Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts--for excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in the arts - Lori Huberman 2007, Biology, Raleigh, NC
Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Award--for achievement in the creative and performing arts - Hope Ginsburg G, Visual Arts Program, Cambridge, MA - Diana Nee 2007, Architecture, Arcadia, CA - Christine Yu 2007, Chemical Engineering, Laurel, MD
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize--in recognition of artistic talent and creative concepts based on a body of work and written personal statements - 1st Prize: Hope Ginsburg G, Visual Arts Program, Cambridge, MA - 2nd Prize: Katherine James G, Architecture, Watertown, MA; Neri Oxman G, Architecture, Caesarea, Israel - Honorable Mention: Stephanie Hsu G, Architecture, Winter Park, FL
Music and Theater Awards
Epstein Award--for distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Symphony Orchestra - Matthew Roitstein 2007, Architecture, Valencia, CA
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prize--in recognition of exceptional ability in performance and overall contribution to the music and theater arts section - Jeffery Easley 2008, Chemical Engineering, Spring, TX - Elisabeth Hon G, EECS, Fort Myers, FL
Philip Loew Memorial Awards--in recognition of creative accomplishment in music - Justin Lo 2007, Biological Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC - Cynthia Whitney 2007, Mathematics, Potomac, MD - Nina Young 2007, Ocean Engineering, New City, NY
Brad and Dorothea Endicott Award--for distinguished service and musical contribution to world music - Kristen Burrall 2008, CEE, Elk Grove, CA
Everett Longstreth Jazz Award--for distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble - Colllin Johnson 2007, EECS, Layton, UT - Christopher Kottke G, Mathematics, Cambridge, MA
Richard and Jody Nordlof Award--for distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Wind Ensemble - Heidi Holley 2007, Biology, Poudre Canyon, CO and Eulenbis, Germany - Kurt Stiehl 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award--for exceptional talent and commitment to private performance study as an Emerson Fellow - Lindy Blackburn G, Physics, Encinitas, CA - Crystal Chao 2008, EECS, Edison, NJ - Jae Hyeok Choi G, CEE, Seoul, Korea - Albert Chow 2008, Chemical Engineering, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Jeffery Easley 2008, Chemical Engineering, Spring, TX - Elisabeth Hon G, EECS, Fort Myers, FL - Serenus Hua 2007, Biology, Lincroft, NJ - Xiaoming "Sherman" Jia G, EECS, Roslyn Heights, NY - Nicholas Joliat 2010, Lexington, MA - Pavitra Kumar G, Management, London, U.K. - Yee-Kwan "Anna" Lo 2008, Linguistics and Philosophy, Hong Kong, China - Matthew Roitstein 2007, Architecture, Valencia, CA - Yang Yang 2007, EECS, Acton, MA - Joey Zhou 2007, EECS, Richardson, TX
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Awards--for exceptional talent and commitment to private performance study as Emerson Scholars - Thomas Carr 2009, Music, Fredericksburg, VA, as an exceptional pianist - Jodie-Marie Fernandes 2009, EECS, Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, as an exceptional vocalist - Cai GoGwilt 2010, New York, NY, as an exceptional cellist - Christine Hsueh 2009, Biology, Fremont, CA, as an exceptional pianist - Jun Liu 2007, BCS, as an exceptional pianist - Simone Ovsey 2009, Northridge, CA, as an exceptional percussionist
Edward S. Darna Award--for excellence in theater arts and a substantial contribution to the health of theater life on the MIT campus - Kim Boddy 2007, Physics, Albuquerque, NM - Yuri Podpaly 2007, Physics, Sharon, MA
Joseph D. Everingham Award--for a single creative outstanding performance or notable creative accomplishments in theater arts by a graduating senior - Holly Laird 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Duxbury, MA - Elizabeth V. "Elvie" Stephanopoulos 2007, Economics, Winchester, MA
Other Awards
Kelly-Douglas Traveling Fellowships--for travel that supports study in the humanities or arts for summer 2007 - Ali Alhassani 2008, Mechanical Engineering, Natick, MA - Hoong Yuen Chee 2008, Aero-Astro - Lara Kostun 2008, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences - Jonas Kubilius 2008, Mathematics, Vilnius, Lithuania - Yi-Hsin Lin 2009, Mathematics, New York, NY - Erik Lin-Greenberg 2009, Political Science, Henderson, NV - Jennifer Yeh 2007, BCS and Political Science, Fairfield, CA
Awards for travel during IAP 2007 - Stephen Gerrard 2008, Chemical Engineering - Sarah Leu 2007, Biology, Lansdale, PA - Farah Ghniem 2007, Civil Engineering, Amman, Jordan - Delbert Green 2008, Biology, Opelousas, LA - Kriti Jain 2007, Biology, Chapel Hill, NC - Nicki Lehrer 2007, Aero-Astro, Rockville, MD - Cynthis Ramirez 2008, Management, East Chicago, IN - Maria Salinas 2008, Management, San Antonio, TX - Rachel Shearer 2008, EECS, San Diego, CA - Bethany Tanner 2008, Mechanical Engineering - Jingwen Tao 2009, Management, Houston, TX
Austin Kelly III Essay Prizes--for scholarly or critical essays judged to be outstanding in one of the humanities fields or some interdisciplinary combination - 1st Prize: Margaret Rosenburg 2007, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and Physics, Cortlandt Manor, NY - 2nd Prize: Anna Wexler 2007, BCS, Fair Lawn, NJ
The 2006-2007 Ilona Karmel Writing Prizes Competition
Boit Manuscript Prize--Essay - 1st Prize: Han Zhu 2009, Biological Engineering, Canton, MI - 2nd Prize: Jiao Wang 2008, Chemical and Biological Engineering and Writing, Bronx, NY
Boit Manuscript Prize--Fiction - 1st Prize: Minah Shahbaz 2009, Chemical Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan - 2nd Prize: Farah Ghniem 2007, CEE, Amman, Jordan - Honorable Mention: Michael Obilade 2008, BCS, Owensboro, KY
Boit Manuscript Prize--Poetry - 1st Prize: Dan Levine 2008, Aero-Astro, Boca Raton, FL - 2nd Prize: Lisa Wang 2009, Chemical Engineering, San Jose, CA - Honorable Mention: Gillian Conahan 2010, undeclared
Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing - 1st Prize: Marguerite Siboni 2010, Mechanical Engineering - 2nd Prize: Sarah Dupuis-Kornreich 2010, Writing - Honorable Mention: Jasmin Figueroa 2010, Chemical Engineering
Enterprise Poets Prize in Imagining a Future - 1st Prize: Nancy Hua 2007, Mathematics and Writing, Pittsburgh, PA - 2nd Prize: Gillian Conahan 2010, undeclared
Prize for Writing Science Fiction - 1st Prize: Gillian Conahan 2010, undeclared - 2nd Prize: Zachary Wissner-Gross 2007, Physics and Biology, New Hyde Park, NY - Honorable Mention: Madeleine Sheldon-Dante 2007, Physics, Penn Valley, PA
The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize--Essay - 1st Prize: Farah Ghniem 2007, CEE, Amman, Jordan - 1st Prize: Anna Wexler 2007, BCS - 2nd Prize: Matthew Petersen 2009, Aero-Astro, Summit, NJ - 3rd Prize: Kaitlin Kamrowski 2008, BCS, Garden City, NY - Honorable Mention: Joel Yuen 2007, Chemistry and Mathematics, Mexico City, Mexico
The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize--Poetry - 1st Prize: Zachary Smith 2008, Biology, Brewster, MA - 2nd Prize: Samantha Weiss 2008, Chemical Engineering, Lincoln, RI - 3rd Prize: Nancy Hua 2007, Mathematics and Writing, Canton, MI - Honorable Mention: Farah Ghniem 2007, CEE, Amman, Jordan
The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize--Short Story - 1st Prize: Nadja Oertelt 2007, BCS - 2nd Prize: Joao Paulo Mattos Almeida 2008, Chemical and Biological Engineering, West Harrison, NY - 3rd Prize: Gillian Conahan 2010, undeclared - Honorable Mention: Farah Ghniem 2007, CEE, Amman, Jordan
S. Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing - 1st Prize: Karen Lingyun Chu 2008, EECS and Mechanical Engineering, State College, PA - 2nd Prize: Raj Singh G, Linguistics and Philosophy - Honorable Mention: William Buttinger 2008, Physics
DeWitt Wallace Prize for Science Writing for the Public - 1st Prize: Derrick S. Boone Jr. 2008, Chemical Engineering, Clemmons, NC - 2nd Prize: Anna Wexler 2007, BCS and Writing
Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies Prize for Engineering Writing - 1st Prize: Jonathan M. Long 2008, EECS, San Antonio, TX
Holly Laird '07 won a 2007 Joseph D. Everingham Award, which recognizes a single creative outstanding performance or notable creative accomplishments in theater arts by a graduating senior. In this picture, taken during the spring 2005 Shakespeare Ensemble production of "Othello," she plays Iago. Enlarge image
Photo / Thomas Maxisch
Two winners of arts awards rehearse with the MIT Wind Ensemble. At left is Christine Yu, winner of a 2007 Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Award. At right is Lori Huberman, winner of the 2007 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. Enlarge image
Awards: Key to abbreviations
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The names of some academic departments and programs have been shortened to save space in awards listings. This is a key of the abbreviations. 6/6/2007