Khoury College 2024 Award Winners

The accomplished faculty, students, and alumni who won Khoury College and Northeastern University awards in 2024

Northeastern Academic Honors 2024
Past award winners

Undergraduate awards

Co-op Award

Garrett Michiels

Community Service Award

Sara Takhim

Teaching Award

Nadine AlMuasher

Research Award

William Cutler

Graduate awards

Community Service Award

Cecilia Lopez

Teaching Award

Chaitanya Gokhale

Research Award

Zhiyuan (David) Yang

PhD awards

Community Service Award

Jane Adams

Teaching Award

Cameron Moy

Research Award

Nikolaos Tziavelis

Staff recognition awards

Rising Star

Alex Gonzalez, academic coordinator

Leadership

Mahya Payamshad, assistant director of graduate student services

Mentorship

Kim Gubelman, director of graduate student support services

Broadening Participation in Computing

Tyré Richards, academic advisor

Faculty recognition awards

Teaching

Matt Higger, assistant teaching professor

Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research

Saiph Savage, assistant professor

Outstanding Junior Research

Soheil Behnezhad, assistant professor

Outstanding Senior Research

Engin Kirda, professor

Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Excellence

David Bau, assistant professor

Broadening Participation in Computing

Jonathan Mwaura, associate teaching professor

Khoury College recipients of 2024 university awards

The Huntington 100 recognizes Northeastern community members who truly embody the mission, ideals, and values of the University.

  • James Chang-Davidson
  • William Cutler
  • Jona Fejzaj
  • Will Hanvey
  • Taeyoon (Kevin) Jin
  • Jocelyn Ju
  • Hunter Rudnet
  • Aarshiya Sachdeva
  • Erica Sammarco
  • Sara Takhim

Established in 2024, this program honors exceptional graduate students.

  • Spencer Belsky
  • Vidya Ganesh
  • Tom Henehan
  • Annie Pates
  • Shagun Saboo
  • Manikhanta Praphul Samavedam
  • Daniel Bi, Niyati Khandelwal
  • Peiying Li
  • LeAnn Mendoza
  • Ziyun Chen

The Compass Award recognizes exemplary seniors who demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.

  • James Chang-Davidson

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.

  • Diego Rivera
  • Sabra Sisler
  • Neel Sortur
  • Stanley Wu

Fulbrights are awarded to exceptional students to research, study, or teach English abroad to foster diplomacy and mutual understanding between the US and other countries.

  • Maxwell Pirtle

A scholarship awarded for outstanding scholastic achievement

  • Neeti Desai
  • Ryan Muther
  • Diptendu Kar