Prizes and Awards

David A. Alexander ’79 Memorial Award for Social Consciousness and Activism
  • Sungwon Cho
  • Emma Helen Fiesinger
American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
  • Jiahe Wang
American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergraduate Research
  • Sungwon Cho
American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Senior Organic Chemistry Student
  • Spencer Inman Clark
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry
  • Hanwen Liu
Anna S. Aronson Memorial Award
  • Jonathan Michael Kelly
Elliot Aronson ’54 Prize for Excellence in Psychological Research
  • Shari Elizabeth Glass
  • Bailey Carol Gold
Athletic Director’s Award
  • Rani Dhanda Balakrishna
  • Benton Roberts Ferebee
  • Gabriel Michael Haithcock
  • Francesca Marie Marchese
  • Emma Lea Reavis
Award for Academic Achievement in Business
  • Yilin He
  • Kathryn Avery Messenger
  • Wenxin Shi
Award for Computer Science Graduate Community Leadership
  • Trung D. Luu
Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Master’s Program in Computer Science
  • Jing Cheng
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Teaching by a Computational Linguistics MS Student
  • Ruth Rosenblum
Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant for a Graduate Student in Computer Science
  • Ijeoma N. Ogbogu
Celia Epstein Barron Award in Fine Arts
  • Forrest Yoshinobu Shimazu
Dr. Ralph Berenberg ’65 Prize
  • Sungwon Cho
Stephan Berko Memorial Prize
  • Sagar Vidya Addepalli
  • Saptorshi Ghosh
Rishon M. Bialer ’64 Memorial Prize
  • Fangqi Liang
Biology Department Award for Excellence in Research
  • Carmen Ginelly Macias Gualpa
  • Megan Alison Panier
Eugene C. Black Prize for Excellence in History
  • Rebecca Yael Spivak
Herman and Bessie Blum Memorial Award
  • Samaria Michaelina Dellorso
  • Miranda Rose Sheinbaum
David John Boros and Emidia Meloncelli Award in Music
  • Lynca Saito
Boston Intercollegiate Poetry Prize
  • Lindsey Grace Odorizzi
Elise Boulding Sociology and Social Activism Award
  • Allissa Masse
  • Lucca Ruth Raabe
Justice Louis D. Brandeis Essay Prize
  • Sophia Talia Reiss
Justice Louis D. Brandeis Internship Research Prize
  • Morgan Cinche Clark
  • Aiko Julia Schinasi
Brandeis National Committee Presidential Award
  • Maya Katyajini Ghosh Lisbin
Brandeis University Departmental Award for Engaged Anthropology
  • Ji Chen
Joseph and Ida Burtman Award
  • Margaret Catherine Del Re
Paul Caine Memorial Award
  • Elianna N. Gerut
Patrick Thomas Campbell Award in History
  • Alexander Williams
Gertrude Carnovsky Prize in Creative Arts
  • Coby Jarrett Mandell
Rachel Carson Award for Environmental Citizenship
  • Margaret Catherine Del Re
Henrietta and David Chassler Prize
  • Rachel Elizabeth Araten
Chemistry Department Excellence Award
  • Calvin Edwards Chu
  • Jordan David Lamar
Katharine A. Chernosky Memorial Award for Conscientious and Creative Living
  • Jillian Hannah Brosofsky
Max Chretien Award in Computer Science
  • Adam Thomas Ring
Class of 1955 Prize for Creative Ability
  • Delaine Gabriela Gneco De La Cruz
Phyllis and Lee Coffey Award in Music
  • Maggie Chang
Deborah Josepha Cohen ’62 Endowed Fine Arts Award
  • Caroline Sarah McLaughlin
  • Anh Ngoc Nguyen
  • Lindsey Grace Odorizzi
  • Joshua Bram Taylor-Klaus
Doris Brewer Cohen Endowment Award in Chemical and Biological Sciences
  • Sofia Isabel Gonzalez Rodriguez
Doris Brewer Cohen Endowment Award in the Humanities
  • Sophia Talia Reiss
Doris Brewer Cohen Endowment Award in Justice and Public Life
  • Jason Walter
Jacques Cohen Award in Computer Science
  • Ziyi Meng
Sidney S. Cohen Award in Economics
  • Wenxin Shi
Angela Davis ’65 Prize for Commitment to Disciplinary Service and Activism in African and African American Studies
  • Charlanda Charianda Kariyana Clyderricka Calloway-Scott
Diane A. Rottenberg Davis Memorial Endowed Prize
  • Atalia Sara Ramelson
Dewey-Boyte Prize for the Scholarship and Practice of Democracy
  • Sydney Sara Carim
  • Bonnie Chen
Division of Science Prize for Outstanding Research Accomplishment by a Junior
  • Pengqiu Li
Division of Science Prize for Outstanding Research Accomplishment by a Senior
  • Anna Isabel Jaeggi-Wong
  • Sydney Lauren Padgett
W.E.B. Du Bois Award for Academic Achievement in African and African American Studies
  • Abigail Emily Cumberbatch
Emily Dudek Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award
  • Sungwon Cho
  • Arianna S. Donas
  • Malavika Asokan Nair
  • Rebecca Yael Spivak
East Asian Studies Outstanding Student Award
  • Yuanzhe Li
  • Angela Sun
English Department Allen Grossman Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis
  • Abigail Emily Cumberbatch
English Department Award for Outstanding English Honors Essay
  • Amy Zane Jarkow
Marcia Bloch Epstein ’55 Endowed Prize for Demonstrated Commitment to Social Justice Through Teaching
  • Michelle Anne Slezinger
Exceptional Achievement Endowment Award in the Creative Arts, sponsored by Herbert, Sandra (1956), and Gail (1988) Fisher
  • Evelyn Rachel Inker
  • Juliette Eileen Lillywhite
  • Anne Zhang Liu
  • Alaysia Marie Penso
  • Liana R. Perlman
  • Anthony George Quinn Jr.
  • Angela Sun
  • Minan Wang
  • Kieran Bryan Whitney
David L. Falkoff Graduate School Prize in Physics
  • Emily Rose Duden
  • Smriti Pradhan
Morris and Anna Feldberg Prize in Economics
  • Jiayuan Qian
Ramón Feliciano Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets
  • Autumn Rose Bellan
Selma and Joseph Finstein/Jeanette and Meyer Saval Prize
  • Grace Elizabeth DeRoche
  • Dakota Lichauco
  • Naamah Romano
Jacqueline Foster Vocal Music Instruction Award
  • Michael Shen
Lawrence Fuchs Award
  • Samantha Joy Winawer
Professor Chandler Fulton Prize for Undergraduate Research
  • Destiny G. Kluck
Gendzier Award
  • Shannon Lee Smally
Giller-Sagan Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Hailey Cameron Hansen-Osborne
Nahum and Anne Glatzer Endowed Prize in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
  • Shirah Malka Cohen
Kate Goldfield Community Leadership Award
  • Rushit Minesh Suthar
Laura Goldin Environmental Health and Justice Prize
  • Elizabeth Barstein
Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Art, Archaeology, and Ancient History
  • Grace Park
Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Languages and Literatures
  • Jiayang Tu
Jacob B. Goldston Family Award for Environmental Excellence and Activism
  • Kate Lynn Danziger
Ruth Nessel Gollan Prize in Hebrew Language or Literature
  • Maya Ettie Soudry
Eli D. and Mollie Goodstein Prize in Hebrew
  • Zachary Isaias Mecenas
Eli D. and Mollie Goodstein Prize in Spanish
  • Matthew Driben
Susan Mae Green Award for Creativity in Poetry and Photography
  • Autumn Rose Bellan
David A. Greene ’71, MD, Memorial Prize in Music
  • Altana Helen Schweitzer
Andrew Grossbardt ’72 Memorial Poetry Prize
  • Jingyi Wang
Andrew Grossbardt ’72 Memorial Prize for Best Poem Published in a Brandeis Literary Journal
  • Grace Danqing Yang
Andrew Grossbardt ’72 Memorial Prize for Senior Thesis in Fiction
  • Lindsey Grace Odorizzi
Ken Hale Award for Excellence in Linguistics
  • Kory Jia-En Wibberly
Barbara A. Harris Prize for Stage Management
  • Payton Camille Gunner
Bernard H. Herman ’08 Endowed Prize in Creative Writing
  • Autumn Rose Bellan
John-Edward Hill Memorial Prize
  • Ofri Levinson
Edwin E. Hokin Memorial Prize
  • Rebecah Susan Kennedy
Morris Homonoff Prize in Yiddish
  • Nathan Bernstein
International and Global Studies Award for Global Citizenship
  • Elizabeth Jeanne Brewer
Jane’s Essay Prize in Latin American Studies
  • Delaine Gabriela Gneco De La Cruz
Jane’s Photography Prize
  • Kathryn Avery Messenger
Jane’s Travel Grant
  • Juan Pablo Jimenez Garcia
  • George Van Kollias
  • Danny Daniel Mollericona Alfaro
  • Anthony Michael Ruiz
  • Jolecia Monifah Saunderson
  • Yura Yokoyama
William P. Jencks Award in Biochemistry
  • Anna Isabel Jaeggi-Wong
Otto Jespersen Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Linguistics
  • Joshua Sanford Broderick Phillips
Karen Spärck Jones Award for Outstanding Achievement in Natural Language Processing
  • Hongjun Yu
Aravind K. Joshi Award for Outstanding Achievement in Computational Linguistics
  • Ginger Grace Ciaburri
Michael Kalafatas ’65 Admissions Prize
  • Mohammed J. Ibrahim
Linda Heller Kamm ’61 Prize
  • Vincent C. Calia-Bogan
Nathan O. Kaplan Prize in Biochemistry
  • Natalie Anne Hui-Jie Chin
  • Van Thanh Nguyen
Kappa Eta Sigma Award
  • Jovita Latrece Bell
  • Erica Hwang
Esther Kartiganer Prize for Social Activism and Academic Excellence in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Sydney Sara Carim
Richard Kaufman ’58 Memorial Prize for Leadership and Academic Excellence
  • Emiliano Gutierrez-Popoca
  • Nathalie Monique Vieux-Gresham
Isak Kazes Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Olivia Gallmeyer
Attila Klein Environmental Conservation Award
  • Matthew Kian Baharmast
Kukin Moskowitz Prize for Excellence
  • Jacob Kobi Manolson Russell
  • Joanna Xiong
Renee B. Lang Prize in Literature
  • Amy Zane Jarkow
Jerome Levine Prize
  • Ian Montague
Rosalind W. Levine Prize in Fine Arts
  • Aileen Rose Cahill
  • Annabel Elise Krause Wheeler
Harry S. Levitan Prize
  • Emma Helen Fiesinger
  • Sophia Talia Reiss
Joseph M. Linsey Endowed Athletic Fellowship Award
  • Matthew Driben
  • Bailey Carol Gold
John Lisman ’66 Memorial Award for Excellence in Neuroscience Research
  • Nathalie Monique Vieux-Gresham
MA Program Award for Academic Excellence
  • Felipe Maquieira
  • Zlata Aleksandrovna Shchekoldina
Robert A. Manners Endowed Award in Anthropology
  • Yura Yokoyama
Lester Martin Foundation Award in Legal Studies
  • Joshua Aaron Gladstone
  • Joshua Shuster
Math Graduate Teaching Award
  • Jill Katherine Stifano Mastrocola
Mathematics Mentor Award
  • Tianjun Cai
  • Aranjinsuren Enkhbat
  • Divij Gupta
  • Benjamin M. Kamen
  • Karen Mai
  • Bhakti Bharat Parwani
  • Dimbiniaina Mijoro Raveloson
Bruce R. Mayper Memorial Award
  • Shawna-Gay Samicka Duncan
  • Alaysia Marie Penso
MBA Prize for Excellence in Business Leadership
  • Bhavana Chandaka
  • Dren Krasniqi
James McCully ’86 Award
  • Terrell Gardea Brown
  • Morgan Cinche Clark
Michtom Prize for Academic Excellence in Computer Science
  • Zachary Joseph Boroda
Florence and Charles H. Milender Prize in Music
  • Stefan Winkler
Ricardo Morant Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Breadth in Psychological Inquiry
  • Dana Eve Jaffe
  • Ashley Moushegian
Dorothy Blumenfeld Moyer Memorial Award
  • Autumn Rose Bellan
  • Caroline Frances Hall
MSBA Program Award for Academic Excellence
  • Juan Du
  • Yixuan Zhao
MSF Program Award for Academic Excellence
  • Yue Chen
  • Saurabh Jain
  • Zhiheng Li
Pauli Murray Award
  • Solana Brooke Jolly
Music Department Prize for Achievement in Music Research
  • Anna Valcour
Charles A. Napoli ’58 Scholar Athlete Award
  • Bailey Carol Gold
  • Ryan William Power
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Prize in Arabic
  • Emily Madison Atieh
Rachel Oliveri Family Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Sanjitha Subramaniam
Bernard ’61 and Rena J. ’56 Olshansky Prize in Jewish Communal Service
  • Heather Brianna Alper
Rena J. Olshansky ’56 Grant for Research on Jewish Family Life
  • Tamar Sarah Aizenberg
Outstanding BA Student in Health: Science, Society, and Policy Award
  • Samantha Shortall
Outstanding BS Student in Health: Science, Society, and Policy Award
  • Jonathan Han-Cheng Hau
Outstanding Undergraduate Departmental Representative Award
  • Madison Theresa DuLong
  • Isabelle Aiko Shiiba
  • Angela Sun
  • Aviva Yael Weinstein
Dr. Joseph Garrison Parker Prize
  • Yutong Xu
Perlmutter Award for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Cameron James Cushing
Philosophy Prize
  • Elijah Moe Herenstein
  • Lanyu Kang
Physics Faculty Prize
  • Hung Kwan Fok
  • Srishti Nautiyal
Esther Pine Memorial Prize
  • Jessica Sarah Umanoff
Politics Faculty Prize for Best Senior Thesis
  • Sofia Orli Siegel
  • Jason Walter
Poses Institute Prize for Distinction in Art History
  • Petra Rose Yearley
Louis P. Rabinovitz Art Award
  • Emily Xin Ding
Ellen (Ilana) Raskin ’75 Memorial Award
  • Victoria Adusei
Samuel and Jennie Raucher Prize
  • Robert Carlson
  • Juliana Rose Sherer
Tzvi and Ariella Raviv Writing Award for Hornstein Students
  • Nicole Chermak
Reiner Prize in Music Composition
  • Ezzie Stone
Reis and Sowul Family Prize in Neuroscience at Brandeis University
  • Joanna Xiong
Professor Dagmar Ringe Biochemistry Award
  • Ha Thu Le
Rookie of the Year Award
  • Lev Chaim BenAvram
  • Ragini Kannan
Richard Saber Undergraduate Research Grant in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Logan Kapers Shanks
  • Madeline Elizabeth Toombs
  • Youyuan Zhang
Murray Sachs Prize for Outstanding Work and Dedication in French and Francophone Studies
  • Annabel Elise Krause Wheeler
Safier-Jolles Prize for Best Senior Thesis in the History of Ideas
  • Elijah Moe Herenstein
Pulin Sampat Graduate Teaching Award in Biology
  • Adriana Prada
Margaret Scheinman Prize in Film
  • Alexandra Fincheltub
  • Delaine Gabriela Gneco De La Cruz
  • Khamala Victoria Smith
Molly W. and Charles K. Schiff Memorial Award in Science
  • Kate Lynn Danziger
  • Adrian Carole Koretsky
  • Zheyuan Liu
Rose Schlow Award
  • Kenneth Han Lai
  • Ruth Rosenblum
Morris Sepinuck Sportsmanship Award
  • Victoria Concetta Morrongiello
Maurice L. Shaer Memorial Prize
  • Jolie Black
  • Charlotte Li
  • Maria Eduarda Maldonado Antonio
  • Nikhat Meman
  • Lizbeth Sandoval
  • Jolecia Monifah Saunderson
Arnold Shapiro Prize in Mathematics
  • Lucca Ruth Raabe
Betty and Harry S. Shapiro Endowed Award in Anthropology
  • Maya Katyajini Ghosh Lisbin
  • Joshua Shuster
Ezra Z. Shapiro Endowed Family Prize
  • Mohammed J. Ibrahim
  • Aviva Yael Weinstein
Robert B. Sherman ’67 Memorial Prize
  • Gowthaman Ranganathan
Max I. Silber Award for an Outstanding Athlete
  • Jia Mulan Shealy
Elihu A. Silver Prize
  • Marcus A. Hoskins
Mitchell Siporin Memorial Prize
  • Corey Leo Brown
Theodore R. and Nancy F. Sizer Endowed Prize in Education Studies
  • Camila Cano Shor
  • Elinor Amy Eggers
Melvin M. Snider Prize in Chemistry
  • Malavika Asokan Nair
  • Pinzhi Wang
Harry, Joseph, and Ida Stein Memorial Award
  • Samuel Boles Dienstag
Morrie Stein ’58 Award of Valor
  • Arianna Kalise Jackson
Steinberg Prize in Physical Science with Interest in History
  • Lucian Aaron Dobroszycki
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Prize for Best Original Play
  • Alaysia Marie Penso
Carol Ann Steinfeld Memorial Prize in Economics
  • Ailu Yu
Roy K. Stevens ’68 Prize in Theater Arts
  • Nicholas Joseph Kanan
  • Eran Zelixon
Detlev Suderow ’70 Prize for Academic Excellence in Business
  • Mesoud Sirage Awol
Textile Veterans Association Honor Award
  • Sara Bengualid Goldstein
Theater Arts Outstanding Student Collaborator Award
  • Caylie Jeruchimowitz
  • Juebin Hannah Roh
Jacob and Bella Thurman Award for Social Citizenship
  • Camila Cano Shor
  • Donna Noreen DeChambeau
Turock Family Prize in Italian Studies
  • Renée M. Brown
  • Liana R. Perlman
Rosalie L. Warren Award in Music
  • Quinn Lucian Bonnyman
Rose and Joseph M. Weissman Prize in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
  • Sarah Haley Bernstein
  • Meirit Ita Cohen
David S. Wiesen Memorial Prize
  • Joseph Anthony Kornman
Elsie Witt Award in Jewish Studies
  • Charlotte Leana Cooper
Dafna Zamarripa-Gesundheit Fiction Award
  • Lindsey Grace Odorizzi
Martin Zelnik ’61 Award
  • Dionysus Noah Morris-Evans
Anatol Zhabotinsky Memorial Prize
  • Sander Cohen-Janes
Irving Kenneth Zola Prize for Excellence in Sociology
  • Olivia Grace Combs
  • Ruby Ellen Siegel