Priscilla La
Jerome S. Bruner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research: Caimiao Liu
Public Policy
Terry Sanford Leadership Award: Grace Marguerite Endrud, Chloe Mai Nguyen
Joel Fleishman Distinguished Scholar Award: Grace Marguerite Endrud, Hannah Kate Galdes, Katherine Elizabeth Heath, Anisha Reddy
Best Honors Thesis: Christina Zemong Wang
Religious Studies
Best Paper Award: Mariami Shanshashvili, Ruthie Ann Kesri, Christina Stewart Lewis
Romance Studies
Guido Mazzoni Prize in Italian: Jacob Campbell Carnes
Richard L. Predmore Award in Spanish: Brooke Lauren Sevchik
Robert J. Niess / Alexander Hull Award in French: Rebecca Valerie Boss
The Paol Keineg Prize for an Honors Thesis Written in a Language other than English: Brianna Rose Cellini
School of Nursing
Annie Beery Bieber Award for Outstanding Leadership Award: Sandra Okeke Bates
Ruby L. Wilson Excellence in Clinical Practice Award: Katherine Alexandra Sundt
Thelma Ingles Excellence in Clinical Expertise and Scholarly Activities Award: Iris Mayoral
Distinguished PhD Dissertation: Melissa Ann Powell
Outstanding DNP Scholarly Project Award: Chantal Howard
Sociology
Ida Harper Simpson Award: Mackenzie Elizabeth Culp
Linda K. George Award: Amber Claire Smith
Highest Academic Achievement Award: Caimiao Liu
Statistical Science
Outstanding Mentor of Undergraduate Researchers: Edric Cheuk Yin Tam
Statistical Science MS TA of the Year Award: Yicheng Shen. Honorable Mention: William Tirone
Statistical Science PhD TA of the Year Award: Yi Ji. Honorable Mention: Shariar Vaez-Ghaemi, Emmanuel Kene Mokel
Student Affairs
Distinguished Leadership Award: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning: Robert Addison Sprung
Distinguished Leadership Award: Building Alliances Through Collective Engagement: Christopher Zollino Lloyd, Amber Claire Smith
William J. Griffith University Service Award: Outstanding Contribution to the Duke Community: Essence Renee Hughes
William J. Griffith University Service Award: Outstanding Contribution to the Durham and Local Community: Dedriek Jalisa Whitaker
William J. Griffith University Service Award: Outstanding Contribution to the Global Community: Chanté Davis
Duke Cornerstone Award, Undergraduate: Catherine Xia
Duke Cornerstone Award, Graduate: Trevor Sytsma
Theater Studies
Award for Excellence in Acting: Emi Marie Hegarty (Read on D
Award for Excellence in Acting: Benjamin David Taylor Davies
Harold Brody Award for Excellence in Musical Theater: Sam Carpenter
John M. Clum Distinguished Theater Studies Graduate Award: Emi Marie Hegarty, Isabella Perle Mellody
Feldman Collaborator's Award in Memory of Kenneth J. Reardon: Yixuan Sun
Reynolds Price Award for Best Original Script for Stage, Screen, or Television: Isabella Perle Mellody
Forlines Family Theater Studies Grant: Elise Mignonne Gutierrez
Award for Excellence in Design or Theater Technology: Yixuan Sun
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Bascom Headen Palmer Literary Prize: Shourya Agarwal
Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Creative Arts and Performing Arts: Emi Marie Hegarty (Read more in Duke Arts)
Undergraduate Research Support Office
Student Team Grant: Angela Nana-Akua Darkowaa Addae, Brendan Simmons Kelleher, Jeehye Rose Lee, Taylor Corbin Parker, Dedriek Jalisa Whitaker