15th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration

The Graduate Student Recognition Celebration, which began in 1999, recognizes students who receive prestigious fellowships and awards. These honorees are providing leadership that is making a significant contribution to the mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and to a wide variety of fields of study.

The event was held on April 10, 2013, beginning with research poster presentations at 3 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 4 p.m. and a reception directly following the ceremony.

The honorees included the following:

2013 GEAB Impact Award Winners for Research Benefitting the State of North Carolina

Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student

Stephanie Baker, a doctoral student in Health Behavior, received the 2013 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student. She is pictured with her colleagues in the Gillings School of Global Public Health's Office of Student Affairs.

Stephanie Baker, a doctoral student in Health Behavior, received the 2013 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student. She is pictured with her colleagues in the Gillings School of Global Public Health's Office of Student Affairs.

Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education

Chancellor Holden Thorp accepts the Dean's Award

Chancellor Holden Thorp accepts the Dean's Award; in presenting this honor, Dean Steve Matson said, "Holden Thorp has been a graduate student, he has trained graduate students and he has found ways to support graduate students."

Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Awards

Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

2013 University Research Day Honorees

Oral:

  • Physical Sciences
    John Paul Balmonte, Marine Sciences
    Humanities
    Christopher Reali, Musicology
    Biology and Health Sciences (first session)
    J. Elliott Robinson, Neurobiology
    Biology and Health Sciences (second session)
    Julie Lauffenburger, Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Social Sciences
    Ken Reddix II, Economics
Kevin Park, Impact Award winner, describes his research.

Kevin Park, Impact Award winner, describes his research.

Poster:

  • First Session
    Natalie Cohen, Marine Sciences
    Second Session
    Loneke Blackman, Nutrition

Honorary Society Inductees

Frank Porter Graham Honor Society

The Order of the Golden Fleece

Scene from the ceremony

Hundreds of faculty and staff members, students and friends of graduate education attend the Graduate Student Recognition Celebration each year.

The Order of the Grail-Valkyries

Prestigious External Fellowship Winners

  • Anthropology

  • Elizabeth Berger, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Paolo Bocci, SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
  • Amelia Fiske, International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF)
  • Diana Gomez-Correal, AAUW International Fellowship
  • Rachel Haase, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award
  • Cassandra Hartblay, NSF Graduate Research FellowshipProgram
  • Dragana Lassiter, Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program Fellowship
  • Claire Novotny, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
  • Caela O'Connell, National Geographic Conservation Trust Grant
  • Paul Schissel, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
  • Natalia Suit, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
  • art history

  • Krysta Black, National Committee for the History of Art (NCHA) Travel Award 
  • Klint Ericson, Historical Society of New Mexico and the Office of the State Historian History Scholars Program 
  • Allison Fox, Walter Read Hovey Memorial Fund Scholarship, Pittsburgh Foundation for Dissertation Research; Janet and Robert Lumiansky Dissertation Grant, Medieval Academy of America
  • Laura Fravel, GlaxoSmithKline Curatorial Fellowship
  • biochemistry and biophysics

  • Onur Dagliyan, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship
  • Alakananda Das, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship
  • Jonathan Leano, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Justin Low, NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Peter Thompson, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • bioinformatics and computational biology

  • Shannon Jones, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Elizabeth Proctor, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging; Materials Computation Center (MCC) Travel Award
  • biological and biomedical sciences program

  • Sarah Schoenrock, Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
  • Andres Henriquez Coria, Fulbright Foreign Student Program 
  • biology

  • Mary Jeanette Aiken, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Jessica Coyle, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jeremy Greeter, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • Fletcher Halliday, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jennifer Heppert, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • David Kikuchi, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Tracy Raines, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Lauren Slevin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Sophia Tintori, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • biomedical engineering

  • Angelica de Rosa, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship 
  • Ryan Gessner, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Andrew Satterlee, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Paul Sheeran, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Emily Smith,  NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • biostatistics

  • Emily Butler, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • business administration

  • John Gallemore, Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
  • cell and developmental biology

  • Scott Houck, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
  • Elizabeth Lessey, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Leah Watson, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences 
  • Katie Wolfe, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • cell and molecular physiology

  • Sarah Bortvedt, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
  • Caitlin Collins, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Rylan Larsen, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
  • Eric Ubil, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • chemistry

  • Samuel Anderson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Dennis Ashford, Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program (DOE SCGF); NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Joshua Beaver, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Tessa Carducci, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • Alexandra Dickinson, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH
  • Michael Geier, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship D
  • Carrie-Ann Gordon, NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Annelise Gorensek, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • James Grinias, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Travis LaJoie, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Brian McCarthy, Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF)
  • Njamkou Noucti, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Organic Chemistry Travel Grant
  • Nicholas Pinkin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Nathan Romero, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Kevin Schultze, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Robert Sharpe, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Matthew Smola, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • James Treadway, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jillian Tyrrell, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • city and regional planning

  • Gwen Kash, USDOT Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program; Rural and Intercity Bus Transportation Graduate Student Research Contest
  • Danielle Spurlock, Lincoln Institute Dissertation Fellowship
  • Cristian Erik Vergel, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students; National Planning Department of Colombia Scholarship
  • classics

  • Rebecca Worsham, Archaeological Institute of America Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
  • communication studies

  • Carolyn Hardin, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
  • Alison Neff, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Grant
  • Kashif Powell, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
  • Freya Thimsen, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship
  • computer science

  • Victor Heorhiadi, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Christian Orellana Cuevas, Becas Chile Scholarship
  • Teryl Taylor, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada Fellowship
  • Luis Torres, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Bryan Ward, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Joshua Welch, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • dentistry

  • Melanie Alazzam, Jordan University of Science and Technology Scholarship 
  • Roger Arce, American Academy of Periodontology Educator Scholarship
  • Emily Batson, American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics Stanley D. Tylman Research Grant
  • Neker Bernuy, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Hsin Chen, American Association of Endodontics Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Maggie Fetner, 3M ESPE Preventative Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  • Johann Galicea, American Association of Endodontics Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Edward Givens, American College of Prosthodontics John J. Sharry Research Award
  • Lindsay Golubic, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Shijia Hu, Singapore Government Scholarship 
  • Tate Jackson, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Roopwant Kaur, American Association for Dental Research (AADR) BLOC Travel Grant
  • Neil Kessel, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Steven Kim, UNC NextGen Training Program (T90) 
  • Cynthia Lambert, American Dental Hygenists Association (ADHA)/Sigma Phi Alpha Journalism Award
  • Megan Lecornu, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Bryan Limmer, American College of Prosthodontics John J. Sharry Research Award
  • Aclea Martinez, CONACYT-IICA Scholarship Program for Postgraduate Studies in Mexican Institutions 
  • Brittany Minichbauer, American Dental Education Association (ADEA)/Crest Oral-B Scholarship for Dental Hygiene Students Pursuing Academic Careers
  • Megan Mosley, American Dental Hygenists Association (ADHA) Institute for Oral Health Research Grant
  • Thatsanee Saladyanant, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
  • Chien Sim, 3M ESPE Preventative Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  • Qun Tang, American Dental Education Association (ADEA)/Crest Oral-B Scholarship for Dental Hygiene Students Pursuing Academic Careers
  • David Walker, Southern Association of Orthodontists Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Shaoping Zhang, American Academy of Periodontology Balint Orban Memorial Award
  • ecology

  • Katie Becraft, Highlands Biological Station Grant-in-Aid of Research
  • Rachel Gittman, National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship; North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Commercial Recreational Fishing License Fund Grant
  • economics

  • Sofoklis Goulas, George and Victoria Karelias Foundation Scholarship
  • Kaiji Motegi, Yoshida Scholarship 
  • Marcela Parada-Contzen, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students; Becas Chile Scholarship; Scholarship by United States Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs
  • Nilay Unsal, Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship
  • education

  • Kozue Araki, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
  • Kubra Karakaya, Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey Fellowship
  • Amy Lerner, The Reed Foundation's Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund Grant
  • Christopher Reed, Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art
  • Adrienne Villagomez, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
  • english and comparative literature

  • Jena Al-Fuhaid, Kuwait University Office Scholarship
  • Catherine Attkisson, Huntington Library Short Term Fellowship; Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art Research Support 
  • Allison Bigelow, Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Scholar Fellowship at the Center for Southwest Research; Huntington Library Dibner Fellowship in the History of Science
  • James Bolling, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
  • Patrick Horn, William Faulkner Society John W. Hunt Memorial Scholarship
  • Kevin Kritsch, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
  • Jittima Pruttipurk, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
  • Ashley Reed, Digital Humanities Summer Institute Sponsored Tuition Scholarship
  • environmental sciences and engineering

  • Maura Allaire, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Maiko Arashiro, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Annalise Blum, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jennifer Casanova, Brown and Caldwell Minority Scholarship
  • Kristen Downs, Jack Cooke Kemp Dissertation Fellowship
  • Benjamin Foster, Hydro Research Foundation Fellowship
  • Katie Friedman, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Meridith Fry, USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
  • Anne Galyean, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Maria Raquel Gomes Silva, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Doctoral Fellowship/Grant - Government of the Portuguese Republic
  • Sarah Hatcher, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jill Johnston, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jordan Kern, Hydro Research Foundation Fellowship
  • Maya Nadimpalli, USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
  • Theresa O'Meara, North Carolina Coastal Reserve NC 2012 Sea Grant Fellowship
  • Julia Rager, Society of Toxicology, Novartis Award - Graduate Student Fellowship
  • Jamie Smedsmo, DOE Science Graduate Fellowship Program
  • Alice Wang, USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
  • Hong Sik Yoo, AstraZeneca Co-Funded Bioscience PhD Studentships
  • Yvonne Yuen, USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program
  • epidemiology

  • Rushina Cholera, NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - National Institute of Mental Health
  • Nabarun Dasgupta, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Law Research Grant
  • Kim Gaetz, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship
  • Marie-Jo Horner, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Graduate Partnership Program
  • Elizabeth Jensen, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Intramural Research Training Award
  • Zachary Kerr, SOPHE/CDC Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention 
  • Irina Mordukhovich, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award
  • Kristen Rappazzo, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellowship
  • Diana Sanchez, NICHD NRSA F31 Research Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award
  • Shakia Simmons, Gates Millennium Scholarship
  • Genee Smith, American Lung Association Lung Health Dissertation Grant
  • Anne Starling, NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • exercise and sport science

  • Logan Roberts, Dr. Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship
  • Molly Smith, National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation Graduate Scholarship; Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association Postgraduate Scholarship
  • genetics and molecular biology

  • Alexandra Arreola Vargas, NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
  • Diana Chong, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science Travel Scholarship
  • Jessica Nesmith, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Mira Pronobis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship
  • Lindsay Rizzardi, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Noelle-Erin Romero, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Lauren Waldron, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • geography

  • Helene Ducros, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
  • Ana Garcia de Alba Diaz, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
  • Sophia Giebultowicz, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant 
  • Elizabeth Mason-Deese, Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Foundation Fellowship
  • Sara Safransky, Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grants; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant; Landscape Architecture Foundation Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship; Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Project Award
  • Scott Sellwood, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
  • Pavithra Vasudevan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • geological sciences

  • George Allen, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Adam Curry, Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant; Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve Graduate Student Research Grants 
  • Magdalena Ellis, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant 
  • Jesse Hill, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
  • Laura Neser, Rocky Mountain Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology Donald L. Smith Research Grant
  • Roger Putnam, Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant; Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; National Geographic Society Waitt Grant; American Alpine Club
  • health behavior

  • Stephanie Baker, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • health policy and management

  • Alyssa Bullard, Gates Millennium Scholarship
  • Jerome Federspiel, NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Kimberley Geissler, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Services Research Dissertation Award (R36)
  • Monica Holloway, Gates Millennium Scholarship
  • Linda Hong, Gates Millennium Scholarship
  • Mohamed Jalloh, Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) Corris Boyd Scholarship
  • Diep Nguyen, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students 
  • Huyen Nguyen, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students 
  • Ann Wilton, Alpha Phi Foundation Scholarship, Alpha Phi Nancy Pitchforth Patton Scholarship, Alpha Phi Zeta Iota Scholarship
  • history

  • Laura Brade, Fulbright U.S. Student Program; Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies 
  • Benjamin Donahue, Oberbeck Fellowship 
  • Jennifer Donnally, Doris G. Quinn Foundation Quinn Fellowship
  • Nora Doyle, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship
  • Liz Lundeen, Harry S. Truman Scholarship
  • Dasa Mortensen, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship; American Historical Association Bernadotte Schmitt Grant 
  • Ben Reed, McNeil Center for Early American Studies Advisory Council Dissertation Fellowship; John Carter Brown Library Jose Amor y Vazquez Fellowship 
  • Robert Shapard, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Global South Research Fellowship
  • Mishio Yamanaka, Fulbright Foreign Student Program
  • information and library science

  • Sumayya Ahmed, American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) Short Term Summer Grant
  • Laura Christopherson, ASIS&T: Special Interest Group (SIG) in Information Use Travel Award
  • Elliott Hauser, ProQuest Roger K. Summit Scholarship
  • Sarah Ramdeen, Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Student Fellowship
  • journalism and mass communication

  • Ryan Comfort, American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship
  • Sada Reed, Daughters of Norway Grand Lodge Scholarship
  • Mikalai Shchatsko, Edmund S. Muskie/FREEDOM Support Act Graduate Fellowship
  • marine sciences

  • Michele Brodeur, National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship; North Carolina Sea Grant Fellowship
  • Emily Elliott, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Kimmaree Horvath, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Luke McKay, Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) Graduate Fellowship
  • Carly Moreno, Gates Millennium Scholarship
  • Ethan Theuerkauf, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant; SEPM- Society for Sedimentary Geology Graduate Research Grant; National Geographic Society Young Explorers Grant
  • Erika Young, Student to Academic Professional for American Indians (SAPAI) Writing Retreat Fellowship
  • maternal and child health

  • Weeda Zabih, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students; Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowships Program
  • mathematics

  • Claudia Falcon, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Gates Millenium Scholarship
  • Zeliha Kilic, Turkish Ministry of National Education Scholarship
  • Hsuan-Wei Lee, Government Fellowship for Studying Abroad, Taiwan
  • Michael Malahe, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
  • Katherine Roddy, National Physical Sciences Consortium Fellowship
  • Chung-Nan Tzou, Government Fellowship for Studying Abroad, Taiwan
  • microbiology and immunology

  • Kizzmekia Corbett, Third Pan American Dengue Research Network Meeting Travel Award
  • Rodrigo Gonzalez, American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship; American Society for Microbiology Travel Award
  • Ankunda Kariisa, American Society for Microbiology Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Megan Meyer,  American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Minority Trainee Travel Awards
  • Lauren Neighbours, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship; American Society for Virology Student Travel Award; NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival Travel Award
  • Erin Steinbach, NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Triangle Community Foundation Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award
  • musicology

  • Catherine Hughes, Belgian American Education Foundation Fellowship; M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Grant from the American Musicological Society
  • David VanderHamm, Berea College Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship
  • neurobiology

  • Reggie Cannady, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Corey Cusack, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Society for Neuroscience Travel Award for the Federation of European Neuroscience Society (FENS) Forum
  • Lyudmila Kotlyanskaya, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Katharine Liang, NRSA Fellowship (F30) - For MD/PhD Students - NIH - National Institute on Aging
  • John Robinson, NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Christopher Smith, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Alice Stamatakis, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Michael Wallace, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke 
  • nursing

  • Nakia Best, American Association of Colleges of Nursing/Johnson & Johnson Minority Faculty Scholarship; Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program
  • Barbara Eron, American Cancer Society Master's Degree Scholarships in Cancer Nursing
  • Lauren Gurschick, American Cancer Society Graduate Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
  • Patricia Moreland, American Nurses Foundation Scholarship
  • Britt Pados, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Nursing Research
  • Hyewon Shin, AAUW International Fellowship
  • Einav Srulovici, Cheryl Spenser Scholarship for Nurses Academic Studies Abroad
  • nutrition

  • Carolina Batis Ruvalcaba, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
  • Lauren Brooks, William and Mary Hinckley Fund
  • Esther Giezendanner, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Jessie C. Obert Memorial Scholarship
  • Beth Hopping, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Emily Kujawa, American Dietetic Association Scholarship
  • Dalia Stern, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
  • Sarah Stickley, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation - Janette Smith Memorial Scholarship
  • occupational therapy

  • Lauren DeMoss, AMBUCS Scholarship
  • pathology

  • Maria Aleman, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship; NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
  • Michael Durando, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Kristine Wadosky, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • pharmaceutical sciences

  • Whitney Caron, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 
  • Elizabeth Chappell, NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Danielle Cook, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - Ruth L. Kirchsten Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Chester Costales, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral fellowship
  • Dan Crona, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Amber Frick, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
  • Adam Friedman, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Yuhang Jiang, Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship
  • Melanie Nicol, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Michael Perfetti, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Robert Schuck, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Tammy Shen, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Corbin Thompson, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) First Year Graduate School Fellowship
  • Xiaomeng Wan, Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship
  • Melea Ward, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
  • Nicole Zane, American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
  • pharmacology

  • Dustin Bosh, NRSA Fellowship (F30) For MD/PHD Students - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases 
  • Chris Dibble, NRSA Fellowship (F30) For MD/PHD Students - National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • Marty Farrell, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
  • Lauren Parker, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
  • Ryan Phillips, NRSA Fellowship (F30) For MD/PHD Students - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Marty Whittle, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
  • philosophy

  • Nathaniel Sharadin, Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP) Paper Award
  • physics and astronomy

  • Matthew Buckner, DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
  • Amy Colon, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Graham Giovanetti, DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship
  • Amanda Moffett, NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship; North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
  • psychology

  • Courtney Cameron, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Lahnna Catalino, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
  • Domenic Cerri, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Cara Damiano, Autism Speaks Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
  • Steven Holochwost, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Shawn Jones, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
  • Jim McGinley, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Erol Ozmeral, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  • Christine Paprocki, American Psychological Foundation Randy Gerson Memorial Scholarship
  • Elise Rice, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
  • Jessica Solis, National Institute of Mental Health Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related ResearchProgram; NIDA/NIAAA/APA Early Investigator in Drug Abuse and Addictions Research Travel and Poster Award
  • Gretchen Sprow, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Jonathan Sugam, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Audrey Wells, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Bharathi Zvara, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • public administration

  • Ryan Regan, Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) Allogan Slagle Memorial Scholarship
  • public policy

  • Lauren Lanahan, Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship 
  • Kathleen Lawlor, EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship 
  • rehabilitation counseling and psychology

  • Megan Parsons, North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs Scholarship
  • Religious Studies

  • Zahra Ayubi, Religious Research Association - Constant H. Jacquet Research Award 
  • Samuel Kessler, Travel Grant, Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig, Germany 
  • Travis Proctor, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship
  • Romance Languages and Literature

  • Mercédès Baillargeon, SSRC Canada Fellowship
  • Tessa Gurney, Medici Archive Project, Italian State Archives
  • Social Work

  • Natasha Holt, Rotary World Peace Fellowship 
  • Jennifer Pappalardo, Carolina Child Welfare Education Collaborative (Child Welfare Leadership Fellow) 
  • Tiffany Washington, John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative Hartford Doctoral Fellowship; American Society of Nephrology Advances in Geriatric Nephrology Travel Support
  • Tonya Williams, Carolina Child Welfare Education Collaborative 
  • Sociology

  • Daniel Auguste, Rotary Fellowship
  • Bruce Foster, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • S. Michael Gaddis, Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 
  • Aseem Hasnain, American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Research Fellowship 
  • Atiya Husain, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship 
  • Kivan Polimis, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Charles Seguin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Tuneka Tucker, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Tiantian Yang, Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship
  • Speech and Hearing Sciences

  • Mallory Baker, Hear the World Foundation Judith Gravel Fellowship in Pediatric Audiology 
  • Kevin Cunningham, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Students Preparing for Academic and Research Careers (SPARC) Award 
  • Bianca Gomez, American Auditory Society Mentored Student Travel Award 
  • Sara Mamo, NRSA Fellowship (F32) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
  • Statistics and Operations Research

  • Nelson Lee, IBM PhD Fellowship Program 
  • Susan Wei, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 
  • Toxicology

  • Garrett Ainslie, FASEB MARC/ASPET Travel Award
  • Rebecca Bauer, Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Travel Award
  • Madisa Macon, USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program