Khoury College
Past Award Winners
Find the accomplished faculty, students, and alumni who have won Khoury College and Northeastern University awards over the years.
Past award winners
Undergraduate awards
Community Service Award
- Sara Takhim (2024)
- Anusha Arora (2023)
- Ryan Drew (2022)
- Isabel Tripp (2021)
- Ayeon Lee (2020)
- Caitlin Matuszak (2018)
- Kaila Corrington (2017)
- Catherine Patchell (2016)
Teaching Award
- Nadine AlMuasher (2024)
- Amanda Bell (2023)
- Rahul Toppur (2022)
- Kyle Sferrazza (2021)
- Kevin Liang (2020)
- Catherine McLean (2019)
- Milo Davis (2018)
- Matthew Singer (2017)
- Rebecca MacKenzie (2016)
Research Award
- William Cutler (2024)
- Michael Delmonaco (2023)
- Xuyang Li (2022)
- Ramzi Talhouk (2021)
- Dustin Jamner (2020)
- Kurran Singh (2019)
- Jake Campolo (2018)
- James Larisch (2017)
- Gary Soeller (2016)
Outstanding Co-op Award
- Garrett Michiels (2024)
- Floris Dobber (2023)
- Kevin Hui (2022)
- Lucas Calero Forero (2021)
- David Dworken (2020)
- Marina Moskowitz (2019)
- William Meehan (2018)
- Julie Nergararian (2017)
Master's awards
Community Service Award
- Cecilia Lopez (2024)
- Kristine Nnemka Umeh (2023)
- Rajwinder Singh (2022)
- Akriti Chadda (2021)
- Amel Nestor Docena (2020)
- Philip Parker (2018)
- Avanti Patil (2017)
Teaching Award
- Chaitanya Gokhale (2024)
- Haotian Shen (2023)
- Maria Clara Soares Bezerra (2022)
- Kevin Chiu (2021)
- Derek Ching (2020)
- Daniel Patterson (2019)
- Justin Koser (2018)
- Deborah Olusanya (2017)
- Shruti Patankar (2016)
Research Award
- Zhiyuan (David) Yang (2024)
- Sumukh Vasisht Shankar (2023)
- Ian Dardik (2022)
- Chintan Shah (2021)
- Max New (2020)
- Chin Ho Lee (2019)
- Arash Molavi Kakhki (2018)
PhD awards
Community Service Award
- Jane Adams (2024)
- Peter Ivanov (2023)
- Alexi Turcotte (2022)
- Sophie Eleni Spatharioti (2021)
- William Bowman (2017)
- Benjamin Greenman (2016)
Teaching Award
- Cameron Moy (2024)
- Seth Pate (2023)
- Benjamin Nye (2022)
- Ariel Hamlin (2021)
- Britton Horn (2017)
- Jaideep Ramachandran (2016)
Research Award
- Nikolaos Tziavelis (2024)
- Willy Quach (2023)
- Lydia Zakynthinou (2022)
- Albert Cheu (2021)
- Amirali Sanatinia and Sashank Narain (2017)
- Kaan Onarlioglu (2016)
Faculty recognition: Teaching
The Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award
- David Bau (2024)
- Saiph Savage (2023)
- Paul Hand (2022)
- Byron Wallace (2021)
- Alina Oprea (2020)
- Jonathan Ullman (2019)
Best Teacher/Teacher of the Year Award
- Matt Higger (2024)
- Richard Hoshino (2023)
- Mike Shah (2022)
- Laney Strange (2021)
- John Rachlin (2020)
- Nate Derbinsky (2019)
- Rajmohan Rajamaran (2018)
- Ben Lerner (2017)
- Jose Annunziato (2016)
Faculty recognition: Research and Broadening Participation
Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research
- Saiph Savage (2024)
Outstanding Senior Researcher
- Engin Kirda
Outstanding Junior Researcher
- Soheil Behnezhad (2024)
Broadening Participation in Computing
- Jonathan Mwaura (2024)
Staff awards
Rising Star
- Alex Gonzalez (2024)
Leadership
- Mahya Payamshad (2024)
Mentorship
- Kim Gubelman (2024)
Broadening Participation in Computing
- Tyré Richards (2024)
Khoury College recipients of university awards
Huntington 100
The Huntington 100 recognizes Northeastern undergraduates who truly embody the mission, ideals, and values of the University.
- 2024 (spring): James Chang-Davidson, William Cutler, Jona Fejzaj, Will Hanvey, Taeyoon (Kevin) Jin, Jocelyn Ju, Hunter Rudnet, Aarshiya Sachdeva, Erica Sammarco, Sara Takhim
2024 (fall): Elissa Alarmani, Shannen Espinosa, Amirah Ibrahim, Jonah Jaffe, Shruti Kedharnath, Elizabeth McDowell, Alexis Musaelyan-Blackmon, Jeffrey Pan, Wanru Shao, Maha Sidi, Sebastian Tremblay, Daniel Vahey - 2023: Anusha Arora, Kriston Barnes, Satwik Kamarthi, Devon Levi, Shital Waters
- 2022: Max Daniels, Sara Di Bartolomeo. Unnat Goenka, Chloe Gold, Maitreyee Joshi, Margaret Morehead, Conner Nilsen, Harsh Sethia, William Stenzel, Rahul Suryadevara, Jaana Dominique Tabalon
- 2021: Luis Bechara Romero, Lucas Calero Forero, Jennifer Der, Dania Alnahdi, Harrison Hur, Nupur Neogi, Daniel Rassaby, Ifteda Ahmed-Syed, Devina Raithatha
- 2020: Marley Arborico, Suzanne Becker, William Becker, Kathryn Busemeyer, Julien Cherry, Vyshnavi Chunduru, Matthew Cook, Dhaval Dedhia, Eric Lehman, Kevin Liang, Anuj Modi, Tina Wu
- 2019: Elliot Bensabat, Nicholas Bond, Li Breite, Daniel Cohen, John Compitello, Alice Ding, Joshua Driesman, Bahar Haji-Sheikhi, Catherine McLean, Jessica Merritt, Brenna Sorkin, Emily Trinh, Charles Zheng
- 2018: Sameer Barde, Jake Campolo, Milo Davis, Maxwell Donkoh, Matthew Dunn, Adam Markon, Caitlin Matuszak, Katherine McDonough, William Meehan, Marina Moskowitz, Nicholas Rioux, Kurran Singh, Theodore Tsapakos
- 2017: Kaila Corrington, Brian Desnoyers, Elliot Horen, Grace Kampa, Kurt Marcinkiewicz, Erika McVey, Julie Nergararian, Raymond O’Connor, Tevin Otieno, Shivanjali Singh
- 2016: Durward Benham, Daniel Calacci, Joshua Caron, Christopher Flood, Katie Gilligan, Martha Hamlin, Alexander Horst, Rebecca MacKenzie, Daniel Moran, Catherine Patchell, Timothy Sakharov, Tiffany Seeber, Kathryne Soldau, Eric Tyler, Chung Vuong
Laurel and Scroll
Laurel and Scroll 100, established in 2024, honors exceptional graduate students across the Northeastern network.
- 2024: Spencer Belsky, Daniel Bi, Ziyun Chen, Vidya Ganesh, Tom Henehan, Niyati Khandelwal, Peiying Li, LeAnn Mendoza, Annie Pates, Shagun Saboo, Manikhanta Praphul Samavedam
Compass Award
The Compass Award recognizes exemplary seniors who demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.
- James Chang-Davidson (2024)
- Meera Whitson (2023)
- Fiona McCrae (2022)
- Felicia Zhang (2021)
- Marley Arborico (2020)
- Jessica Merritt (2019)
- Elliot Horan (2018)
- Shivaanjali Singh (2017)
- Jeffrey Wallace (2016)
Fulbright Scholarship
Fulbrights are awarded to exceptional students to research, study, or teach English abroad, to foster diplomacy and mutual understanding between the US and other countries.
- Maxwell Pirtle (2024)
- Michael Nelson (2023)
- Daniel Russotto (2018)
Hodgkinson Award
The Hodgkinson Award recognizes top students on the basis of academic and experiential performance, and selections are made by a faculty committee.
- Tejas Sathyamurthi (2023)
- Max Daniels (2022)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who will pursue research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.
- Diego Rivera, Sabra Sisler, Neel Sortur, Stanley Wu (2024)
- Derek Egolf, Liam Pavlovic, Alyssa Smith (2023)
Sears B. Condit
Honorees of this award, all juniors and seniors, receive a scholarship for outstanding scholastic achievement.
- Neeti Desai (2024)
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards (master’s and PhD)
- Diptendu Kar (master’s, teaching) 2024
- Ryan Muther (PhD, humanics) 2024
- LeAnn Mendoza (master’s, community impact) 2024