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

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 100established 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)

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