Honors Council award recipients named

Each year, the Honors Council, the College executive committee, recognizes a series of outstanding students based on their excellence in Honors Activities from the academic year. The following recipients listed in the table below have been nominated by faculty and will be awarded $500.

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StudentAwardNominated BySp21 GradCollege/SchoolMajorMinorExcellence In:
Giovanni VelezHonors Council AwardLauren Dejulio BellYLASCommunicationProf WritingCapstone: "CPS' COVID-19 Response: A Timeline"
Lopa BhattHonors Council AwardDr. Robert KlieYLASPhysicsCapstone: "Application of Graphene Liquid Cell"
Manuela BurekHonors Council AwardProf. Hananeh EsmailbeigiYEngrBioengineeringCapstone: "Development of Discrete and Wearable Device for Eye Movement Tracking Via Strain Gauge"
Nataliya AleshchenkoHonors Council AwardDr. Ashley StoffelYLASPsychologyProf WritingCapstone: "What Does Telehealth Mean For Pediatric Occupational Therapy?"
Maddie SmithHonors Council AwardProf. Robert GouldNLASAnthropologyTheatreCapstone: “Covid-19 and Mental Health: Employee Experiences”
Abdalrahman AhmedHonors Council AwardDr. Hassan GhomrawiYLASBiological SciencesCapstone: "Practice Patterns of Conventional and Computer-Assisted Knee Arthroplasty"
Victoria OgunniyiHonors Council AwardProf. Kara Morgan-ShortNLASNeuroscienceProf Writingresearch with CogSLA Lab
Ashma PandyaHonors Council AwardProf. Andy NguygenNLASBiochemistryresearch with Nguyen Lab
Rawan SuleimanHonors Council AwardZakariah SiyajiNPublic HealthPublic HealthBiological Sciencesresearch with RUSH Midwest Orthopedics
Aamina NaveedHonors Council AwardDr. Ajna HamidovicNLASLiberal Artsresearch in The Clinical and Experimental Drug Addiction Research (CEDAR) Lab
Hannah SafronHonors Council AwardProf. Sangi RavichandranYPublic HealthPublic HealthHonors Supplement in SOC 271 Race and the Politics of Incarceration
Haley DahlHonors Council AwardProf. Elizabeth KocsNEngrCivil Engineering Sustainable CitiesHonors Supplement in US 130 Principles of Urban Sustainability
Candace Criswell-MooreHonors Council AwardProf. Bette BottomsNAHSNutritionHON 201 The Legacy of Racism for Children: Psychology, Law, and Public Policy
Freda DoniHonors Council AwardRya SmithYLASCriminology, Law, and JusticeProf WritingInternship with the Office of State Representative Lakesia Collins
Catherine O'ReillyHonors Council AwardDr. Cynthia Klein-BanaiNLASBiological SciencesSustainability Internship Program