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 2024 winners on Thursday, May 9th at the Rutgers Club. Congratulations again to our awardees!
School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award
Marilyn Baffoe-Bonnie, Sociology
Harvey Waterman Medal of Excellence
Maria Garth, Art History
Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
Christopher Markosian, MD/PhD Dual Degree
Outstanding Doctoral Student Awards
Danielle Kozlosky, Toxicology
Rudrani Gangopadhyay, Comparative Literature
Anya Hess, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Michael Strawbridge, Political Science
Outstanding Master's Student Awards
Abhishek Sawalkar, Computer Science
Prarthana Gowda, Biomedical Sciences – New Brunswick/Piscataway
Zoey Eddy, Psychology
Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Awards
Adriana Paldino, Biomedical Sciences – Newark
Eagan Dean, Literatures in English
Robert Dougherty-Bliss, Mathematics
Excellence in Outreach and Service Awards
Allyson Bontempo, Communication, Information & Media
Anamaria Buchhan, Biomedical Sciences – New Brunswick/Piscataway
Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Eric Gawiser, Physics & Astronomy
Jennifer Theiss, Communication, Information & Media
Kim McKim, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Excellence in Student Support Award
Courtney Culler, Planning & Public Policy
Rosy Ruiz, Spanish