In addition to university honors, departments may also award honors to their graduating students. Graduating students in Continuing Education can receive these honors from the college that has jurisdiction over their major. Faculty members in the student’s major or interdisciplinary committees may recommend their graduates for honors to recognize outstanding achievement in their field.

To qualify for such honors, graduates must complete a minimum of 24 credits in their major at the university and fulfill any honors requirements as specified by colleges, departments or interdisciplinary committees in their field. To receive honors, a student must have a 3.25 to 3.99 grade point average in all major courses taken at the university with no grade lower than a B. For high honors, students must have a 4.0 grade point average in all courses taken in their major at the university.

Doctoral Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Steven R. Williams Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: Meaghan Elizabeth Barry (2021, 2022) 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award: Meaghan Elizabeth Barry (2024, 2025) 

Chemistry

  • Tripathy Memorial Endowed Graduate Fellowship: Shayesteh Tafazoli (2024) 
  • Mark Elliot Outstanding Student Award for Polymer Science Research: Shayesteh Tafazoli (2021) 

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Department Service Award: 
    • Toby Edward Morris (2025) 
    • Derek Tang (2022) 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Physics: Nicholas Michael Sorabella (2024) 
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Radiological Sciences: 
    • Toby Edward Morris (2024) 
    • Derek Tang (2025) 
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: 
    • Nicholas Michael Sorabella (2023) 
    • Derek Tang (2021) 
  • Karakashian Family Scholarship: Faranak Hatami (2024) 

Master's Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Academic Achievement Award: George Thomas Gikas (2024) 

Physics & Applied Physics

  • First Year Graduate Student Award: Michael Aaron Jones (2025) 
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant:Michael Aaron Jones (2024)

Undergraduate Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Academic Achievement Award 2025:
    • Feriel Tin-Hinan Boudif 
    • Samuel Cherian Sailesh
  • Dean Mark Hines Memorial Scholarship: 
    • Jamia Miranda Andrade (2023) 
    • Faith Joy Kollie (2023) 
    • Yael Gomez (2024)
  • Outstanding Graduating Scholar Award 2025: Faith Joy Kollie
  • Meritorious Service Award 2025: Alexander Kenneth Beaudoin 
  • Undergraduate Student Research Award 2025: Dang Khanh Nguyen

Chemistry

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Forensic Chemistry: Christian Gregory Fisk (2025)
  • American Institute of Chemists Student Award: Praneeth Abburi (2025)
  • American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry: Calum Murray (2025) 
  • American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry: Calum Murray (2025)
  • American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Marie Vachon (2025) 
  • American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Organic Chemistry: Marie Vachon (2025) 

Computer Science

  • Computer Science Undergraduate Excellence Award 
    • Ryan Joseph Hermanet (2025) 
    • Danny Cunha Machado (2025)
  • Computer Science 25th Anniversary Fund: Ryan Joseph Hermanet
  • Martin J. Schedlbauer Computer Science Endowment: Andy Nguyen Tran (2024)
  • Shulman Fund for Excellence in Computer Science: 
    • Ryan Joseph Hermanet 
    • Stanley Liu 
    • Juan Fernando Ruiz 

Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Science in Geoscience: Aiden Grey Swackhammer (2023, 2024) 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Science in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: Joseph Guaragno 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science – Environmental Science Option: Patrick James Burns 
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science – Sustainability Option:  
    • Cate Moy Kleeman 
    • Billy Neal Lefebvre 
  • Robert C. Curtis Founders Scholarship 
    • Cecelia Eluszkiewicz (2024) 
    • Joseph Guaragno (2024)
  • Dan Golomb Scholarship: 
    • Patrick James Burns (2024) 
    • Delaney Swanson (2024) 
  • Arnold O’Brien Founders Scholarship:
    • Benjamin Ayotte (2024) 
    • Aiden Grey Swackhammer (2023, 2024) 
  • Earth Science Algorithm Development and Data Management Endowed Scholarship: Cate Moy Kleeman(2024) 

Mathematical Sciences

  • Professor Alan Doerr Memorial Scholarship: Stephanie Guglielmo (2023)
  • Joan Hertzberg Scholarship: James Neff-Gatchell (2025)
  • Professor Bernard and Yana Shapiro Scholarship: 
    • Audrey DeSousa (2025)
    • Stephanie Guglielmo (2024)
  • Arthur S. Zamanakos Scholarship: Stephanie Guglielmo (2025)

Physics & Applied Physics

  • C. Daniel Cole Endowed Physics Scholarship: John Davis (2024) 
  • Mansur Physics Scholarship: Brandon Matthew Polley (2022) 
  • Charles R. Mingins Physics Award: Brandon Matthew Polley (2025) 
  • Ye Yung Teng Memorial Scholarship: Brandon Matthew Polley (2023, 2024) 
  • Russell V. LeClaire Endowed Scholarship: Cooper Goodwin (2024)

Honors College

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awards these baccalaureate students in the Kennedy College of Sciences within the Honors College the Commonwealth Honors distinction on their degrees. 
  • Floria Amalan
  • Ethan Andrews
  • Ariane Ballovar
  • Alexander Beaudoin
  • Ryan Benner
  • Gaurav Bhatnagar
  • Feriel Boudif
  • Jacob Breen
  • Nam Bui
  • Katherine Cariglia
  • Anne Cary
  • Ryan Cayton
  • Stephanie Ceballos
  • Sonakshi Chaudhary
  • Bianca Correa
  • Joshua Costantini
  • Charles Denovellis
  • Leslie Gamez
  • David Genis
  • Dunia Gomes
  • Jared Gorman
  • Joseph Guaragno
  • Melanie Guerra
  • Stephanie Guglielmo
  • Andrew Halloran
  • Madisyn Herrmann
  • Sameera Jangala
  • Tom Kaplan
  • Sarah Kimball
  • Catherine Kleeman
  • Faith Kollie
  • Stacia Lally
  • Cassandra Larkin
  • William Lefebvre
  • Anson Lu
  • Michelle Ly
  • Sky V. Mackenzie
  • Rohan Mallu
  • Griffin May
  • Teresia Ndegwa
  • Dang Nguyen
  • Thomas O'Connor
  • Gerard O'Reilly
  • Vraj Patel
  • Gabriela Patricio Payano
  • Samuel Sailesh
  • Allison Sciarratta
  • Ainsley Skinner
  • Francisca Sousa
  • Marie Vachon
  • Arthea Valderrama
  • Kadey Vannett
  • Blake Weldon
  • Leon Zeltser