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 2023 winners on Thursday, May 11th at the Rutgers Club. Congratulations again to our awardees!
School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award
Vyshali Manivannan, Communication, Information, & Media
Harvey Waterman Medal of Excellence
Kevin Tveter, Food Science
Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence
John Palmieri, MD/PhD Dual Degree
Outstanding Doctoral Student Awards
Kevinn Eddy, Pharmacology, Cellular & Molecular
Carolina Flores Henrique, Philosophy
Stephanie Walsh, Planning & Public Policy
Jeffrey Yang, Medicinal Chemistry
Outstanding Master's Student Awards
Natasha Malonza, Kinesiology & Physiology
Gayatri Sreenivasan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Grace Wetzel, Psychology
Excellence in Leadership and Teaching Awards
Melanie Maimon, Psychology
Jaclynn Meshanni, Toxicology
Excellence in Outreach and Service Awards
Graham Bastian, Nutritional Sciences
Simran Shah, Biomedical Sciences
Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Asher Ghertner, Geography
Shana Cole, Psychology
Excellence in Student Support Award
Mary Ellen Presa, Biomedical Engineering
Dean's Special Recognition Awards
Tina Marottoli
Barbara Sirman