Awards & Honors
On Thursday, May 13th the School of Graduate Studies celebrated the 2021 Merit and Achievement Award winners.
Faculty & Staff Awards
Excellence in Student Support Award
- Nalini Kaul, Plant Biology
- Linda Zullinger, Economics
Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award
- Katherine McCabe, Political Science
- Julia Rubin, Planning and Public Policy
All Graduate Students
Excellence in Outreach and Service Award
- Caterina Agostini, Italian
- Matthew Amador, Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark
Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Award
- Alexa Murray, Toxicology
- Sonia Topouzis, Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark
- Jessica Valenti, Oceanography
Master's Students
Outstanding Master's Student Award
- Biological Sciences
- Sheetal Ganesan, Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark
- Humanities
- Anthony Doria, Religious Studies
- Social Sciences
- Mariel Didato, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Kendi Bailey, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Doctoral Students
Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Biological Sciences
- Vrushank Bhatt, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Nicholas Monteleone, Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark - Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer
Humanities
- Nicole Nowbahar, Classics
Physical Sciences
- Marco Castronovo, Mathematics
Social Sciences
- Niina Vuolajaervi, Sociology
Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
- Valdir Cristovao Barth Junior, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvey Waterman Medal of Excellence
- Anton Omelchenko, Neuroscience
School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award
- Nicole Sheriko, Literatures in English