Undergraduate Departmental Award Recipients, 2022-2023
Congratulations to All!
Awards listed on this page have been submitted by academic departments, centers, and organizations within Stanford.
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Art & Art History
- Biology
- Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
- Center for International Security & Cooperation
- Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Communication
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing Program
- Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school)
- Earth Systems
- East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Economics
- Energy Resources Engineering
- Energy Science & Engineering
- English
- Ethics in Society
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- French & Italian
- German Studies
- Human Biology
- Iberian and Latin American Cultures
- International Relations
- Jewish Studies
- Linguistics
- Music
- Physics
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Public Policy
- Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Sociology
- Symbolic Systems
- Theater and Performance Studies
American Studies
George M. Fredrickson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Honors Research
Sol Martinez, 2023
Richard Gillam Prize for Outstanding Service to the Program in American Studies
Camryn Uyen Pak, 2023
Anthropology
James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. Award for Outstanding Service to the Department of Anthropology
Aurora Feng, 2024
Yuer Liu, 2024
Ilina Rughoobur, 2023
Caroline Skwara, 2024
Joseph H. Greenberg Prize for Undergraduate Academic Excellence
Victoria Chiek, 2023
Nancy Ogden Ortiz Memorial Prize for Outstanding Performance in Anthropology 90B Theory
Lola McAllister, 2024
Robert Bayard Textor Award for Outstanding Creativity in Anthropology
Draven Rane, 2023
Art & Art History
Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award in Painting
Claudia Nmai, 2023
Elana Begay, 2023
Raina Giese Award in Painting
- Regina Kong
- Michelle Ibarra
Biology
Angela Lee Undergraduate Research Award
Amaris Lewis, 2023
Stephen Fox Award
Theo Gress, 2023
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Albert M. Camarillo Senior Paper Prize
Jayden Ashley Lim, 2023
Arturo Islas, Jr. Prize
Ximena Sanchez Martinez, 2023
Dorothy Steele Award for Community Outreach, Engagement, and Social Justice
Elsie DuBray, 2023
George M. Fredrickson Award for Excellence in Honors Research
Evan Kanji, 2023
Margarita Ibarra CSRE Community Building Award
Maya Castillo, 2023
Gema Quetzal, 2023
Center for International Security & Cooperation
William J. Perry Prize
Chase Small, 2023
John Holland Slusser World Peace Price
Ethan Lee, 2023
Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Outstanding Thesis Award
Sean Michael, 2023
Chemistry
Marsden Memorial Prize in Chemistry
Alan Tong, 2023
Chemical Engineering
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Chapter Most Distinguished Service Award
Roulince Dukuly, 2023
Jennifer Wang, 2023
Channing Robertson Outstanding Junior Award
Gradie Ngaruka, 2024
Melanie Rodriguez, 2024
Faculty Award in Chemical Engineering
Chloe Laguna, 2023
Honors Research Award in Chemical Engineering
Roulince Dukuly, 2023
Mason/Marsden Prize in Chemical Engineering
Roulince Dukuly, 2023
Winnie Huang, 2023
Michel Boudart Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Chemical Engineering
Annie Homer, 2023
Christopher Latham, 2023
Communication
Daniel Pearl Memorial Journalism Internship
Anastasiia Malenko 2023
Harry Press Stanford Daily Award
Mark Allen Cu, 2026
Mary and Jacquelyn Edmonds Prize in Communication
Jada Hallman, 2023
Rowland Rebele Internships
Kyla Figueroa, 2024
Victoria Hsieh, 2024
Uche Ochuba, 2024
Ron Rocky Coloma, 2024
Anna-Luisa Brakman, 2023
Anastasiia Malenko, 2023
Christina MacIntosh, 2023
Mark Allen Cu, 2026
Kate Selig, 2024
Jean Yi, 2023
Tara Hein, 2023
Lana Tleimat, 2024
Sarah Raza, 2023
Diya Sabharwal, 2025
Dana Chiueh, 2023
Caroline Reinhart, 2023
Keeley Akagi, 2023
Greta Reich, 2026
Surya Hendry, 2023
Ramon Salado Romo, 2026
Gabriela Reitz, 2025
Timothy Karoff, 2023
Helena Getahun-Hawkins, 2025
Camryn Pak, 2023
Abigail Neely, 2023
Kaushik Sampath, 2025
Grace Scullion, 2023
Lydia Wei, 2024
Steve Steinberg Reporting Award
Xavier Martinez, 2023
Chloe Shrager, 2024
Comparative Literature
Herbert Lindenberger Prize for an Essay in Comparative Literature
Alexander Huang, 2023
Penelope Quetzal Wright-Cotera, 2024
Computer Science
Ben Wegbreit Prize for Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Computer Science
Bryan Dev Gopal, 2023
Creative Writing Program
Clarence Urmy-Irene Hardy Prize for Poetry
Lora Supandi, 2023 (1st place)
Kate Li , 2025 (2nd place)
Malia Maxwell, 2023 (3rd place)
Creative Non-Fiction Prize
Ian Partman, 2024 (1st place)
Rellie Liu, 2023 (2nd place)
Max Du, 2024 (3rd place)
Creative Writing Program Service Award
Katherine Ho. 2023
Griffin Somaratne, 2023
Maclin Bocock-Albert Guerard Prize in Fiction
Jared Klegar, 2024 (1st place)
Nandita Naik, 2023 (2nd place)
Harry Katz, 2024 (3rd place)
Mary Steinbeck Dekker Award
Grace Carroll, 2024
Planet Earth Arts Creative Writing Prize
Huali Kim-O'Sullivan, 2023 (1st place)
Valerie Trapp, 2023 (2nd place)
Isabella Nguyễn Tilley, 2023 (3rd place)
Wiley Birkhofer Poetry Prize
Ruba Ahmed, 2026
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school)
Robert H. McKim Product Design Achievement Award
Max Harris 2023
Elena Kamas, 2023
Enya Lu, 2023
Breanna Sandoval, 2023
Earth Systems
Dean's Award - Doerr School of Sustainability
Lizzie Avila, 2023
Tierra Baird, 2023
McKenna Beck, 2023
Kate Bradley, 2023
Trevor Cambron, 2023
Alan Cuevas, 2023
Molly Glickman, 2023
Xavier Gomez, 2023
Megan King, 2023
Mehdi Lacombe, 2023
Henry Lai, 2023
Lily Laugharn, 2023
Justina Lee, 2023
Emily Liu, 2023
Luke Molbak, 2023
Maya Passmore, 2023
Drive Rojrachsombat, 2024
Mikaela Salvador, 2023
Dylan Schuler, 2023
Sydney Schmitter, 2023
Kavya Varkey, 2023
Abigail Varney, 2023
Katherine Zhang, 2023
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Heidi Chou Award for Summer Chinese Language Learning
Tyler Abernethy, 2026
Michael Alisky, 2024
Matias Benitez, 2025
Wyatt Johnson, 2024
Camille Luong, 2024
Stelle Meier, 2025
Deven Reddy, 2024
Max Solberg, 2025
James Liu Prize for an Outstanding Essay on Asian Language
Adam Scott Cohen, 2023
Darren Alan Hall, 2023
Kung-Yi Kao Prize for Outstanding Progress in the Study of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Language
Darren Alan Hall, 2023
Brandon Kenery, 2023
Jiahui Vivian Zhu, 2023
Economics
Anna Laura Meyers Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis
Drakos Huaka Gregory Brown, 2023
Pratham Soni, 2023
Julia Park, 2023
John G. Sobieski Prize for Creative Thinking in Economics
Sean Patrick Casey, 2023
Natalie Grace Hildebrand, 2023
Jackson Smith Parell, 2023
Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation
Alexander Augustine Finan, 2023
Energy Resources Engineering
Frank G. Miller Fellowship Award
Marshall Hartung, 2023
Patrick Vaughan, 2023
Energy Science & Engineering
Robert G. Lindblom Memorial Award
Phillip Chacon, 2024
English
Marie Louise Rosenberg Honors Prize
Damian Drue Marlow, 2023
Malia Maxwell, 2023
Sam Waddoups, 2023
Ellie Y Wong, 2023
Ethics in Society
Ethics in Society Award
Liana Keesing, 2023
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Francisco Lopes Prize for Essay in Humanities
Malavika Kannan, 2024
Francisco Lopes Prize for Thesis in Humanities
Julia Lindsay Milani, 2022
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Prize for Essay in the Social Sciences
Solange Melissa Severino de Oliveira, 2024
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo Prize for Thesis in the Social Sciences
Luke Babbitt, 2023
French & Italian
Paul Roberts and Nina Marton Prize for Italian Literature – First
Alexander Huang, 2023
German Studies
Best Freshman Essay on German Studies Topic
Marguerite Vasy, 2024
German Club of Stanford Essay Award
Alex Lee, 2023
Nicholas Rosenbaum, 2024
German Language Prize
Marguerite Vasy, 2025
Human Biology
Albert H. Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service to the Program in Human Biology
Darryl Thompson, 2023
Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Excellence in Research Related to Families and Children
Zakaria Doueiri, 2023
Bingham Fund for Student Innovation in Human Biology
Aiden Choi, 2023
Jennifer John, 2023
Michelle Li, 2023
Jasmine Nevarez, 2024
Sawye Raygani, 2023
Libby Rouffy, 2024
Tianna Trepte, 2023
Audrey Xu, 2023
Joshua Lederberg Award for Academic Excellence
Abraham Alatorre, 2023
Madison Ambroise, 2023
Ashlyn Callan, 2023
Jack Christian, 2023
Esha Dhawan, 2023
Gabriela Escobar, 2023
Ella Gray, 2023
Jennifer John, 2023
Nicole Jehl, 2023
Michelle Li, 2023
Madeleine McGlynn, 2023
Sherry Mestan, 2023
Isabel Michel, 2023
Sydney Nagy, 2023
Sophia Nesamoney, 2023
Nicholas Rouillard, 2023
Elizabeth Shah, 2023
Andrew Shin, 2023
Andrew Song, 2023
Alexis Straube, 2023
Brooke Swain, 2023
Kellen Vu, 2023
Alexandra Westley, 2023
Kirsten Frohnmayer Research Prize for Juniors in Human Biology
Harrison Konsker, 2023
Sawyer Lucas-Griffin, 2023
Alina Wilson, 2023
Mary and Jacquelyn Edmonds Prize for Outstanding Junior in Human Biology
Grace Adebogun, 2024
Lingarbel Brempong, 2024
Merton & Audrey Bernfield Director's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Human Biology
Sydney Nagy, 2023
Iberian and Latin American Cultures
ILAC Outstanding Undergraduate Essay Prize
Alexander Huang, 2023
ILAC Department Spanish Language Essay Prize
Eban Ebssa, 2024
International Relations
IR Honors Program Thesis Prize
Ana Chen, 2023
Jewish Studies
Donald and Robin Kennedy Jewish Studies Undergraduate Award
Chana Lanter, 2025
Dr. Bernard Kaufman Undergraduate Research Award in Jewish Studies
Lily Forman, 2025
Jonathan Cosgrove, 2025
Jewish Studies Short Story Contest
Maya Waleria Czeneszew, 2024
Nelee Langmuir Award
Willow Herz, 2025
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Honor of John Rickford
Calico Ducheneaux, 2022
Music
Blew-Culley-Lafollette Prize in Piano
Jason Guo, 2024
Alexander Perry, 2026
Carol and Peter Polk Undergraduate Music Award
Michelle Fu, 2024
Costanza Prize for Cello Performance
Maya Benyas, 2025
Daniel V. Robinson Prize in Performance
Zachary Lin, 2026
Friends of Music Undergraduate Composition Award
Jenny S. Xiong, 2024
Marie Gibson Prize in Vocal Performance
John Rabe, 2023
Danny Ritz, 2023
Patrick Butler Prize in Piano Performance
Charles Li, 2025
Rita Taylor Prize for Undergraduate Performance
Flora Yuan, 2026
Physics
David S. Levine Award
Dylan Mahoney, 2024
Tirth Surti, 2024
Julia Zhu, 2024
Jeff Willick Memorial Award
Celia Tandon, 2023
David Wendt, 2023
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Special Recognition for Outstanding Psychiatric Research
Sepehr Asgari, 2023
Radhika Shah, 2024
Public Policy
Nathan Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis
Liam Anderson, 2023
Roger G. Noll Award for Outstanding Public Policy Undergraduate Student
Anna Chavez, 2023
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Galina Leytes Prize in Slavic Studies
Aidan Josiah Spector Delgass, 2024
Sociology
Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Sociology Major
Claudia Nmai, 2023
Barbara and Sandy Dornbusch Award for Outstanding Sociology Honors Thesis
Elana Begay, 2023
Claudia Nmai, 2023
Symbolic Systems
K. Jon Barwise Award for Distinguished Contributions to the SymSys Program
Erica Yoon, 2019
Robert Glushko Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Symbolic Systems
Fernanda Kramer, 2023
Symbolic Systems Distinguished Teaching Award
Danya Adib, 2023
Evan Wisner, 2023
David Gottlieb, 2023
Theater and Performance Studies
Alex Stewart Prize for Contribution to Production
Kiki Hood, 2023
Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Contribution to Acting
Paloma Aisenberg, 2023
Finn Slingerland, 2023
Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Contribution to Dance
Julia Leal, 2023
Department of Theater & Performance Studies Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Katie Dragone, 2023
Sherifa Omade Edoga Prize for Work Addressing Social Issues
Chloe Chow, 2023
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