The Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences celebrated faculty, staff, teaching, mentorship, and academic excellence in several recent ceremonies.

A ceremony was held in Singleton Auditorium for Teaching, Mentoring and Community Impact Awards on April 10. The following awardees were recognized:

Faculty Award For Graduate Teaching: Pawan Sinha

Faculty Award For Undergraduate Teaching: Gloria Choi

Faculty Award For Graduate Student Mentoring: Earl Miller

Faculty Award For Undergraduate Advising: Matt Wilson

Faculty Award For Postdoctoral Mentoring: Laura Schulz

Angus Macdonald Award For Excellence In Undergraduate Teaching: Audrey Effenberger, Xochitl Luna, and Adrian Martinez

Walle Nauta Award For Excellence In Graduate Teaching: Hokyung Sung and Sol Markman

Walle Nauta Award For Continuing Dedication To Teaching: Moshe Poliak

Community Impact Awards: Melissa Kline-Struhl, Herrissa Lamothe, Max Siegel, Alexandra Decker, Cui Li, and Troy Littleton

A ceremony was held for the Building 46 Staff Awards in the Picower Reading Terrace on April 23. The following individuals were recognized:

Go-To Person Staff Award: Ani Ayvazian-Hancock, Chris Shay, Natalie Gutierrez, and Taylor Johns 

Morale Booster Staff Award: Brittany Greenough, Kaitlyn Kelley, Sarah Frank, and Alex Sokhina 

Problem Solver Staff Award: Arek Hamalian, Steven Rinaldi, and Eleana MacPhail

Undergraduate academic award winners were celebrated at a dinner April 9. The following students were recognized with BCS Academic Awards for achieving a 4.9 GPA or higher.

Course 6-9, Year 3:
Vicky Chen
Rithvik Ganesh
Vivian Han
Grace Hu
Kaylee Ji
Yue Chen Li
Arthur Liang
Jonathan Song
Aimee Wang
Susan Wang
Katherine Xie
Elizabeth Zhang
Lucky Deignan
Andrea Jia
Janine Medrano
Alexandra Valdepenas Ramirez
Hannah Wu
Mindy Zhang

Course 6-9, Year 4:
Jason Chen
Angeles Cibils Bernardes
Wells Crosby
Janvi Huria
Nnamdi Obi
Sophie Sun
Claire Camacho
Harry Chen
Faith Choe
Willow Huang
Jada Li
Claire Southard
Diego Swaddipong
Angie Zhou
Jocelyn Zhu

Course 9, Year 3:
Anna Dong
Mirielle Griffin
Kanna Pichappan
Srihitha Dasari
Caroline Ibanez Moran
Laiba Shahid
Amy Wang
Devorah Wertheimer

Course 9, Year 4:
Lauren Davis
Bianca Santi
Mia Sedgwick
Erin Liu
Samuel Tukua

BCS Undergraduate Research Awards:
Andrii Zahorodonii
Bianca Santi
Emma Wang
Evan Hong

Congratulations to all the honorees!