Student Award Winners

Award Winners

More CUNY Award Winners Than Ever!

Zujaja Taqueer, CUNY's 2011 Rhodes Scholar, is exceptional but not the exception. CUNY students are winning more highly competitive awards and scholarships than at any time in our history. The City University of New York is attracting an ever-growing number of outstanding students. Our Macaulay Honors College is home to many of this year’s winners. Assisted by a world-class faculty, they achieved their success studying at the nation’s leading urban public university. They are exceptional but not the exception. An array of award winners is below and a more complete list is also available.


Rhodes Scholars

Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest international fellowships, bring outstanding students from around the world to Oxford University in England.

Zujaja Tauqeer
Rhodes Scholar 2011

David L.V. Bauer
Rhodes Scholar 2009

Lev Alexander Sviridov
Rhodes Scholar 2005

Eugene Shenderov
Rhodes Scholar 2005

Goldwater Scholars

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar- ships, awarded to college sophomores and juniors, provide up to $7,500 a year for educational expenses.

Celine Joiris
Goldwater Scholar 2011

Jamar Whaley
Goldwater Scholar 2009

David L.V. Bauer
Goldwater Scholar 2007

Philipa Njau
Goldwater Scholar 2005


Miriam B. Ginzberg
Goldwater Scholar 2007

Yehoshua N. Laker
Goldwater Scholar 2008

Lev Alexander Sviridov
Goldwater Scholar 2004


Truman Scholars

The Truman Scholarship Founda- tion awards $30,000 for graduate study leading to a public service career.

Ayodele Oti
Truman Scholar 2011

Gareth Rhodes
Truman Scholar 2011

David L.V. Bauer
Truman Scholar 2008

Don Gomez
Colin Powell Fellow


Ryan Merola
Truman Scholar 2006

Christine Curella
Truman Scholar 2007

Claudio Simpkins
Truman Scholar 2005


NSF Graduate Research Fellows

These highly competitive fellowships support exceptional students whose research shows clear evidence of contributing to important scholarship in their fields.

Anthony Pang
NSF Fellow 2011

Lina Mercedes Gonzalez
NSF Fellow 2011

Mitsy Chanel-Blot
Macaulay Honors College,
Hunter College 2007
University of Texas 2012,
M.A.-Ph.D. in Social Anthropology

Joseph Hirsh
Queens College 2008
CUNY Graduate Center 2012, Ph.D. in Mathematics


Yisa Rumala
York College 2006
University of Michigan 2012, M.A.-Ph.D. in Applied Physics