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 making a significant contribution to the mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a wide variety of fields of study.
The event is held each year in April, beginning with the awards ceremony at 4 p.m. and followed by a reception with research poster presentations.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
4:00 p.m. — Awards Ceremony
4:30-5:30 p.m. — Research Poster Presentations and Reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres
Alumni Hall in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The honorees include the following:
- Awards and Honors
- GEAB Impact Awards and Horizon Awards
- Excellence In Graduate Student Services Award
- Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished Service
- Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education
- Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award
- The GPSF Graduate Student Awards For Excellence In Mentorship
- Graduate and Professional Student Federation Graduate Research and Policy Expo Honorees
- Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society Inductees
- Order of the Golden Fleece Inductees
- Graduate School Leadership Development Scholars
- Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2017)
- Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inductees
- Prestigious External Fellowships and Awards
2018 Impact Awards for Research Benefitting the State of North Carolina
- Julia Considine, Public Health Leadership
- Thibaut Davy-Méndez, Epidemiology
- Sarah Gaby, Sociology
- David Gorelick, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Joshua Horvath, Economics
- Cassandra Johnson, Nutrition
- Danielle Keller, Environment and Ecology
- Sarah Kowitt, Health Behavior
- Amanda Martin, City and Regional Planning
- Brooke Matson, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Kathleen Onorevole, Marine Sciences
- Avery Paxton, Biology
- Nancy Quick, Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Sarah Rhodes, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Carter Smith, Marine Sciences
- Pavithra Vasudevan, Geography
- Teresa Zhou, Economics
2018 Horizon Awards for Research Benefitting the State of North Carolina
- Ashley Bone, Microbiology and Immunology
- Stephanie Cone, Biomedical Engineering
- Gabrielle Grandchamp, Microbiology and Immunology
- Shan McDonell, Nutrition
- Katie Stember, Pathology
Excellence in Graduate Student Services Award
- Leah Elms, Sociology
Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student
- Sallie Nowell, Speech and Hearing Sciences
Dean's Award for Significant Contributions to Graduate Education
- Kenneth G. Smith
Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Awards
- Gina Bombola, Music; 2018 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award, Humanities and Fine Arts; 'Can't Help Singing': The 'Modern' Opera Diva in Hollywood Film, 1930-1950; Dissertation Adviser: Annegret Fauser
- Paul Cornwell, Mathematics; 2018 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering; A Symplectic View of Stability for Traveling Waves in Skew-Gradient Systems; Dissertation Adviser: Christopher K.R.T. Jones
- Andrew Morgan, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; 2018 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award, Biological and Life Sciences; Structural Variation and Evolution of the Mouse Genome; Dissertation Adviser: Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena
- Parth Shah, Health Behavior; 2018 Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award, Social Sciences; The Role of Pharmacy in HPV Vaccination of U.S. Adolescents; Dissertation Adviser: Noel T. Brewer
The GPSF Graduate Student Awards for Excellence in Mentorship
- Marie Camerota, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Kyla Garrett Wagner, Media and Journalism
Graduate and Professional Student Federation Graduate Research and Policy Expo Honorees
- Yitong Li, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Javonte Lipsey, Exercise and Sport Science
- Edhriz Siraliev-Perez, Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Katie Stember, Pathology
Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society Inductees
- Tanya Amert, Computer Science
- Nakia Best, Nursing
- Vince Boudreau, Biology
- Alissa Brown, Biology
- Maria DeGuzman, English and Comparative Literature
- Olivia Dong, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Lori Evarts, Public Health Leadership
- Manuel Hernandez, Geography
- Michelle Hoffner, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Srividya Kalyanaraman, Biostatistics
- Dean Nehama, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Catherine Nemitz, Computer Science
- Sallie Nowell, Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Carlos Patiño Descovich, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Madelyn Percy, Geological Sciences
- Lauren Pinkerton, English and Comparative Literature
- Josh Smith, Art History
- Doreen Thierauf, English and Comparative Literature
- William Valdar, Genetics
- Joanna Warren, Microbiology and Immunology
- Nae Won, Public Health Leadership
Order of the Golden Fleece Inductees
- Timothy W. Longest Jr., School of Law
- Madelyn Percy, Geological Sciences
Graduate School Leadership Development Scholars
- Ashley Mattheis, Communications
- Laetitia Meyrueix, Nutrition
- Amanda Tapia, Biostatistics
- Michael Touloupas, Dentistry
Carolina Center for Public Service Community Engagement Fellows (2017)
- Sarah Davis, Sociology
- Sugandh Gupta, Anthropology
- Sonny Kelly, Communication
- Amanda Kotey, Health Behavior
- Sallie Nowell, Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Shelby Rimmler, Health Behavior
- Sarah Shaughnessy, Health Behavior and City and Regional Planning
- Jessica Soldavini, Nutrition
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
- Sarah Gaby, Sociology
- Sonny Kelly, Communication
- Benjamin Murphy, English and Comparative Literature
- Lillian Reuman, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Macy Salzberger, Philosophy
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Inductees
- Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, Microbiology and Immunology
- Alisha Coffey, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Alex Guseman, Chemistry
- Mike Little, Chemistry
- Christina Parker, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Aleisha Smith, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Jeffrey Snell, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Katie Stember, Pathology
- Kim Stratford, Toxicology
- Fabio Urbina, Cell Biology and Physiology
Prestigious External Fellowship Winners
American Studies
- Rachel Gelfand, Schlesinger Library Oral History Grant
- Nigel Heywood, Rotary International Peace Fellowship
- Meredith McCoy, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Anthropology
- Dayuma Alban, Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowship at Williams College; Grassroots Development Fellowship
- Maia Dedrick, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
- Achsah Dorsey, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant; Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
- Isaura Godinez de Espinoza, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Molly Green, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Johanna Jahnke, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
- Samantha King, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship; NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
- Cailey Mullins, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Elisabeth Nebie, Wadsworth International Fellowship
- Kailey Rocker, American Council Title VIII Research Grant; Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Vaia Sigounas, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Francesca Sorbara, Rotary International Peace Fellowship
- Eric Thomas, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Art and Art History
- Carlee Forbes, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Amy Byrnes, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Andrew Lerner, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Desiree Matias, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jacob Matson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Edhriz Siraliev-Perez, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Hanna Trzeciakiewicz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Hui Chao, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (F30)
- Jessime Kirk, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anne Talkington, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Biology
- Rebecca Adikes, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Vanessa Bezy, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Alissa Brown, International Association for Vegetation Science 2017 Travel Grant
- Gina Calabrese, Charles W. Painter Grant in Herpetology; Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
- Catherine Chen, Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant; McCarley Research Award; Rosemary Grant Award for Graduate Student Research
- Sofia De La Serna Buzon, Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
- Audrey Kelly, Sigma XI Grants- in-Aid of Research Grant
- Anais Monroy-Eklund, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Laura Mudge, Graduate Scholarship in Marine Conservation
- Lewis Naisbett-Jones, American Museum of Natural History Lerner-Gray Grant for Marine Research
- Rebecca O'Brien, Sigma XI Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant
- Kayleigh O'Keeffe, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Julia Samson, Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship
- Sophia Tintori, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Douhan Yeh, Cultural Evolution Society Travel Award
Biomedical and Health Informatics
- Saba Akbar, Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme
Biomedical Engineering
- Stephanie Cone, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Matthew DiSalvo, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Jasmine Edelstein, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Justin Huckaby, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kathryn Moore, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ange Gloria Nyankima, NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Juan Rojas, NRSA Fellowships for Students with Disabilities (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Gabriela Torres Garate, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Student Paper Competition Winner
Biostatistics
- Taylor Lagler, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Shaina Mitchell, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Tamy Moraes Tsujimoto, Doutorado Pleno no Exterior
Cell Biology and Physiology
- Victoria Bartsch, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Rachel Battaglia, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brooke Matson, P.E.O. National Scholar Award; Triangle Community Foundation Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award
- Marquet Minor, Diversity Supplement for Minority Students - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Chemistry
- Tessa Bartges, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Quinton Bruch, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Candice Crilly, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Victoria Davis, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Tyler Farnsworth, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jennifer Fulton, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anton Gudz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Alex Guseman, NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Carolyn Hartley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Breanne Hatfield, NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship
- David Hill, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christine Kirkpatrick, Eastman Summer Fellowship in Analytical Chemistry; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Travel Award
- Thomas Kolb, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Shannon McCullough, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Michael McLaughlin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jonathan Meyers, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Benjamin Morgan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Tyler Motley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christina Na, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Megan Schutzbach, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Alexandra Sullivan, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Wesley Swords, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Nicholas Tay, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Matthew Tierney, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Michael Turlington, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ian Vonwald, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Adam Woomer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Dillon Yost, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
City and Regional Planning
- Helena Cardenas, Environment for Development Research Award
- Anna Jane Jones, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Amanda Martin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Charles Stanfield, Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship
- Mary Wolfe, Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship
Classics
- Cicek Beeby, SSRC International Dissertation Research Fellowship
- Sarah Hilker, American School of Classical Studies at Athens Emily Townsend Vermeule Fellowship
- Matthew Schueller, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Communication
- Keiko Nishimura, Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
Computer Science
- Catherine Nemitz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Patrick Poirson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Brittany Subialdea, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Dentistry
- Ning Cheng, National Cancer Institute's Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award
Dramatic Art
- Erin Torkelson, Barbara Matera Award for Costume Making
Ecology
- Genevieve Alexander, Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Student Research Fellowship; North Carolina Garden Club Scholarship; National Garden Clubs Eleanor L. Yates Scholarship
- Catherine Alves, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kaylyn Gootman, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
Economics
- Arlynn White III, Transportation Research Board Graduate Research Award
Education
- Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Anna Johnson, P.E.O. Continuing Education Scholarship; Diana Mossip Memorial Scholarship
- Olivia Scott, Gates Millennium Scholarship
English and Comparative Literature
- Grant Glass, Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) Scholarship; Modern Language Association Travel Award; Duke University Migrations Fellow; Computers and Writing Association Travel Award
- Elizabeth Greenlee, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship; Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Fellowship
- Trisha Remetir, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute; Duke University Representing Humanities Migration Lab Migration Fellowship
- Katherine Walker, Environmental Humanities Fellowship
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Mikayla Armstrong, American Water Works Association NC Safewater Fund Scholarship
- Alma Beciragic, American Water Works Association American Water Scholarship; EPA-STAR (Science to Achieve Results) Fellowship; American Membrane Technology Association Affordable Desalination Collaboration Fellowship; New York Water Environment Association N.G. Kaul Memorial Scholarship
- Elizabeth Corteselli, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
- David Gorelick, NSF Travel Award
- Alyssa Grube, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Ryan Kingsbury, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; American Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Hydromats Student Scholarship; North American Membrane Society Student Fellowship Award
- Yang Ou, ORISE Fellowship
- Frank Stillo, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute–Sea Grant North Carolina Joint Diversity Graduate Student Research Fellowship
- Hai-Ryung Sung, Rotary International Global Grant Scholarship
- Abhishek Venkatratnam, Society of Toxicology Molecular and Systems Biology Specialty Section Graduate Student Award; 2018 ASIO Graduate Student Best Abstract Award
- Jingbo Wang, North American Membrane Society Elias Klein Founders' Travel Supplement; North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society Graduate Silver Medal for Graduate Scientific Poster Presentation
Epidemiology
- Danielle Gartner, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Jessica Islam, NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Sydney Jones, Michael L. Pollock Student Scholarship
- Tetsu Ohnuma, Saitama International Association Scholarship
- Mya-Lee Roberson, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar; Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Michael Conlin, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Cancer Institute
- Talia Hatkevich-O'Donnell, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
- Kathryn Headley, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Caralynn Wilczewski, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
Geography
- Angelica Gomez, Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Program
- Angus Lyall, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
Geological Sciences
- Elsemarie Devries, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Madelyn Percy, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Joshua Rosera, Sigma Xi Grants- in-Aid of Research Grant
Global Studies
- Sajjad Hussain, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Health Behavior
- Cara Person, American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowship
- Jennifer Richmond, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar
- Lauren Schein, David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship
- Hayley Welgus, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Health Policy and Management
- Karthik Adapa, Fulbright Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
- Alessandra Bassalobre Garcia, HEOR Doctoral Fellowship
- Samuel Baxter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar
- Hadi Beyhaghi, Worldwide Health Economics and Outcomes Research (WWHEOR) Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program
- Jessica Broadus, David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship
- Sabree Burbage, Express Scripts Scholarship
- Gracelyn Cruden, Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
- Mihaela Georgieva, Horton-Hallowell Fellowship
- Nicole Gonzalez-Hermosillo Holtz, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Brigid Grabert, Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) Fellowship
- Juan Carlos Salgado Hernandez, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Juan Caro Seguel, National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), Chilean National Scholarship
- Paul Shafer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar
- Karen Swietek, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Services Research Dissertation Award (R36)
- Kea Turner, Community Pharmacy Foundation Grant
History
- Joseph Block, Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship
- Kirsten Cooper, David L. Boren (NSEP) Fellowship
- Jeffrey Harris, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Michael Skalski, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Alyssa Skarbek, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- Allison Somogyi, Alexander Grass Memorial Fellowship
Human Movement Science
- Timothy Eckard, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Award
- Jody Feld, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship
- Ilana Levin, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship
- Kyeongtak Song, American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant
- Laura Stanley, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II Scholarship; Margaret L. Moore Award
- Eric Trexler, NSCA Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant
Information and Library Science
- Matthew Johnson, Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize; ANCHASL Continuing Education Award; MAC Student Vision Scholarship
- Amelea Kim, Friends of the Oberlin College Library Graduate Library School Scholarship
Marine Sciences
- Jill Arriola, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Justin Baumann, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship; Rufford Small Grants Booster Grant
- Sarah Donaher, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Robert Lampe, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Carter Smith, NC Sea Grant and NC Sentinel Site Cooperative Graduate Fellowship; Philanthropic Educational Organization National Scholar Award
- Mollie Yacano, APNEP-Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship in Estuarine Research
Materials Science
- Riley Howard, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Mathematics
- Korkeat Korkeathikhun, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
- Sutipoj Promtapan, Royal Thai Government Scholarship
Media and Journalism
- Christopher Etheridge, Newspaper and Online News Division Research Grant
- Elliott Gentile, Oscar Geballe Post-Graduate Scholarship
- Jennifer Harker, Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Mass Communication and Society Division Research Grant
- Chengyuan Shao, China Scholarship Council Scholarship
- Maria Mediano Stoltze, Beca De Doctorado En El Extranjero (Becas-Chile Scholarship)
Microbiology and Immunology
- Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, NRSA Fellowships for Minority Students (F31) NIH - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; GlaxoSmithKline Science Achievement Award (United Negro College Fund)
- Jaime Brozowski, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
- Lakeya Hardy, Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm Travel Award
- Susanna Harris, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; EMBO BacNet17 Student Travel Scholarship
Musicology
- Joanna Helms, American Musicological Society Jan LaRue Travel Fund for European Research
- Sarah Tomlinson, Judith McCulloh Fellowship
- Jennifer Walker, M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Grant from the American Musicological Society
Neurobiology
- Dan Bloodgood, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Nick Boyer, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Andrew Crowther, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
- Jennifer Ocasio, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Katie Veleta, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Nursing
- Heather Alico Lauria, Mary Lewis Wyche Fellowship
- Melissa Holt, American Cancer Society Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
- Rebecca Rabenberg, American Cancer Society Master's Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
- Samantha Russomagno, Mary Lewis Wyche Fellowship
- Rebecca Salomon, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Nursing Research; Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar
- Michael Schultz, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31)
- Elizabeth Slater, Mary Lewis Wyche Fellowship
Nutrition
- Tania Aburto Soto, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Anna Kahkoska, NRSA Fellowship (F30) NIH - For MD/PhD Students - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Nancy Lopez Olmedo, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Melissa Orenduff, National Cancer Institute Cancer Control Education Program Fellowship
- Lilia Pedraza Zamora, CONACYT (Mexican National Council for Science and Technology) Scholarship
- Natalia Rebolledo Fuentealba, Beca De Doctorado En El Extranjero (Becas-Chile Scholarship)
- Jessica Soldavini, Mary Swartz Rose Graduate Scholarship
Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Mrudula Borse, U.S. Health Outcomes Fellowship
- Ashley Cole, Pre-Doctoral Graduate Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Carla Coste-Sanchez, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Scott Davis, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- Samantha Fix, National Cancer Institute Research Service Award
- Yazeed Ghawaa, Cultural Mission of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Funding
- Kelsey Lamb, American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Medicinal Chemistry Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
- Junghyun Lee Suh, Kwanjeong Overseas Scholarship
- Morgan McSweeney, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christina Parker, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- John Prybylski, National Institute of General Medical Sciences Research Service Award
- Adam Sage, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
- Jennifer Schiller, PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Pharmacology
- Reid Olsen, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Tigist Tamir, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship
Physics and Astronomy
- Casey Berger, Krell Institute (Department of Energy) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
- Henry Corbett, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christopher Frazer, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
- Ward Howard, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
- Andrew Loheac, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christopher Munna, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
- Zachary Nasipak, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
- Gulden Othman, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Carl Ziegler, North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
Political Science
- John Curiel, Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Fellowship
- Bilyana Petrova, Ernst Haas Fellowship
Psychology
- Gabriella Alvarez, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Donte Bernard, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kathy Do, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Cameron Doyle, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Monica Faulkner, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research Program
- Amelia Goranson, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Christina Lebonville, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jennifer MacCormack, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Aging
- Laura Machlin, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Kristin Meyer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Mian Ong, Wikipedia Research Coordinator Fellowship; Varda Shoham Clinical Scientist Training Initiative Award
- Deirdre Sackett, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Stephanie Salcedo, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Effua Sosoo, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
- Leigh Spivey, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Eleanna Varangis, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Heidi Vuletich, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
- Henry Willis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar
- Jennifer Yi, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
Public Administration
- Justin Stirewalt, Megan Cornog Memorial Highway Safety Scholarship
Public Health Leadership
- Julia Considine, Alice D. Hamling Award
- Grace Dumayas, U.S. Army Long Term Health and Training Award
- Gabriele Gardenal, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
- Maria Johanna Schubert, Rotary World Peace Fellowship
Public Policy
- Katherine Saylor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Religious Studies
- Timothy Smith, Kokugakuin University Visiting Fellowship
Social Work
- Annie Francis, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research Scholar
- Claire Poindexter, Kappa Kappa Gamma Graduate Scholarship
Sociology
- Max Reason, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Blaque Robinson, Beinecke Scholarship
- Anna Rybinska, American Institute of Polish Culture Harriet Irsay Scholarship
- Brionca Taylor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Katherine Tierney, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Joshua Wassink, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Ashwaq Alzamel, Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP)
- Abigail Messinger, Love of Learning Award
- Daniel Picetti, Van R. Johnson Sutter Scholars Program
- Michael Smith, Students Preparing for Academic Research Careers Award (SPARC)
Statistics and Operations Research
- Mark He, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Fernando Ramirez Juarez, JIE/CONACYT/Fulbright-Garcia Robles Fellowship for Doctoral Studies in the U.S.
Toxicology
- Kezia Addo, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Graduate Partnership Program
- Madelyn Huang, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH - National Institute of Environmental Health; Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Travel Award; Society of Toxicology Sheldon D. Murphy Student Travel Award