The School of Graduate Studies proudly recognizing the notable achievements of graduate students, faculty, and staff at the annual Merit and Achievement Awards Ceremony. These awards recognize important accomplishments in research and scholarship, teaching and mentoring, leadership, outreach, and service across all disciplines, through Chancellor-level affiliations, and within specific disciplinary clusters.
This year, we celebrated the 2022 winners on Thursday, May 13th at the Rutgers Club. Congratulations again to our awardees!
School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award
Emily Slesinger, Oceanography
Harvey Waterman Medal of Excellence
Nicholas Allred, English, Literatures in
Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
Hannah Dewald, Biomedical Sciences - Infection, Immunity & Inflammation – Newark
Outstanding Doctoral Student Awards
Ezequiel Durand-López, Spanish
Ileana Fuentes Hernandez, Neuroscience
Madalynn Marshall, Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Katharine Nelson, Planning & Public Policy
Outstanding Master's Student Awards
Janine Barr, Oceanography
Melvin Delvillar, Biomedical Sciences
Soo Min Kwon, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Awards
Haruki Eda, Sociology
Robert Young, Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Cherry Zheng, Mathematical Finance
Excellence in Outreach and Service Awards
Jazmín Puicón, History
Anthony Vocaturo, Biomedical Sciences
Ciarra Williams, Microbial Biology
Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Lauren Aleksunes, Toxicology
Ulla Berg, Anthropology
Andrea Marston, Geography
Dean's Special Recognition Awards
Alexandria Bachmann
Susan Lomanto