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STUDENT AWARDS


Internal Awards

UIC Awards
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Departmental Awards

UIC Awards

Anand Sandesara

Anand Sandesara, pre-med double major in biology and history, was awarded the Donald and Leah Riddle Prize last May. Presented annually by the Chancellor’s Office, the prize is reserved for one outstanding graduating senior exhibiting academic excellence and leadership in the community. Sandesara, now pursuing a master’s in public health on a Rotary Fellowship in Tanzania, graduated summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He did it in just three years. Valedictorian from Glenbrook South High School, Sandesara had his pick of places to attend college. He chose UIC. “I’m big on service and there are a lot of service opportunities,” said Sandesara, who also chaired the Volunteer English as a Second Language program. “I realized there are so many cool people here to meet and to learn from,” he said.

Five freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received the FMC Technologies Incorporated Award of Excellence in Scholarship, a one-year merit award with a $1,000 stipend. The scholarship is funded by an endowment from alumnus Bert A. Gayman. Winners and their majors are: Kristine Joy Arboleda, Honors College, chemistry; Matthew Conley, teaching of history; Adrianna Janowicz, Honors College, biological sciences; Julien Leider, Honors College, mathematics, statistics and computer science; and Dane Zieman, mathematics, statistics and computer science.

Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD recipient Karen Koy won the 2008 University of Illinois Alumni Association Leadership Award.

Yelena Zotova, PhD student in the department of Slavic and Baltic languages and literatures, focusing on Russian, won a University Fellowship for 2008-2009.

Graduate student in sociology Amy Brainer was recipient of the 2009 Best Graduate Paper Award for the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, sponsored by the Scholarship Association for UIC.

The University of Illinois at Chicago has announced six new seed grant awards to campus researchers studying lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) issues under a $20,000 grant from the Los Angeles-based David Bohnett Foundation. The following LAS students have won grants for LGBT research this year: Zachary Blair, a PhD candidate in anthropology; Christine Holland, a PhD candidate in psychology; and Jessica Salerno, a PhD candidate in psychology.

The Avery Brundage Scholarship awards $2,500 to University of Illinois students who show excellence in academics and athletics. Four LAS students were chosen for the 2009-2010 academic year: Laurel Heath, diving; Sonia Peterson, diving; Richard Schwinn, karate; and Danielle Yaros, gymnastics.

LAS Awards

The following students were awarded LAS scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year:

Student’s Name

Award

Saad Abid

Eugenia R. & Max M. Jacobson M.D. Scholarship ($5,000)

Abidemi Abioye

Merrill C. Kenna & Brent D. Nicholson Scholarship ($600)

Sojung Cho

PNA-Hugh Hill Scholarship ($5,000)

Karen Cralli

Patricia S. Wager Scholarship ($700)

Angelica Cruz

Peter James Barbato Scholarship, Raquel M. & Alfredo Garza Memorial Scholarship ($1,200 and $1,100, respectively)

Ella Dauw

Dorothy Thelander Scholarship ($1,500)

Ekaterina Khramtsova

Robert Corley Memorial Scholarship ($1,200)

Priscilla Lizasuain

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Scholarship ($650)

Annie Neahring

Eugene & Mary Tappero Scholarship ($2,500)

Jessica Nieves

Mario V. & Edith J. Gambardella Scholarship ($750)

Chen Shi

Eugenia R. & Max M. Jacobson M.D. Memorial Scholarship ($5,000)

Lisa Zhang

Thomas Eakman Scholarship ($2,500)


Departmental Awards

Anthropology

Student’s Name

Award

Rebecca Deeb

Provost’s Award

John Hicks

Joshua Terry Graduate Award

Nam Kim

Dean’s Scholar Award; Provost's Award

Amanda Lettner

Joshua Terry Undergraduate Scholarship

William McSurley

Phi Beta Kappa  and the William J. Lamar Scholarship

John Michels

Charles Reed Award

Lisa Niziolek

Dean’s Scholar Award

Adam Podraza

Honors Council Award


Biological Sciences

Student’s Name

Award

Christopher Baugher

Elmer Hadley Award

Noa Krugliak

Hirsch Family Award

Diane McCarthy

Provost's Award

Sarah O’Brien

Graduate College’s Deiss Award

Manali Patel

Edward G. Rieta and Stanley K. Shapiro Award

Ankur Patel

Louis Pasteur Award

Anup Reddy

Mark A. Wyatt Award ($200)

Nilay Shah

Hodgkin and Huxley Neuroscience Award


Chemistry

Student’s Name

Award

Natalia Chernyak

Moriarty Graduate Fellowship

Alexander Dudnik

Dean’s Scholar Award

Antonett Madriaga

Herbert E. Paaren Scholarship and Herbert E. Paaren Scholarship Summer Research Stipend

Jeanita Pritchett

Paaren Graduate Fellowship

Kathleen Richert

Herbert E. Paaren Scholarship and Gilbert Peterson Summer Research Stipend

Carl Vogel

Herbert E. Paaren Scholarship and Herbert E. Paaren Scholarship Summer Research Stipend

Ling Wu

Dean’s Scholar Award


Communication

Student’s Name

Award

Natalie Alvarado

Caterpillar Corporation Scholarship ($2,000)

Anastasiya Chugay

Outstanding Student Award

Maria Hernandez

ComEd Scholarship ($2,000) and Caterpillar Corporation Scholarship ($1,000)

Ryan Holdway

Award of Distinction

Maricela Villagomez

Caterpillar Corporation Scholarship ($2,000)


Economics

Student’s Name

Award

Kevin Callison

Oscar Miller Outstanding Teaching Award

Angela Chi

Ronald Moses Memorial Award

Megan Diaz

Ronald Moses Memorial Award

Megan Diaz

Sylvia Saffrin Memorial Award

Matthew Warpinski

Mitchell Krask Award


English

Student’s Name

Award

Justin Joyce

Dean’s Scholar Award

Kristy Ulibarri

Abraham Lincoln Fellowship


Gender and Women’s Studies

Student’s Name

Award

Stephen Adler

Undergraduate Award ($500)

Catherine Batza

Graduate Award ($300)

Ashvin Kini

Graduate Award ($300)

Libby DelaVega

Mary B. Alice Award ($500)

Stephen Seely

Undergraduate Award ($500)


Germanic Studies:

Student’s Name

Award

Raluca Hammer Aldana

Departmental Award for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Christine Beggan

Departmental Awards for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies and Departmental Book Award

William Bianchi

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin

Jonathan Buckles

Columbia Club Award for High Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Alex Burd

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin

Christina Carr

Columbia Club Award for High Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Ronnalyn Collins

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin

Julie Deptner

Departmental Book Award

Natalia Dudnik

First Place in the Graduate Student Research Symposium

Kristina Förster

Second Place in the Graduate Student Research Symposium

Ana Genkova

Departmental Book Award

Ekua Gilbert-Baffoe

Departmental Book Award

Warren Juhnke

Departmental Book Award

Alyeska Kochanek

Departmental Book Award

Eric LaCosse

Columbia Club Award for High Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies and Rail Europe Travel Award for UIC Summer Study Abroad in Berlin

Michelle Linton

Excellence in Teaching Award

Adolfo Luna

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin and Departmental Book Award

Michaela Martin

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin and Departmental Award for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Stephanie Mayer

Departmental Award for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Christopher Mueller

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin and Departmental Book Award

Jeffrey Munie

Departmental Award for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Sara Nack

Departmental Award for Achievement in Undergraduate Germanic Studies

Anna Pajak

Departmental Book Award

Kateryne Pavlyuk

Departmental Book Award

Rory Preston

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin

Jonathan Tillotson

Excellence in Teaching Award; Humboldt Universität Exchange Stipend; Third Place in the Graduate Student Research Symposium

Randy Wen

Departmental Book Award

Malerie Wolke

Max Kade Travel Grants for Summer Study Abroad in Berlin and Departmental Book Award

Allyson Zelewsky

Departmental Book Award


History

Student’s Name

Award

Somaiyya Ahmad

Goodman Prize

Adrienne Phelps Coco

Robert V. Remini Scholarship

Stephanie Baker

Marion Miller Dissertation Fellowship

Catherine Jaquet

Dean’s Scholar Award

Emily LaBarbera-Twarog

Marion Miller Dissertation Fellowship

John Webb

Abraham Lincoln Fellowship


Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

Student’s Name

Award

Megan Diaz

Abraham Lincoln Fellowship

Marc Kjerland

Graduate Student Teaching Prize

Sarah Jane McMahon

Louise Hay Award

Matthew Rohn

Nicholas A. Yassan Award

Tess Snyder

Bernard Kurtin Scholarship

Wei Zheng

Dean's Scholar Award


Philosophy

Student’s Name

Award

Joshua Norton

Provost's Award

Burkay Ozturk

Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship

David Potts

Ruth Marcus Award

Tiziana Vistarini

Provost's Award

Aleksei Zarnitsyn

Best Teaching Award


Physics

                                 

Student’s Name

Award

Joel Berger

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

Jeremy Callner

James Kouvel Fellowship

Utpal Chatterjee

Outstanding Thesis Award in Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Brian Clark

Ogden Livermore Scholarship

Stephen Fahey

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

Yutao Gong

Paul M. Raccah Award for Doctoral Studies in Physics and a University Fellowship

Michael Greco

Sivananthan Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Shahab Khan

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

Natalie Krzyzanowski

UIContest

Nouamane Laanait

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

Craig Lenon

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

John McCorkindale

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

David Migas

Seymour Margulies Scholarship

Adam Schuman

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship

Chen Shi

Inder P. and Uma Batra Physics Undergraduate Award

Nicholas Spizzirri

UIC Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Initiative

Weronika Walcosz

Dean’s Fellowship and the Physics Provost's Award


Political Science

Student’s Name

Award

Elyse Conklin

Milton Rakove Memorial Award

John French

Dean’s Scholar Award

Elisabeth Muhlenberg

Provost’s Award

Matt Powers

Milton Rakove Memorial Award

Dana Williams

Ron Brown Memorial Award


Psychology

Student’s Name

Award

Annette Brown

Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Psychology

Ebony Burnside

Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship

Angela Dizzonne

Olive and Alfred Kuehn Scholarship

Margaret Espino

Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Psychology

Jennifer Graham

Olive and Alfred Kuehn Scholarship

Rhoda Jamadar

Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Grant for Undergraduate Research

Masha Reider

2009 Caterpillar and Kabbes Undergraduate Excellence Award

Tom Vadakara

Nancy Hirschberg Memorial Prize for Undergraduate Excellence in Psychology


Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese

Student’s Name

Award

Steve Buttes

Provost's Award and the Audrey Lumsdey-Kouvel Fellowship

Andrea Castellucio

Ruth El Saffar Literary Essay Award

Eugenio DiStefano

Dean's Scholar Award

Claire Hoffman

Departmental Distinction

Sergio Ramos

Departmental Distinction


Sociology

Student’s Name

Award

Amy Brainer

David P. Street Master’s Paper Prize

Joe Gooch

Undergraduate Student Research Forum Sociology Division, Third Prize

Christina Hayford

Undergraduate Student Research Forum Sociology Division, Honorable Mention

Loren Henderson

David P. Street Master’s Paper Prize and an Abraham Lincoln Fellowship

Zachary Neal

David P. Street Dissertation Award

Rebecca Wilkening

Undergraduate Student Research Forum Sociology Division, Second Prize

Dana Williams

Department of Sociology Undergraduate Student Award


 
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