A complete list of the 2020 Awards Convocation award recipients can be found below. A historical record of previous award recipients will be made available soon, please contact us at awards@mit.edu with any questions.
2020 Recipients
Last Name, First Name | Affiliation | Award |
Abdelhafez, Mohamed | Physics | Graduate Student Council Teaching Award |
Alpha Phi | D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41 Alumni/ae Relations Award - Honorable Mention | |
Amini, Alexander | G | UROP Outstanding Mentor Award - Graduate Student/Postdoc |
Arias, Andrea | 2022 | Frederick Gardiner Fasset Jr. Award |
Attah, Ochiba | 2020 | Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award |
Benard, Kimberly | CAPD | Gordon Y. Billard Award |
Berzolla, Emily | 2020 | Malcolm G. Kispert Award |
Blake, Kofi | 2020 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Block, Wesley | 2022 | Harold J. Pettegrove Award |
Bolivar Matos, Andrea | 2020 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Brode-Roger, Olivia | G | Goodwin Medal Award |
Carbin, Michael | EECS | Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Chandra, Shekhar | G | Graduate Student Council Teaching Award |
Davis, Meghan | 2021 | Bridge Builder Award (Individual or Group) |
Delarue, Arthur | G | William L. Stewart, Jr. Award |
Delta Phi Epsilon | D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41 Alumni/ae Relations Award - Second Place | |
Edoh, Melissa | Anthropology | Everett Moore Baker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching |
Edskes, Bouke | 2020 | Howard W. Johnson Award |
Espiritu, Joseph | 2020 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Essigmann, John | Biological Engineering | Arthur C. Smith Award |
Feng, Guoping | Brain and Cognative Sciences | Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Fenlon, Liam | 2020 | Larry G. Benedict Leadership Award |
Gaetz, Marisa | 2020 | William L. Stewart, Jr. Award |
Gallagher, Lawrence | Open Learning, Supporting Unit, MVP | Gordon Y. Billard Award |
Gelman, Allan | 2020 | Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award |
Gelman, Danny | 2020 | Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award |
Gibbons, Robert | Sloan | Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Goetz, Devon | 2020 | Betsy Schumacher Woman Athlete of the Year Award |
Gunter-Rahman, Fatima | 2020 | Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) Senior Academic Award |
Haeffner, Brett | 2021 | Frederick Gardiner Fasset Jr. Award |
Hussain, Timmy | 2020 | Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award |
Ignaccolo, Carmelo | G | UROP Outstanding Mentor Award - Graduate Student/Postdoc |
Kacham, Deekshita | 2022 | Emerging Leader Award |
Khan, Talia | 2020 | Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award |
Khan, Talia | 2020 | Suzanne Berger Award for Future Global Leaders |
Kim, Ju-Lee | Mathematics | Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising |
Kolodziejski, Leslie | EECS | Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Kosten, Margaret | 2020 | Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award |
Lee, Michelle | 2021 | Outstanding New Leader Award |
Lepe, Bianca | G | Emerging Leader Award |
Lepe, Bianca | G | Karl Taylor Compton Prize |
Leplae-Arthur, Timothy | 2020 | Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award |
Llarena, Federico | 2020 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Lombardo, Seamus | G | Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service |
Lopez, Josue | G | Mens et Manus Award |
MacConnell, Stephanie | G | Patrick J. McGovern ’59 Entrepreneurship Award |
Magana-Salgado, Uriel | 2021 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Minsky, Charlotte | 2020 | Karl Taylor Compton Prize |
MIT Energy Conference | Outstanding Event Award | |
Moussa, Zaina | 2021 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Olivetti, Elsa | Materials Science and Engineering | Paul Gray Award for Public Service |
Orji, Andrea | 2021 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Osman, Abdalla | 2021 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Phi Beta Epsilon | D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41 Alumni/ae Relations Award - Honorable Mention | |
Pulido, Mirabella | Research Laboratory of Electronics | James N. Murphy Award |
Quaye, Jessica | 2020 | Golden Beaver Award (Individual) |
Quaye, Jessica | 2020 | Karl Taylor Compton Prize |
Quaye, Jessica | 2020 | Mens et Manus Award |
Quaye, Jessica | 2020 | MISTI Ambassador Award |
Raskar, Ramesh | Architecture and Planning | Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising |
Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro | G | Unsung Hero Award |
Richardson, Caleb | 2020 | Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award |
Sania, Jeba | 2020 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Shaoul, Yorai | 2021 | Malcolm G. Kispert Award |
Silmore, Kevin | Chemical Engineering | Graduate Student Council Teaching Award |
Sivaraman, Venkatesh | 2020 | Louis Sudler Prize in the Art |
Strang, Gilbert | Mathematics | Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education |
Sydney Pacific Graduate Council | Golden Beaver Award (Group) | |
Tassi, Jennifer Recklet | Medical | Laya Weisner Community Award |
Tau Epsilon Phi | D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41 Alumni/ae Relations Award - First Place | |
Turton, Sam | G | John S.W. Kellett '47 Award |
Tweedy, Ruth | 2020 | Frederick Gardiner Fasset Jr. Award |
Wahid, Mimi | 2021 | Albert G. Hill Prize |
Wahid, Mimi | 2021 | Unsung Hero Award |
Wahnschafft, Kiara | 2020 | Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service |
Wang, Yi "Jenny" | G | Larry G. Benedict Leadership Award |
Xu, Liza | G | Edward L. Horton Fellowship Award |
Yao, Olivia | 2020 | Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award |
Zeta Psi | D. Reid Weedon Jr. ’41 Alumni/ae Relations Award - Second Place | |
Zhao, Yufei | Mathematics | UROP Outstanding Mentor Award - Faculty |