Undergraduate Awards


Every spring the mathematics department presents awards to exceptional students in the department.

Hollis Cooley Memorial Prize
Awarded for excellence and for exceptional promise in mathematics.

  • Nigel Shen (May 2023)
  • Ron Nissim (May 2022)
  • Junyi Zou (May 2021)
  • Tianrui Xu (May 2020)
  • Hongkang Yang (May 2019)
  • Dominic Louis Wynter (May 2018)
  • Sanchit Chaturvedi (May 2017)
  • Hari Rao-Murthy (May 2017)
  • Taher Dahleh (May 2016)
  • Olivia Chu (May 2015)
  • Saad Khan (May 2014)
  • Jing Ye (May 2013)
  • Patrick Wilson (2012)
  • Nathaniel Weinman (May 2011)
  • Shunxin Jiang (May 2010)
  • Karol Koziol (May 2009)

Mathematics Awards
Presented to a graduating senior for excellence in math and service to the department; and to members of the junior class for meritorious service, or for excellence in math.

  • Jennie Chen, Sean Mackin and Jingyi Xie (May 2023)
  • Mengjian Hua and Oishika Chaudhury (May 2022)
  • John Messina and Ron Nissim (May 2021)
  • John Messina and Junyi Zou (May 2020)
  • Dan Simon and Guanhua Sun (May 2019)
  • Simarth Tiwari (May 2018)
  • Revathi Krishan (May 2017)
  • Maryna Asipchuk (May 2016)
  • Taher Dahleh (May 2015)
  • Anastasios Bountouvas (May 2014)
  • John Chiarelli, Keyue Gao, and Xu Yan (2013)
  • Sun Hyoung S Kim, Nathaniel Weinman, and Frank Hsu (2012)
  • Donimick Villano & Chaney Lin, (Sr.) Neil Pathak & Jason Gruener (Jr.) (May 2011)
  • Stephanie Lewkiewicz, Dominick Villano, and Ilya Zhitomirskiy (May 2010)
  • Vinay Mahadeo, Rachel Marano, and Kelly Sielert (May 2009)

Mathematics Awards for Academic Achievement
Presented to graduating seniors for academic excellence in mathematics.

  • Advaith Reddy, Alexa Tartaglini, Ning Yu and Zhenge Zhong (May 2023)
  • Danning Lai, Qingyu Mo, Leyi Yan, Bowen Zhu, Rira Shimizu (May 2022)
  • Meixi Chen, Zeyu Jing, Xuan Long, Max Shean, Yuepeng Wang, Qishuo Yin, Lingyu Zhao (May 2021)
  • Tatiana  Ezubova, Julian Stefan Glowacz, Gu Jin, Zeshun Zong, and Parthvi Bhutani (May 2020)
  • Simon Gagliardi, Joshua Frederick Kariyev, Quinton Tilley, Harrison Maxwell Wolff, and Ruochen Zhao (May 2019)
  • Michio Tanaka, Weiyi Lu, Yunbin Zhang, Giorgio Cocomello, and Pengcheng Han (May 2018)
  • Beverly Zou, Xiaoyue Sun, Siqi He, Yi Mi, Erzhuo Wang, and Vadim Semenov (May 2017)
  • Andrej Kopanyi, Carmen Lai, Hao Hua Li, Ran You, and Ruitu Xu (May 2016)
  • Eric Hu, Samuel Jeralds, Kristin Petersmann, Hai Yan Wang, and Bingru Weng (May 2015)

Perley Lenwood Thorne Medal in Mathematics
This medal, endowed by the faculty to honor Professor Thorne at the time of his retirement in 1949, is awarded for outstanding scholarship in mathematics.

  • Ling Lan (May 2018)
  • Matthew Broe (May 2017)
  • Sebastian Ament (May 2016)
  • John Ryan (May 2015)
  • Jing Lu (May 2014)
  • Jaroslaw Jaracz (2013)
  • Jiayang Gao (2012)
  • Aukosh Jagannath (May 2011)
  • Corey Everlove (May 2010)
  • Michael Weiss (May 2009)