In addition to university honors, departments may also award honors to their graduating students. Graduating students in Continuing Education can receive these honors from the college that has jurisdiction over their major. Faculty members in the student’s major or interdisciplinary committees may recommend their graduates for honors to recognize outstanding achievement in their field.
To qualify for such honors, graduates must complete a minimum of 24 credits in their major at the university and fulfill any honors requirements as specified by colleges, departments or interdisciplinary committees in their field. To receive honors, a student must have a 3.25 to 3.99 grade point average in all major courses taken at the university with no grade lower than a B. For high honors, students must have a 4.0 grade point average in all courses taken in their major at the university.

Doctoral Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Steven R. Williams Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: Alexandra Collias (2023) 

Chemistry

  • Edward L. McCaffery Memorial Scholarship: Netolpitiya Gamage Hasitha Raviranga 
  • Sukant Tripathy Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Materials & Polymer Science: Netolpitiya Gamage Hasitha Raviranga 
  • Tripathy Memorial Endowed Summer Graduate Fellowship: Priyanka Biswas 
  • Mark Elliot Outstanding Student Award for Polymer Science Research: Priyanka Biswas 

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Department Service Award: Thad Potter (2019) and Tyler Iorizzo (2020) 
  • First Year Graduate Student Award: Spasen Chaykov (2019) and Emery Doucet (2018) 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Spasen Chaykov (2023) and Tyler Iorizzo (2022) 

Master's Awards

Mathematical Sciences

  • Mathematics Graduate Scholarship: Ryan Brown (2022, 2023) and Rebecca Mendum (2023, 2024) 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Rebecca Mendum (2023, 2024) 

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Department Service Award: Sean Byrne (2024) and Charmi S. Patel (2024)
  • First Year Graduate Student Award: Guangfeng Yu (2023)
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant
    • Brendan Bowen (2019) 
    • Ariana Liles (2021) 
    • Ryan Williams (2022) 

Undergraduate Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Academic Achievement Award 
    • Michaela Dillon (2024) 
    • George Gikas (2024) 
    • Rose Peters (2024) 
    • Leah Solh (2024) 
  • Salem Zach Elias Award: Caroline DeSouza (2023) 
  • Mark Hines Memorial Scholarship Award Gabriel Muniz (2022) 
  • Outstanding Graduating Scholar Award: Michaela Dillon (2024) and Leah Solh (2024) 
  • Undergraduate Student Research Award: Gabriel Muniz (2023) and Caroline DeSouza (2024) 

Chemistry

  • John and Abigail Adams Scholarship: Tyler Palazzo  and Trang Vy Bui 
  • American Institute of Chemists Award: Silas Bollen 
  • Aruda Family Endowed Scholarship Fund: Victoria M. Cignotti 
  • Charles K. Chiklis and Joan M. Chiklis Endowment Fund: Kamryn Dubray  and Lilia M. Wooding 
  • Roland Derby Scholarship: Tyler Palazzo  
  • Gilman Scholarship: Trang Vy Bui 
  • Charles J. Hoff Scholarship: Victoria M. Cignotti 
  • Immersive Scholars Award: Kamryn Dubray  
  • LaTorre Family Endowed Scholarship Fund: Victoria M. Cignotti 
  • Massachusetts High Deman Scholarship: Victoria M. Cignotti 
  • Raymond Lewis Matthews Memorial Scholarship: Lilia M. Wooding 
  • New England Textile Foundation Scholarship: Sarah Dawes  
  • O’Connor Family Scholarship: Trang Vy Bui 
  • Louis Olney Book Scholarship: Tyler Palazzo  
  • Samuel Profio Memorial Scholarship: Sarah Dawes  
  • Allen Scattergood Award
    • Sarah Dawes  
    • Tyler Palazzo  
    • Trang Vy Bui 
  • William Segall Scholarship: Tyler Palazzo  
  • Edwin C. Sherburne Memorial Scholarship Endowment: Kamryn Dubray  
  • Russell Weeks Hook Scholarship: Victoria M. Cignotti and Trang Vy Bui 
  • Summer GPS Scholarship: Victoria M. Cignotti 

Computer Science

  • 2024 Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year: Anthony Terravecchia
  • 2022 DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge Fan Favorite Award: Zuhair Shaikh 
  • Student Committee for National Society of Black Engineers 2024: Paschal Ojatabu 
  • Computer Science 25th Anniversary Fund: Mimi Tran 
  • Bryon Drigian Memorial Scholarship: Bikash Shrestha and Anson Cheang 
  • Brianna T. Gainly and Ryan C. Hart Teamwork Scholarship Fund: Andrew Allman 
  • Gilman Scholarship: Hang Monineth  
  • Professor Georges Grinstein Endowed Scholarship Fund: Hunter Hasenfus 
  • Professor Patrick D. Krolak Innovation Scholarship
    • Yuka Akiyama 
    • Andrew Allman 
    • Anson Cheang 
    • Arthur Rosa 
    • Gabriel Shahrouzi 
  • Martin J. Schedlbauer Computer Science Endowment: Sindhuja Ghale 
  • Massachusetts High Demand Scholarship: Jordy Guzman Alcaraz 
  • Shulman Fund for Excellence in Computer Science
    • Andrew Allman 
    • Sindhuja Ghale 
    • Shawn Jordan 
    • Arthur Rosa 
    • Habib Sheikh 
    • Javier Solares 
    • Eric Ta 
  • Tsongas Scholarship: Hang Monineth  
  • Ziagos Family Endowment Fund Scholarship: Bikash Shrestha 

Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science: Alex Dickinson 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science: Zoe Labadie 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Science in Geoscience: Francis O’Brien 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Science Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences: Joshua Polen 
  • Robert C. Curtis Founders Scholarship: Nicholas Hurter 
  • Dan Golomb Scholarship: Zoe Labadie and Kelly Penniman 

Mathematical Sciences

  • Doerr Scholarship: Andrew Russell (2022, 2023) 
  • Fleming Scholarship: Steven Tang (2021, 2022) and Nhuy Phan (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Richardson/Bedell Scholarship
    • Cassidy Mottola (2022,2023, 2024) 
    • Geoffrey Lattanzi (2022, 2023) 
    • Beth Sullivan (2021, 2022) 
  • Professor Bernard and Yana Shapiro Scholarship: Jessica D’Antona (2022, 2023) and Andrew Russell (2023, 2024) 
  • Zamanakos Scholarship 
    • Albert Farah (2022, 2023) 
    • Zachary Westin (2021, 2022, 2023) 
    • Tanya Kieu (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
    • Beth Sullivan (2022, 2023, 2024) 

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Daniel Cole Endowed Physics Scholarship
    • Albert Farah (2022) 
    • Daniel Maienza (2023) 
    • Margaret Tseng (2023) 
  • Mansur Physics Scholarship: Albert Farah (2023) 
  • Mingins Award: Albert Farah (2024) and Margaret Tseng (2024) 
  • Ye Yung Teng Memorial Scholarship: Margaret Tseng (2022
  • Russell V. LeClaire Endowed Scholarship: Michael Wooldridge (2022) 

Honors College

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awards these baccalaureate students in the Kennedy College of Sciences within the Honors College the Commonwealth Honors distinction on their degrees. 
  • Yuka Akiyama
  • Kaitlin Blake
  • Silas Bollen
  • Aidan Borowsky
  • Trang Vy Bui
  • Jamie-Lyn Cavallon
  • Victoria Cignotti
  • Sean Cox
  • Dylan Crawford
  • Jessica D’Antona
  • Michaela Katherine Dillon
  • Hayden Dolan
  • James Downing III
  • Kamryn Annette Dubray
  • Albert Rachid Farah
  • Julianne Gath
  • George Gikas
  • Geoffrey Higgins
  • John Holden
  • Nicholas Hurter
  • Steven Huynh
  • Doa Rabia Jamal
  • Tanya Kieu
  • TYea Kushmerek
  • Kien Kuzlotsky
  • Jason S. Lucier
  • Seyedsepher Madani
  • Nayelis Manon
  • William D. Miguel
  • Heather Wright Milano
  • Genevieve Marie Monico
  • Cassidy Jade Mottola
  • Victoria Munroe
  • Daniella Ohiri
  • Patrick O’Keefe
  • Ruth Opare-Darko
  • Kanitha Ork
  • Aya Oulal
  • James Peckham
  • Rose Claire Peters
  • Joshua Polen
  • Nicholas Pulsone Jr.
  • Andrew Russell
  • Will Shahbazian
  • Lea Solh
  • Elizabeth Staugler
  • Layne Thistlewood
  • Nhu Tran
  • Adarcy’Len Williams
  • Mya Winslow
  • Lilia Marie Wooding
  • Michael Wooldridge
  • Alejandra Zambrano