Khoury College 2026 Award Winners
The accomplished faculty, students, and alumni who won Khoury College and Northeastern University awards in 2026
Undergraduate awards
Co-op Award
Sabine Laurence
Community Service Award
Katherine Aristizabal
Teaching Award
Misha Ankudovych
Research Award
Zachary Eisbach
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Master’s awards
Community Service Award
Ritika Kumar
Teaching Award
Mansi Krishnakant Modi
Research Award
Nihar Purshottam Sanda
PhD awards
Community Service Award
Andisheh Ghasemi
Teaching Award
Hye Sun Yun
Research Award
Harsh Chaudhari
Faculty recognition awards
Teaching
Lucia Nunez, assistant teaching professor
Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research
TBD
Outstanding Junior Researcher
TBD
Outstanding Senior Researcher
TBD
Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Excellence
Nadim Saad, assistant teaching profesor
Broadening Participation in Computing
Lino Coria Mendoza, MS in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) program director and associate teaching professor
Staff recognition awards
Rising Star
Tori Bowser
Leadership
Meg Bebis
Mentorship
Iuri DaSilva
Broadening Participation in Computing
Althea Shaheen
Khoury recipients of 2026 Northeastern Convocation and external academic honors
Huntington 100
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 2026 Khoury College Huntington 100 recipients are:
- Mehr Anand
- Sydney Bao
- Evan Crow
- Jasmin Duong
- Juliana Guarrera
- Ayran Jain
- Alice Lee
- Brady Li
- Ashley Lopez
- Benjamin Marler
- Nicole Ni
- Rachel Pao
- Khushi Shah
- Adya Verma
- Benedikt Winkler
- Rae (Rachel) Yan
- Spring Yan
- Olivia Yeung
Laurel and Scroll
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 2026 Khoury College Laurel and Scroll 100 recipients are:
- Srinivasa Sameer Addepalli
- Fnu Aisha
- Nandini Bommireddy
- Ritik Bompilwar
- Himalaya Dua
- Erdun E
- Kaustubha Eluri
- Daniela Alejandra Gonzalez
- Jenish Sunil Kothari
- Dipti Kulkarni
- Nihar Sanda
- Nayonika Sen
- Hunjun Shin
- Alyssa Smith
- Shashwath Udaya Kumar
- Princewill Umeh
- Songting Yang
Critical Language Scholarship
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.
- Anastasia Lindquist
Hodgkinson Award
The Hodgkinson Award recognizes top students on the basis of academic and experiential performance, and selections are made by a faculty committee.
- Zachary Eisbach
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for US citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad.
- Colombe Akpaca
- London Jones
- Kayleen Kang
Schwartzman Scholarship
This award allows students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and professional networks through a one-year master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of China’s most distinguished universities.
- Su Cizem
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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.
- Varun Gupta
- Dhruv Deepak Jatkar
- Matthew David Laws
- Kevin Lu
- Rachel Utama
Sears B. Condit Award
A scholarship awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement.
- Hannah Grace Wimpy
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards (Master's and PhD)
- Chantal Shaib (PhD research)
- Ha Le (PhD humanics)
- Guangyuan Weng (PhD teaching)
Outstanding Global Network Student Awards
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.
- Diya Wadhwani (Oakland)
- Anusha Devanga (Portland)
- Aisha Rahim (Silicon Valley)
- Kalhar Pandya (Vancouver)