Recipients

Browse below for a comprehensive list of CUNY students who have won major awards in recent years. They’re listed alphabetically by the name of the award.

Recent CUNY Distinguished Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients


American Political Science Association Minority Fellows Program

2009-2010

Asian Women in Business Scholarship

2012

2008

  • Keiko Akashi, Baruch College

BEINECKE SCHOLARSHIP

2012

  • Tara Gildea, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College

NSEP/David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship

2013

2006

Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship

2008

  • Yeshey Pelzom, (Agnes Scott College) LaGuardia Community College

2007

2006

  • Sean Talisman, Queens College

2004

Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship

2013

2012

2011

2008

2006

Clarendon Fund Scholarship of the University of Oxford

2012

2011

Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs

2013

2011

Critical Languages Scholarship

2013

2012

  • Ishtiaq Alam, City College
  • Jie Dong, City College
  • Galina Rudik, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Diana Pandora, City College
  • Joshua Trinidad, Hunter College, CUNY BA Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Program 

2011

  • Valentine Sanders, City College
  • Bret Tonelli, Hunter College

2010

  • Catherine Detrow, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Lauren Vriens,  Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

2009

  • Maria Komartsova, City College
  • Tracy Neiman, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

2008

  • Al Kader, Baruch College

2007

  • Besnik Sinani, City College

2006

  • Priya Surya, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College

Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship

2012

2011

  •  Dominique Diana Nisperos, CUNY Graduate Center 

2010

  •  Andrea Balbas, Queens College

2008

  • Michelle Cruz-Santiago, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Ianna Owen, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-Asia)

2012
2007
  • Rachel Brown, Lehman College
  • Barbara Frohberg, Lehman College
  • Lik Chee Sim, Lehman College

2006

  •   Christine Mariani, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College

 

 

Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Program

2012-2013

 

  • Kayhan Irani, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, City College

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

2010 - 2011

  • Maria Aretinnes, Hunter College
  • Mikaela Chase, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College
  • Stephen Cook, City College
  • Heidi Exline, Hunter College
  • Jasmine Fryer, Lehman College
  • Erin Harte, Brooklyn College
  • Nicole JeanBaptiste, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College
  • Lauren Vriens, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

2009 - 2010

2008 - 2009

  • Jacqueline Aiello, Queens College
  • Elizabeth Cronin, CUNY Graduate Center 
  • Nathan Jones, CUNY Graduate Center
  • Margaret Park, Hunter College
  • Mary Pennisi, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College
  • Alex Rodriguez, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Cory E. Sullivan, City College

2007 - 2008

  • Aurora Almendral, Hunter College
  • Rafat Azad, Queens College
  • Christopher Bell <pdf>, Baruch College
  • Kate Hirschmann-Levy, Hunter College
  • Jocelyn Muhleisen, Baruch College
  • Priya Surya, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College
  • Jessica Tibbets, City College

2006 - 2007

2005 - 2006

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

Summer 2013

  • Saira Akhtar, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College
  • Reem Aliessa, City College
  • Jessica Colon, Queensborough Community College
  • Dania Darwish, Hunter College
  • Dong Guan, Brooklyn College
  • David Kattan, Hunter College
  • Moses Syldort, City College
  • Raymond Talovera, Brooklyn College
  • Samantha Wendorf, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Program, City College

Spring 2013

  • Maha Alsubai, Hunter College
  • Owen Bartolome, Hunter College
  • Mary Ellen Carafice, Hunter College
  • Juan Cardona, College of Staten Island
  • Wei Chen, City College
  • Isabel Dandrada, CUNYBA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College
  • Danyah Jaber, Hunter College
  • Allister Mckenzie, Brooklyn College
  • Tomas Nivon, Hunter College
  • Andrea Perez, City College
  • Giovanni Rosa, College of Staten Island

Fall 2012

  • Jordan Abettan, Brooklyn College
  • Travis Cassidy, Hunter College
  • Dov Gold, Queens College
  • Edward Harrison, Baruch College
  • Joshua Liveris <pdf>, City College
  • Miriam Samoylova, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Borough of Manhattan Community College
  • Zerin Tasnim, Lehman College

Summer 2012

  • Amber Brookmire, City College
  • Edna Normand, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Anne Zhou, Hunter College

Spring 2012

  • Lena Abdelhamid, College of Staten Island
  • Ashley Balavender, Brooklyn College
  • Eugene Danyo, Hunter College
  • Michael Gigante, College of Staten Island
  • Charles Perez, John Jay College
  • Gregory Stankevich, Hunter College

Summer 2011

  • Arnold Mashiyev, Brooklyn College
  • Brutus Cacsmy, City College
  • Diana Panora, City College
  • Latia McAlister, Lehman College

Fall 2011

  • Jophy Lin, Baruch College
  • Nino Pochkhidze, Brooklyn College
  • Michael Cheng, City College
  • Gerardo Sevilla, City College
  • Christopher Wegenaar,CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, College of  Staten Island
  • Maria Juarez, Hunter College
  • Richard Kuan, Hunter College
  • Joshua Trinidad, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College
  • Reese Thompson, BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Queens College
  • Tawechote Wongburphanimitr, Queens College

Spring 2011

2010
  • Melissa Aristides, Brooklyn College
  • Katherine Azcona, Baruch College
  • Lauren Benson, Hunter College
  • Carol Braha, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Holdyn Brand, Baruch College
  • Tehima Brohi, City College of New York
  • Jared Bunde, Hunter College
  • Sarah Cao, Baruch College
  • Antonia Chen, Baruch College
  • Regina De Los Santos, City College of New York
  • Roslyn Gillespie, Bronx Community College
  • Rachel Hong, Baruch College
  • Mohammed Islam, Baruch College
  • Kendra McDuffie, Hunter College
  • Ain Richardson, College of Staten Island
  • Sebastian Shimomichi, Hunter College
  • Danny Vera, Hunter College 
2009
  • Ada Guo, Baruch College
  • Kira Brodskaya, Baruch College
  • Don Gomez, City College of New York
  • Dulce Gross, Hunter College
  • Jiayan Huang, Baruch College
  • Amy Iturres Alomia, Brooklyn College
  • Oluwatobi Jaiyesimi, Hunter College
  • Phenia JeanPierre, Brooklyn College
  • Mariya Kharchenko, Baruch College
  • Sofya Lysochenko, Baruch College
  • Simon Mairzadeh, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Baruch College
  • Albeliz Perero, Baruch College
  • David Robertson, Borough of Manhattan Commmunity College
  • Toby Shum, Baruch College

2008

  • Christopher Browne, Brooklyn College
  • Sophia Chen, Baruch College
  • Erik Copeli, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College
  • Nick Copeli, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College
  • Matthew Diaz, Hunter College
  • Jacqueline Ha, Baruch College
  • Dana Hernandez, City College
  • Yan Huang, Baruch College
  • Jillian Justh, Brooklyn College
  • Samiul Jubaed, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Olivia Lin, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Exodus Nicholas, City College
  • Wenxie Zheng, Baruch College

2007

  • Emmanuella Anyanwu, City College of New York
  • Vasti Cedeno, City College of New York
  • Pangeline Edwards, Brooklyn College
  • Raphaela Han, Baruch College
  • Winnie Lau, Baruch College
  • Amelia Mendizabal, College of Staten Island
  • Isaiah Richardson, City College of New York
  • James Robidoux, City College of New York
  • Dulce Weschler, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College
  • Lei Jessica Yu, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College

2006  

  • Barbara Frohberg, Lehman College
  • Daniel Gurdak, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College
  • Gabrielle Nguyen, Hunter College
  • Yohanna Sufran, Lehman College

Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

2008


2005

Goldwater Scholarship

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

  • Philipa Njau, City College

2004

  • Lev Alexander Sviridov, City College

Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship

2012

2011

2010

  • Philip Kim, City College
  • Emily Venizelos, City College

2007

  • Alexandrea Bowman, Queens College

Humanities and Medicine Program of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

  • Temitope Ademuwagun, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College
  • Nick Copeli, Macaulay Honors College at Queens College
  • Ericka Jaramillo, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

Jacob Javits Fellowship

2009

2008

  • Tennessee Jones, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College

2007

2006

2004

  • Suzanne Barnett, Hunter College

Kaplan Leadership Associate’s Degree Scholarship

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

Marshall Scholarship

2013

  • Nicolas Montano, John Jay College, CUNY BA Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies Program

2006

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund

2010

  • Jasmine Calizaire, York College, Siemens Teacher Scholarship
  • Mehrin Gadit, York College, Siemens Teacher Scholarship

2007

  • Louise Anderson, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, John Jay College

2005

  • April Mojica, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College
  • Keisha Toms, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College

Merage American Dream Fellows Program

2011

  • Pooja Shah, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

2008

2006

2004

  • Melissa-Sue Angus-John, Hunter College

George J. Mitchell Scholarship

Class of 2011

  • Ryan Merola, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College

 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship

Class of 2012

  • Jasmine Osorio, York College

Class of 2011

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • Andrea Marie Balbas,  Queens College
  • Joyce Kim, Hunter College
  • Daniel Kulakowski,  CUNY Grad Center
  • Igor Labutov, Macaulay Honors College at City College
2009
  • Je Hi An, Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York
  • David Bauer, Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York
  • Amy Colon, Hunter College
  • Miriam Ginzberg, Queens College
  • Christopher Negron, The City College of New York
  • Chivon Powers, Brooklyn College

2008

2007

  • James Faghmous, The City College of New York

2006

2005

  • Terry D. Cook, Lehman College
  • Yekatarina Krivogorskaya, Brooklyn College
  • Arielle Kuperberg, Hunter College
  • Wanmei Ou, City College

NEW YORK CITY SERVICE FELLOWSHIP

2013 - 2014

  • Nayanny Bello Paniagua, John Jay College

New York City Urban Fellows Program

Class of 2013-2014

Class of 2012-2013

Class of 2011-2012 

Class of 2010-2011 

  • Joseph Eastman, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Lisa Jahn, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, City College

Class of 2009-2010

Class of 2008-2009

Class of 2007-2008

Class of 2006-2007

  • Rebecca Delachartre, Queens College
  • Bonnie Duen, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, John Jay College
  • Thomael Joannidis, Hunter College
  • Jin Ren Zhang, John Jay College

Class of 2005 -2006

  • Doreen Brady, Medgar Evers College
  • Joseph Fleischman, Hunter College
  • Charlene Piper, Brooklyn College
  • Dmytro Pokhylko, Baruch College

Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship

2012

  • Maisha Lopa, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

2006

  • Keisha Toms, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship 

Class of 2006

  • Keisha Toms, BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Medgar Evers College

Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship

Class of 2010

Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship

2013

  • Lenecia Lewis, John Jay College

2008

2007

Rhodes Scholarship

2011

2009

2005

Jonas E. Salk Scholarship

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • Miriam Herschman, Queens College
  • Daniel Lubelski, Macauley Honors College at Queens College
  • Erika F. Osorio, Hunter College
  • Zahava Rubel, Queens College
  • Lucas Resende Salgado, Hunter College
  • Maurice Selby, City College
  • Neha Shaik, Brooklyn College
  • Sara Wildstein, Macauley Honors College at Queens College

2009

2008

  • Oluwaseun Adeosun, City College
  • Ghulam Dastgir, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College
  • Diana Kachan, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Baruch College
  • May Kong, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • William Mak, Macaulay Honors College at City College
  • Samia Mohammed, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Alexander Pyronneau, Brooklyn College
  • Leah Rothman, Queens College

2007

  • Natalia Berezovskaya, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
  • Carilann Constanza, College of Staten Island
  • Lilya Gershengoren, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College
  • Israel Gonzalez, City College
  • Angela Hopkinson, York College
  • Jewel Liao, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College
  • Becky Naoulou, Brooklyn College
  • Emma Wallace, Medgar Evers College

2006

  • Joanna Ayoung, Hunter College
  • Sherman Sheung Man Chu, Macaulay Honors College at City College
  • Irina Dostova, Queens College
  • Simon Gringut, Hunter College
  • Sarah Li, Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College
  • Svetlana Rabinovich, Macaulay Honors College at College of Staten Island
  • Andrea C. Silva, City College
  • Edwin J. Vasquez-Cintron, City College

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

2013

2007

2004

Thomas Tam Scholarship

2011

2009

  • Erick Penedo, Borough of Manhattan Community College

2008

  • Olivia Lin, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College

Truman Scholarship

2011

  • Ayodele Oti, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, City College of New York
  • Gareth Rhodes, CUNY BA/BS, Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, City College of New York

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • Ryan Merola, Macaulay Honors College at Brooklyn College

2005

  • Claudio Simpkins, Macaulay Honors College at City College

Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

2012

  • Lana Guardo, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Macaulay Honors College at City College

2004

  • Alexis-Jon Keeton, CUNY BA/BS: Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, Hunter College

UNCF-Merck Undergraduate Science Research Award

2012

2006

Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship

Class of 2015

  • Man Cheung, John Jay College
  • Shannon Finucane, City College
  • Lila Hassan, Brooklyn College
  • Mays Jumah, College of Staten Island
  • Jasmine Miranda, Lehman College
  • Corrine Quirk, City College
  • Ariel Roland-Waring, John Jay College
  • Daniel Stein-Sayles, Brooklyn College
  • Asha Whale, City College
  • Alison Wong, Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College

Class of 2014

Class of 2013

Class of 2012

Class of 2011

Class of 2010

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