Khoury College 2025 Award Winners

The accomplished faculty, students, and alumni who won Khoury College and Northeastern University awards in 2025

Undergraduate awards

Co-op Award

Shreya Thalvayapati

Community Service Award

Heidi Eren

Teaching Award

Katelin Tharp

Research Award

Jake Ginesin

More Khoury awards

Master’s awards

Community Service Award

 Yi Zu

Teaching Award

Kishore Sampath

Research Award

Lana Do

PhD awards

Community Service Award

Lisa Oakley

Teaching Award

Uzma Haque Syeda

Research Award

Neha Makhija

Staff recognition awards

Rising Star

TBD

Leadership

TBD

Mentorship

TBD

Broadening Participation in Computing

Julie Van, assistant director of academic advising

Faculty recognition awards

Teaching

Chieh Wu, assistant teaching professor

Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research

Dakuo Wang, associate professor

Outstanding Junior Researcher

David Bau, assistant professor

Outstanding Senior Researcher

Cristina Nita-Rotaru, professor

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Excellence

Daniel Patterson, assistant teaching professor

Broadening Participation in Computing

Michael Ann DeVito, assistant professor

Khoury recipients of 2025 Northeastern Convocation and external academic honors

The Huntington 100 recognizes Northeastern undergraduate students across the global network entering their final year of study in the fall semester who who truly embody the mission, ideals, and values of the University. Huntington 100 and Laurel and Scroll 100, for graduate students, are collectively known as Northeastern University Societies of Distinction. The 2025 Khoury College Huntington 100 recipients are:

  • Joshua David Barde
  • Calli Colvin
  • Kerissa Rose Duliga
  • Kathy Rose Furman
  • Manvi Kottakota
  • Matthew Li
  • Anna Grace Meaney
  • Gabriella Sarah Mitchell
  • Armina Parvaresh Rizi
  • Easha Tejendra Patel
  • Nina Patel
  • Grace Isabelle Preston
  • Brianna Noel Rott
  • Alexzander Royce Sansiveri
  • Reilly Robert Teeter
  • Jasmine Wing Yee Wong

Laurel and Scroll 100, established in 2024, honors exceptional graduate students across the Northeastern network. Laurel and Scroll 100 and Huntington 100, for undergraduate students, are collectively known as Northeastern University Societies of Distinction. The 2025 Khoury College Laurel and Scroll 100 recipients are:

  • Laasya Anantha Prasad
  • Lahari Boni
  • Xiaolai Chen
  • Anikesh Ganesh Kamath
  • Seunghan Lee
  • Jordan William Henry Lewis
  • Aakash Mahalingam
  • Harshika Santoshi
  • Diya Deepak Wadhwani

This national award — the most prestigious undergraduate science scholarship in the country — is granted annually to top sophomores and juniors studying math, science, or engineering.

  • Rohan Chopra

The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program provides fully funded immersive summer programs for US undergraduate and graduate students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States’ national security, economic prosperity, and engagement with the world.

  • Matthew Chen

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who will pursue research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.

  • Jacob Ginesin
  • Elisabeth Leung
  • Conrad Zimmerman

A scholarship awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement.

  • Alexzander Sansiveri
  • Jonathan Tarun Rajasekaran (master’s teaching)
  • Dian Wang (PhD research)

The Outstanding Global Network Student Award recognizes students pursing Master’s or Professional Doctorate degrees in studies at one of Northeastern’s network campuses and who have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following areas: academics, research, leadership, teaching or impact.

  • Akash Deepak Sancheti (Arlington)
  • Erdun E (Miami)
  • Diya Wadhwani (Oakland)
  • Yiwen Wang (Seattle)
  • Richard Yue (Silicon Valley)
  • Panxin Liu (Vancouver)

Northeastern University Staff Excellence Awards 2025 recipients

Innovation Across the Network Award

Khoury TA hiring managers

  • Michael Jordan de Vera, director of graduate student services for online programs (Silicon Valley)
  • Megan Clough Groshek, assistant director – undergraduate programs (Boston)
  • Caley Presby, associate director – network operations (Portland)
  • Austin Escalera, assistant director – graduate student services (Seattle)
  • Sweeny Youkhane, assistant director – graduate student services (Silicon Valley)
  • Mahya Payamshad, assistant director – graduate student services (Vancouver)
  • Brinn Strenger, assistant director – graduate student services (Arlington)
  • Darcy Andrade, network program administrator (Portland)
  • Mackenzie Germain, faculty senior HR associate (Boston)
  • Rayanne DeRosa, HR associate  (Boston)
  • Alexander Grob, associate director of software development (Boston)

Dream Team Award

Khoury Graduate Recruitment Team

  • Kimberly McCrimmon, director – recruitment marketing (Charlotte)
  • Samol Ork, director – recruitment operations (Silicon Valley)
  • Chelsea Smith, senior assistant director of recruitment marketing (Boston)
  • Pamela Allen, regional director – graduate recruitment (Silicon Valley)
  • Dom Rinaldi, graduate admissions counselor (Miami)
  • Madison Barton, graduate admissions counselor (Arlington)
  • Timothy Greer, graduate admissions counselor (Seattle)

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