2006 Student Awards & Prizes
Graduate Awards
Dean's Awards for Distinguished Teaching
Jennifer Higginbotham, English
Andria Johnson, History and Sociology of Science
Julie-Francoise Kruidenier, Comparative Literature
László Kürti, Chemistry
Enkeleida Lakuriqi, Physics and Astronomy
Sarah Manekin, History
Michael McDuffee, Mathematics
Dahlia Porter, English
Jamie Taylor, Comparative Literature
Anthony Yuen, Economics
Dean's Scholars
Dorian Bell, Comparative Literature
Calder Daenzer, Mathematics
Angela Duckworth, Psychology
Daniel Harris, Classical Studies
Aaron Ilika, Romance Languages
Steven Jauss, Philosophy
Matthew Liebmann, Anthropology
Dolores Pizarro, South Asia Regional Studies
Grant Potts, Religious Studies
Georges Reniers, Demography
Undergraduate Awards
Dean's Scholars
Sujit Datta, Mathematics and Physics
Aleksey Dubilet, History
Sara Gorman, English
Elizabeth Gurney, Biology and Biochemistry
Robert A. Henderson, Biology and Economics
Steven Hershman, Biochemistry
Tara Kaufmann, Biochemistry and Comparative Literature
Andrea Seligman, African Studies and History
Jenny Suen, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages
and Civilizations, and Political Science
CGS Dean's Scholar
Isabel Boston, Humanities
General Prizes
Association of Alumnae Rosemary D. Mazzatenta Scholars Award:
Nataliya Biskup
Charles W. Burr Book Prize: Aleksey Dubilet, Matthew Berns
Abraham D. Cohn Prize: Miji Michelle Park
College Alumni Society 250th Commemoration Award: Jacquelin
S. King
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grants
Ernest M. Brown, Jr., M.D. /CAS Undergraduate Research Grant:
Jennifer Stellar
College Alumni Society Board of Managers and Presidents/CAS
Undergraduate Research Grant: Joanne Baron, Linshuang Lu,
Robert Scheyder, Kimberly Siegal
Allison Lazo Hallingby/CAS Undergraduate Research Grant:
Hadassa Sigel
Ruth Marcus Kanter/CAS Undergraduate Research Grant: Justin
Raphael, Ryan Tracy
Kelson Family/CAS Undergraduate Research Grant: Rebekah Flake,
Christina Gravatt
Kanta Marwah/CAS Undergraduate Research Grant: Amelia Duffy-Tumasz
Louis H. Castor M.D., C'48 Undergraduate Research Grant:
Cristina Suroiu
Millstein Family Undergraduate Research Grant: Amelia Aldao
Derish M. Wolf Undergraduate Research Grant: Gregory Berger,
Megan Birdsill, Mary Zeng
Pincus-Magaziner Family Undergraduate Research and Travel
Fund: Philip Berkman, Jessica Morton, Robert Rennert, Elise
Schweitzer, Jay Solomon, Alexandra Verini, Daria Zolotareva
Dean’s Endowed Research Award: Dave Hindin
Goldfeder Family Undergraduate Research Grant: Alice Tang
William A. Levi Travel Fellowship: Rachel Arnett, Maria Belenky,
Raisa Reyes, Monica Styles
Nassau Fund: Michelle Attner, Divya Bhatt, Rebecca Bixby,
Margaret Chang, Emmanuel Ergas, Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, Melissa
Fellman, Maryellen Guinan, Catherine Hulshof, Eamon Lorincz,
Elizabeth Lovelock, Caitlin McElroy, Livia Rurarz-Huygens
Rose Award: Divya Bhatt, Christina Gravatt, George Mendes-Tatsis
Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Challenge Award: Jason Beiger,
Elizabetta Matsumoto, Adam Roth, Lauren Zeitels
College of General Studies
Association of Alumnae Continuing Education Award: Anne-Marie
Bellshot
Ronald J. Caridi Award: Michael J. Geagan
Linda Bowen Santoro Award: Janice S. Brotman
Departmental, Center and Program Awards
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Louis Vederman Prize: Malachi Beit-Arie
African Studies Center
Nnamdi Azikiwe African Studies Prize: Nathan Piper
Es'kia Mphahlele African Studies Prize: Caitlin Charos
Center for Africana Studies
John Edgar Wideman Prize in Africana Studies: Israel Durham
W.E.B. Du Bois Prize in Africana Studies: Fatimah Muhammad
Sadie Tanner Alexander Prize in Africana Studies: Kimberly
Siegal
Raymond Pace Alexander Prize in Africana Studies: Fatimah
Muhammad
Center for Africana Studies Distinguished Student Prize:
Joanna Lane
Anthropology Department
Department of Anthropology Prize: Joanne P. Baron
Architecture
Wendy Evans Traveling Scholarship: Robert MacNeill
Biochemistry Program
Chair's Award: Lauren R. Zeitels
Founder’s Prize: Peera Jaru-Ampornpan
Helix Prize: Elizabeth P. Gurney
John C. Makris Memorial Award: Lauren V. Tang
Biological Basis of Behavior Program
Edward N. Pugh, Jr. Award: John Di Camillo, Jared Pisapia
Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing
Writing Apprenticeships in the Center for Programs in Contemporary
Writing: Patrick Morales-Doyle, Matthew Abess, Moira Moody
Critical Writing Program
Henry LaBarre Jayn Freshman Essay Prize: Kelly Xiayu Jin
Honorable Mentions: David Ashkenazi, Yonah Esterson, Morgan Rogers
Samuel P. and Ida S. Mandell Undergraduate Essay Contest:
First Place, Critical Essay Fiction and Poetry, Humanities: Thomas Lay
First Place, Critical Essay, Nonfiction, Humanities: Sharon Cantor
First Place, Ethnographic Essay: Sara Axelrod
First Place, Critical Essay, Interdisciplinary: Lindsay Fullerton
First Place, Critical Review: Mairin Cipolla
Creative Writing Program
College Alumni Society Poetry Prizes
First: Sam Donsky
Second: Kathryn Fleishman
Third: Pia Aliperti
Honorable Mention: Victoria Lees, Kara Daddario
Creative Writing Program Prize for Creative Nonfiction
First: Andrew Scott Dulberg
Second: Alicia Oltuski
Third: Danielle Hardoon
Honorable Mention: Eric Plunkett
Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing
First: Lindsey Rosin
Second: Robert Forman
Third: Stephen Robert Morse
Lillian and Benjamin Levy Award
First: Henry (Jim) Goldblum
Second: Matt Rosenbaum
Honorable Mention: Anna Levett
Phi Kappa Sigma Fiction Prize
First: Alicia Oltuski
Second: David Hindin
Third: Jane Sussman
Honorable Mentions: Aichlee Bushnell, Stephen Lewis
Ezra Pound Prize for Literary Translation: Adrian Khactu
William Carlos Williams Prize of the Academy of American Poets: Julia Bloch Kelly
Writers House
Andy Wolk screenwriting-directing symposium: Chelsea Albright, Michael Kleiman,
Linda Scott, Matthew Rosenbaum
Kerry Sherin Wright Prize: Jessica Lowenthal, Joshua Schuster
Writers House Junior Fellows Program: Roz Plotzker
Chemistry Department
Alpha Chi Sigma Award: Lauren Busekroos
American Chemical Society Award: Rachel Kohn
American Institute of Chemists Medal Award: Raymond Hsu
Merck and Company, Inc. Award: Ethan Fisher, Jason Vitullo
Priestley Club Prize: Jason Beiger
Communication Program
Walter H. Annenberg Service Award: Laura Sullivan
C. Nicole Dickerson Service to Community Award: Jasmine Electra Landry
Communication within the Curriculum
Emerging Scholar Talks: Hannah Shacter
Earth and Environmental Science Department
Undergraduate Prizes
Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden Award: Niva G. Kramek, Emma V. Kirwan
Henry Darwin Rogers Award: Michael G. Campana
Graduate Prize
Institute for Environmental Studies Award: Lara A. Roman, Natalie Nahill
East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department
Adele Austin Rickett Memorial Prize: Leif D. Karlen
Economics Department
Undergraduate Prizes
Bernard Shanbaum Prize for Excellence in Economics: Arthur Chiang
Graduate Prizes
William Polk Carey Prize in Economics: Yasutora Watanabe
Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics: Benjamin Lester
Edwin Mansfield Teaching Prize in Economics: Rafael Silveira
Beth Hayes Prize for Graduate Research Accomplishment in Economics: KyunMin Kim
Joel Popkin Graduate Student Teaching Prize in Economics: Jonathan Pogach
Lawrence Robbins Prize: Eleanor Harvill, Cristina Fuentes-Albero
Paul Taubman Memorial Prize for Empirical Economics Research: Melissa Tartari
Sidney Weintraub Memorial Fellowship: Juan Licari
Penn Institute for Economic Research
Undergraduate Prizes
Lawrence R. Klein Prize for Outstanding Research in Economics: Priya Naik
Honorable mention: Daniel Farkas
Simon Kuznets Fellowship Award in Economics: Alexandra Dogariu, Olga Epshteyn
Graduate Prize
Maloof Family Dissertation Fellowship in Economics: Ahu Gemici
English Department
Phillip E. Goldfein Class of '34 Shakespearean Prize: Emily Cuneo
John L. Haney Prize for Literature: Lindsey Schneider
Honorable mention: Yelena Litvinov
Honorable mention: Jessica Morton
L. Barry Pick Prize: Kathryn M. Fleishman
College Alumni Society Henry Reed Prize: Thomas Lay
Rittenberg Prize: Ruth McAdams
Fels Institute of Government
Audrey Miller Poritzky Leadership Award: Andrea Saenz Proano
Executive Leadership Award: Charles Paxson Keates
Performance Management and Accountability Award: Molly Jane Hanneman, Emily J.
Hughes
Politics Award: Melissa R. Caplan, Scott Thomas Gibson
Public Finance Award: Rachel A. Barkley, Ryan Michael Williams
Service Award: Margaret Banaszek, Farrah Freis
Sweeney Award: Andrea D. Mead
John K. Parker Award: Choquette Peterson
Fine Arts Program
Kelly Senior Research Grants: Joyce Chan, Nicki Dlugash, Rachel Escolar, Tim
Fryett, Laura Goldberg, Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner, Trina Gordon, Mariko Ichikawa,
Victoria Kimball, Kimberly Ku, Phil Leff, Francis Li, Melissa D. Miller, Diego
Rodriguez, Joshua Soros and Connie Yang
Folklore and Folklife Program
Kenneth S. Goldstein Award: Anika Wilson
German Department
Arthur M. Daemmrich and Alfred Guenther Memorial Prize: Mary Beth Wetli
Erich Friedmann Memorial Prize: Rebekah Flake, Anthony Mahler
German Society of Pennsylvania Prize: Melissa Dowling
Adolph C. Gorr Delta Phi Alpha Prize: Edward Maiwald, Thomas Dreisbach
Max Kade Foundation Prize: Stephen Landis
Henrietta M. Keller Prize: Max Blekhter
Adolf D. Klarmann Prize: Brandon Egren, Christopher Hamatake, Danielle Wade
C.F. Lauber Prize: Maria Seredina
Daniel B. Shumway Prize: Christina Lordeman
Otto Springer Prize: Erika Detjen, Megan McIntosh
Petronella van Weezel Prize: Nicholas Smeets
Workmen's Circle/Arbiter Ring Prize: Modessa Jacobs
History Department
Lynn M. Case Prize: Jay Solomon
Thomas C. Cochran Prize: Max Fraser
Honorable Mention: Philip B. Berkman
Hillary Conroy Prize: Mary P. Zeng
Captain Victor Gondos, Jr. Prize: Laura Freeman
Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Prize: Andrew Goodman, Ronald Wu
Martin Wolfe Prize: Ronald Wu
Jeanette Nichols Prize: Kimberly B. Siegel
Gussie Wachs Prize: Yvonne Delbanco
James V. Saporito Memorial Prize: Rachel SalzmanHistory and Sociology of Science
Department
Society of the College Prize: Lauren TuchmanInternational Relations Program
College Alumni Society Prize in International Relations: David M. Sheeren
James Markley Distinguished Service Award: Edith E. Mulhern, Livia D. Rurarz-Huygens
Bruce Newsome Leadership Award: Julia D. Barmeier
Norman D. Palmer Award: Neil F. Rudisill
Runner-up: Jessica F. Hertle
Jewish Studies Program
Samuel and Esther Goldin Endowment Award: Jay Solomon
Mathematics Department
Moez Alimohamed Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mathematics:
Elena Bogdan
Class of 1880 Prize
First: Kam-Fai Ho
Second: Caleb Li, Jingxian Li
Honorable mention: Naomi Baine, Zheng Wu
Music Department
David Halstead Music Prize: Efstratios Minakakis
Hilda K. Nitzsche Prize in Music: David Ludwig
Helen L. Weiss Music Prize: Emily Anna Bridges
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department
B'nai Zion Award: Daniel E. Granowitz
Judah Goldin Memorial Prize for Excellence in Advanced Hebrew Studies: Sharon
Wolf
Penn Professional Women’s Network (Penn Prowomen)
Alice Paul Awards: Amma Asare, Stephen Danley, Tracey Gilbert, Niva Kramek, Jennifer
Lane, Lisa Rothfarb, Caroline Rothstein, Pablo Sierra, Desiree Tunstall
Judith Seitz Rodin Prize for Innovative Leadership: Caroline Rothstein
Philosophy Department
Elizabeth F. Flower Undergraduate Essay Prize in Philosophy: Richard Lawrence
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program
College Alumni Society Prize in Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Beth Z. Rosen,
Ronald Wu
Goldstone Prize for Academic Excellence: Brian Savage, Jillian Volkmar
Physics and Astronomy Department
Arnold M. Denenstein Prize: Yanjun Tu
Chairman's Teaching Award: Kerstin Nordstrom
William E. Stephens Memorial Prize: Anton S. Kapliy, Harrison V. Prentice-Mott
Werner B. Teutsch Prize: Liang Fu, Olivia Halt
Political Science Department
Philo S. Bennett Prize: Brian Rosenwald
Leo S. Rowe Memorial Prize: Michael Grosack
College Alumni Society Robert Holtz Memorial Prize: Kevin
Collins
Population Studies Center
Etienne Van de Walle Prize: Sarah Hayford
Religious Studies Department
Israel Goldstein Award: Adena Mortkowitz, Elizabeth Rosado
Merle Saunders Schaff Memorial Award
Undergraduate: David M. Faleck
Graduate: V. K. Inman
Honorable Mention: Doug Finkbeiner
Romance Languages Department
Clifton C. Cherpack Prize in French Studies: Beth Shapiro
Lina A. Ruiz Y Ruiz Memorial Award: Margo Lederhandler
Edwin B. Williams Memorial Award: Aiesha L. Hill
Vittorini Prizes: John Di Camillo, John Faneca
Slavic Languages and Literatures Department
Luba Zinkowsky Friedman Award for Excellence in Russian Studies:
Shannon Meyerhoff
Sociology Department
E. Digby Baltzell Thesis Prize: Lindsay Owens
Solomon Asch Center
Gantz Undergraduate Research Award: Alexis Orenstein
Urban Studies Program
Award for Commitment to Social Justice in the City: MaryBeth
Griffin, Yael R. May
Award for Contribution to the Urban Studies Program: Abigail
M. Poses, Benjamin B. Berman
Norman Glickman Prize for the Best Senior Seminar Paper:
Amelia L. Duffy-Tumasz, Sarah S. Bertozzi
Hassenfeld Grants for Undergraduate Research in Urban Studies:
Amelia M. Duffy-Tumasz, Ethan A. Lipsitz, Tara L Krueger
Urban Studies Public Service Internship Award: Sarah S. Bertozzi,
Aylese R. Kanze
Women’s Studies Program
Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Senior Thesis Prize in Women’s
Studies: Lindsey Schneider
Lynda Hart Prize in Gender and Sexuality Studies: Stacey
Kumabe