>> Calendar of Events

>> Academic Calendar

>> Media Inquiries

>> Faculty Experts


>> Barnard Facts

>> News Archive

>> Barnard Bulletin

>> WBAR: Barnard College Radio

>> Columbia Spectator


>> Columbia Record

 

Prizes, Fellowships, and Honors awarded in 2008-2009

Rebecca Ajodan, ’08: Co-recipient, Alpha Zeta Club Graduate Scholarship for advanced study in graduate or professional school
                                               
Ekaterina Alexandrova, ’09: Lucyle Hook Travel Grant; co-recipient, Anne Davidson Fellowship for continuing interest in conservation
                                   
Talia Arbit, ’10: Eleanor Keller Prize for a junior in courses of French literature
                                               
Misheal Artani, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
                                               
Camille Avestruz, ’09: Henry A. Boorse Prize to a senior in physics           
                                   
Elizabeth Ayre, ’12: Co-recipient, William Pepperell Montague Prize for best performance in an introduction to philosophy course by a first-year or sophomore                                               
Salima Bahri, Feb. ’11: Co-recipient, William Pepperell Montague Prize for best performance in an introduction to philosophy course by a first-year or sophomore
                                               
Marissa Barbaro, ’11: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in biology                                               
Kseniya Barkova, ’09: Co-recipient, Katharine E. Provost Memorial Prize for superior work by a major in economics
                                               
Sarah Bartges, ’09: Henry Sharp Prize to a major in environmental science                                               
Jenna Bass, ’11: American Chemical Society's Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for work in analytical chemistry; Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in Chemistry
                                   
Laura Benton, ’11: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in biology                                               
Sarah Besnoff, ’09: Frank Gilbert Bryson Prize for contribution to Barnard life                                               
Alexandra Boggs, ’09: Co-recipient, Eleanor Keller Prize for seniors in French culture courses
                                               
Alison Borochoff-Porte, ’10: Spring 2009 Political Science Quarterly Prize for analytical writing on public or international affairs
                                               
Ayelet Boussi, ’09: Millennial Psychology Prize for continuing studies in psychology or a related discipline
           
Danielle Boyda, ’11: Co-recipient, Isabelle De Wyzewa Prize to the student who writes the best composition in one of the following courses: “Major French Texts” or “The Culture of France”           

Sloane Bratter, ’09: Aileen Mejia Pratt Arts Grant
           
Alexis Braverman, ’09: Jane S. Gould Prize in Women's Studies
           
Emma Brockway, ’10: Co-recipient, Bertha Vapnek Undergraduate History Research Fellowship
           
Robin Broder, ’09: Lillian Berle Dare Prize for a senior who will continue to study in geography or a related field
           
Nadia Bulkin, ’09: Fall 2008 Political Science Quarterly Prize for analytical writing on public or international affairs; Katherine Reeve Girard Prize to a student whose interests are in the international aspects of a major

Elise Caldarola, ’10: Co-recipient, Bettina Buonocore Salvo Prize for achievement in Italian
           
Catherine Calhoun, ’09: Ida Markewich Lawrence Prize for the best paper in psychology by a major
           
Reni Calister, ’11: Marian Churchill White Prize for a sophomore who has participated actively in student affairs
           
Samantha Carlin, ’09: John Demos Prize in American Studies; co-recipient, Helen Prince Memorial Prize in dramatic composition

Giuseppe Castellano, CC: Co-recipient, Jean Willard Tatlock Memorial Prize for Latin
           
Helen Cespedes, ’09: 2008 Norton Scholar's Prize for an undergraduate essay on a literary topic
           
Christine Chang, Feb. ’09: Co-recipient, Constance Von Wahl Prize for excellence in biology
           
Iona Chapman, ’08: Co-recipient, Alpha Zeta Club Graduate Scholarship for advanced study in graduate or professional school
             
Amy Chen, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Sarah Chien, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Salwa Chowdhury, ’11: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in psychology
           
Shenjuti Chowdhury, ’09: Co-recipient, Alpha Zeta Club Graduate Scholarship for advanced study in graduate or professional school
           
Caitlin Clarke, ’10: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for spring 2009 for study in Senegal           

Nicolette Cocco, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in biological sciences
           
Gemma Corrigan, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Jamie D'Amico, ’09: Co-recipient, Beth Niemi Memorial Prize for a senior majoring in economics; Alena Wels Hirschorn Prize for the best essay by a senior on a subject of domestic or international economics

Ann Danis, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Morgana Davids, ’10: First Prize, Eleanor Thomas Elliott Prizes for overall academic record, integrity, and good citizenship
           
Viviana De Oliveira, ’11: Co-recipient, Helen Marie Carlson French Prize for the best composition in fourth-term French
           
Alyssa DeSocio, ‘09: Eugene H. Byrne History Prize to a major in history
           
Sarah DeWitt, ’09: Co-recipient, Grace Potter Rice Fellowship for graduate study in the natural sciences or mathematics
           
Kamini Doobay, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in environmental science
           
Elizabeth Durst, ’11: German Prize
           
Rose Eason, ’09: Mary E. Allison Prize for general excellence in scholarship; Virginia B. Wright Art History Prize for the most promising senior majoring in art history

Melika Edquist, ’10: Co-recipient, Rosemary Thomas Prize for sensitivity and awareness in the study of French poetic literature
           
Anna Ehrlich, ’11: Donald and Nancy Ritchie Fund Grant for biological study or research (summer, 2008)
                       
Marina Evans, ’09: Ethel Stone LeFrak Prize for excellence in a field of the arts; Speranza Italian Prize for excellence in Italian
           
Lauren Everett, ’11: John Day Memorial Prize for a sophomore in Greek and Latin           
           
Keely Faulkner, ’10: Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
                       
Aliza Fenster, ’12: Co-recipient, William Pepperell Montague Prize for best performance in an introduction to philosophy course by a first-year or sophomore
                       
Brittney Field, ’09: Co-recipient, Katharine E. Provost Memorial Prize for superior work by a major in economics
                       
Allison Foilb, ’11: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in psychology
                       
Sydney Frosch, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship           
           
Charity Garner, ’12: Sylvia Kopald Selekman Prize in introductory economics
                       
Kathleen Goble, ’09: Barbara Ann Liskin Memorial Prize to a premedical student committed to women's issues and patient care; Fulbright grant for a year of research in Spain
           
Debora Goldschmiedt, ’09: Spiera Family Prize for promise of excellence in the field of biology
                       
Michele Guide, ’09: Co-recipient, Grace Potter Rice Fellowship for graduate study in the natural sciences or mathematics
                       
Aja Hazelhoff, ’09: Co-recipient, Anne Davidson Fellowship for continuing interest in conservation
                       
Julia Heifets, Feb. ’10: Co-recipient, Howard M. Teichmann Writing Prize; Third Place (co-recipient), Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Poetry; co-recipient, Rosemary Thomas Prize for sensitivity and awareness in the study of French poetic literature

Virginia Hiner, ’12: Co-recipient, Helen Marie Carlson French Prize for the best composition in fourth-term French
                       
Megan Holland, ’10: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for spring 2009 for study in Egypt
                       
Natalie Howlett, ’10: Bernice G. Segal Summer Research Internship for supervised research in the sciences
            
Denisse Izquierdo, 11: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in biology
           
Elzbieta Jacek, ’10: Gertrude Bunger Zufall Award for a Barnard premedical student entering her senior year
           
Kiana Jannesari, ’09: Co-recipient, Isabelle De Wyzewa Prize to the student who writes the best composition in one of the following courses: “Major French Texts” or “The Culture of France”           

Nanette Jarenwattananon, Feb. ’11: American Chemical Society's Division of Polymer Chemistry Award for work in organic chemistry
           
Alexandra Jen, ’08: Lucy Moses Award to the premedical applicant most likely to provide service to the medically underserved
           
Annie Jeong, Feb. ’10: Herbert Maule Richards Fund Grant for botanical or general biological research (summer, 2008)
           
Wen Qi Jiang, ’10: Bernice G. Segal Summer Research Internship for supervised research in the sciences
            
Amy Johnson, ’09: Fulbright grant for a year of research in Nepal
           
Vanessa Johnson, Feb. ’09: Stephanie Lynn Kossoff Prize for noteworthy contribution in childhood education           

Payal Kapadia, ’09: Susan Riemer Sacks Prize for noteworthy contribution to secondary school classrooms
           
Celina Kelly, ’09: Co-recipient, Doris E. Fleischman Prize for the best short piece, fiction or non-fiction
           
Liang Ying Koh, ’10: Co-recipient, Bertha Vapnek Undergraduate History Research Fellowship
           
Madeline Kolbe-Saltzman, ’09: Phoebe Morrison Memorial Prize to a political science major planning to attend law school
           
Melanie Kress, ’09: CJC Grant in the Arts; Nancy Hoffman Prize to a student who plans to enter museum or gallery work or art conservatorship

Akil Kumarasamy, ’10: Honorable Mention (co-recipient), Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction
Elizabeth Landesberg, ’09: Lucyle Hook Travel Grant
                       
Annette LaRocco, ’10: Second Prize, Eleanor Thomas Elliott Prizes for overall academic record, integrity, and good citizenship
                       
Lan Angela Li, ’10: Co-recipient, Bertha Vapnek Undergraduate History Research Fellowship; Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for fall 2008 for study in the United Kingdom
           
Janice Liu, ’09: Maura Shannon Barrett Internship for research in biology and/or health (summer, 2008)
                       
Alexandra Loizzo, ’09: Co-recipient, Sidney Miner Poetry Prize in the reading, writing, and study of poetry
                       
Jessica Lowry, ’09: Co-recipient, W. Cabell Greet Prize to a major for excellence in English; Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Prose; co-recipient, George Welwood Murray Graduate Fellowship in the humanities and/or the social sciences

Cecilia Magnusson, ’09: Co-recipient, Eleanor Keller Prize for seniors in French culture courses
                       
Abigail Marcus, ’09: Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Poetry; co-recipient, Sidney Miner Poetry Prize in the reading, writing, and study of poetry
           
Lauren Matthews, ’09: CJC Grant in the Arts
                       
Mia Mattioli, ’09: Co-recipient, Hermann Botanical Prize for the most proficient undergraduate student in biology
                       
Kathleen McNamara, ’09: Co-recipient, Howard M. Teichmann Writing Prize; Second Place, Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction
           
Kate Miles, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
                       
Chelsea Miller, ’10: Frederic G. Hoffherr Prize for oral French
                       
Deena Mitlak, ’12: Co-recipient, CRC Press General Chemistry Achievement Award           
           
Nicole Mizrahi, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in chemistry
                       
Xiao Yu Mo, ’09: Travel Grant from Eli Lilly and the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemists, New York Chapter Prize to an outstanding student of chemistry
Emily Montrose, ’11: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for 2008-2009 for study in Taiwan
                       
Sophia Moreno-Bunge, ’09: Aileen Mejia Pratt Arts Grant
                       
Xuan Huy Nguyen, ’10: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for spring 2009 for study in China
                       
Anne Norrick, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in physics and astronomy
                       
Justine Ordinario, ’09: Hollingworth Prize for an outstanding research project in psychology           
           
Gizem Ozcelik, ’10: Co-recipient, Amy Loveman Memorial Poetry Prize; Honorable Mention (co-recipient), Lenore Marshall Barnard Poetry Prize; Honorable Mention (co-recipient), Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction

Anna Parnes, ’09: Gertrude Braun Rich Prize for promise of excellence by a student majoring in philosophy; William Pepperell Montague Prize for the best senior essay by a graduating major in philosophy
           
Julia Phillips, ’10: Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction
                       
Joyce Pieretti, ’09: Co-recipient, Hermann Botanical Prize for the most proficient undergraduate student in biology
                       
Maya Popa, ’11: Co-recipient, Amy Loveman Memorial Poetry Prize; Honorable Mention (co-recipient), Lenore Marshall Barnard Poetry Prize
           
Florida Qello, ’10: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for fall 2008 for study in Italy
                       
Jessica Reinis, ’09: Ann Barrow Hamilton Memorial Prize in Journalism
                        
Cindy Reyes, ’10: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for spring 2009 for study in the Dominican Republic
                       
Elisa Rigol, ’12: Co-recipient, Margaret Kenney Jensen Prize in Mathematics
                       
Kelly Rodal, ’09: Co-recipient, Dean Prize in German
                       
Melissa Rodriguez, Feb. ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in psychology
                       
Katherine Rooney, ’10: Weatherhead Undergraduate Training Grant for summer research in China
                                               
Olivia Rosane, ’09: Co-recipient, William Haller Prize for excellence in the study of English literature; Third Place, Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction; Saint Agatha-Muriel Bowden Prize for the study of Chaucer and medieval literature; co-recipient, Howard M. Teichmann Writing Prize; Schwimmer Prize for outstanding graduating seniors in the humanities

Alexandra Roudenko, ’09: Ida and John Kauderer Prize to a premedical student majoring in chemistry
                                               
Maya Rudolph, ’09: Co-recipient, William Haller Prize for excellence in the study of English literature
                                               
Katherine Ryan, ’09: CJC Grant in the Arts
                                               
Allegra Sachs, ’11: Co-recipient, Bettina Buonocore Salvo Prize for achievement in Italian
                                               
Jennifer Schloss, ’09: American Institute of Chemists, New York Chapter Prize to an outstanding student of biochemistry
                                               
Elana Seplow, ’09: Burns Society Prize for the best paper on a topic related to the poetry of Robert Burns; co-recipient, Helene Searcy Puls Poetry Prize
                                   
Ruchi Shah, ’10: Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Undergraduate Summer Fellowship; co-recipient, Alena Wels Hirschorn Prize for the best essay by a junior on a subject of domestic or international economics
                                   
Marguerite Sheffer, Feb. ’09: Honorable Mention (co-recipient), Peter S. Prescott Prize for a work of prose fiction
                                               
Hanna Silva, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in psychology                                               
Raia Small, ’09: Ellen Davis Goldwater History Prize to a major in history                                               
Ashley Smith, ’09: CJC Grant in the Arts           
                                   
Jade Smith, ’09: Lucyle Hook Travel Grant
                                               
Irene Soto, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship           
                                   
Ilene Spitzer, ’09: Co-recipient, Beth Niemi Memorial Prize for a senior majoring in economics
                                               
Mollie Stein, ’10: Co-recipient, Margaret Kenney Jensen Prize in Mathematics
           
Emma Steinberg, ’09: Maura Shannon Barrett Internship for research in biology and/or health (summer, 2008)
           
Erin Steiner, ’09: Co-recipient, Helen Prince Memorial Prize in dramatic composition
           
Charlotte Steinhardt, ’09: Estelle M. Allison Prize for excellence in literature
           
Dakota Straub, ’09: Co-recipient, Doris E. Fleischman Prize for the best short piece, fiction or non-fiction
           
Linda Suen, ’10: Marie Reimer Prize awarded at the end of the junior year to a major in chemistry
           
Anna Surbatovich, ’09: Co-recipient, Dean Prize in German
           
Anne Taylor, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Julia Tolentino, ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in chemistry
           
Olga Turanova, ’09: Kohn Mathematical Prize for a senior
           
Stephanie Turner, ’09: Co-recipient, W. Cabell Greet Prize to a major for excellence in English
           
Jill Usdan, ’09: Kenneth Janes Prize in Theatre           

Talia Varonos-Pavlopoulos, GS: Co-recipient, Jean Willard Tatlock Memorial Prize for Latin
           
Alison Von Glinow, ’09: Marcia Mead Design Award for excellence in architectural design; Josephine Paddock Fellowship for graduate study in art

Ul Weena, ’12: Co-recipient, CRC Press General Chemistry Achievement Award
           
Shannon Weiner, ’10: Annette Kar Baxter Memorial Prize to a junior for the study of some aspect of women's experience
           
Ruth Weiss, ’09: Caroline Gallup Reed Prize in religion; co-recipient, George Welwood Murray Graduate Fellowship in the humanities and/or the social sciences

Ashley Wells, ’09: Co-recipient, Constance Von Wahl Prize for excellence in biology; Helen R. Downes Prize for promise of distinction in medicine or the medical sciences

Hallie Wells, ’09: Co-recipient, Helene Searcy Puls Poetry Prize; Third Place (co-recipient), Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Poetry

Danielle Wiener-Bronner, ’10: Co-recipient, Alena Wels Hirschorn Prize for the best essay by a junior on a subject of domestic or international economics
           
Tara Willis, ’09: Co-recipient, Helene Searcy Puls Poetry Prize; Second Place, Lenore Marshall Barnard Prize for Poetry

Shira Wisotsky, ’09: Jo Green Iwabe Prize for active participation in the academic and extracurricular life of the College
           
Courtney Wong, ’09: Ethel Stone LeFrak Prize to a senior for creative writing in Music
           
Alexandra Woodward, ’10: Tow Research Fellowship
           
Kimberly Wu, Feb. ’10: Howard Hughes Science Research Internship in environmental science
           
Elaine Yeung, ’09: CJC Grant in the Arts           

Yuan Yuan, ’11: Weatherhead Undergraduate Training Grant for summer research in China
           
Haley Zamer, ’10: Edna Henry Bennett Memorial Fund Grant for summer study at a biological research station (summer, 2008)
           

Chelsea Zimmerman, ’10: Arthur Liman Public Interest Law Undergraduate Summer Fellowship

©2008 Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 | 212-854-5262 | Send Your Comments