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

Chemistry

  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemistry
    • Evan Peter Reboli (2026)
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Biochemistry
    • Sabrina Isabella Apel (2026)
    • Liyunzi Liang (2026)
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Polymer Science: Randall Anton Scanga (2025)
  • Sukant Tripathy Memorial Fellowship: Jia Tu (2025)

Richard A. Miner School for Computer & Information Sciences

  • Outstanding Graduate Research Award for Ph.D. Students: Frederick Stock (2026)

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Best Graduate Student 
    • Brenden Michael Bowen (2025)
    • Michael John Lavelle (2026)

Master's Awards

Physics & Applied Physics

  • Department Service Award:
    • Aaron Fishbein (2026)
    • Sreeja Purkait (2026)

Undergraduate Awards

Biological Sciences

  • Academic Achievement Award 2026
    • Beyza Meryem Akbulut
    • Lara Haitham Serhan
    • Sean Robert Simonini
  • Outstanding Graduating Scholar Award 2026: Thiago Geraldes Borges
  • Meritorious Service Award 2026: Dylan Shane Kelley
  • Undergraduate Student Research Award 2026: Thiago Geraldes Borges

Chemistry

  • American Institute of Chemists Award 2026: Margaret Mary Aurore Pauline Peters
  • American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Margaret Mary Aurore Pauline Peters
  • American Chemical Society Award in Organic Chemistry: Joseph Michael Cavaco
  • American Chemical Society Award in Physical Chemistry: Joseph Michael Cavaco
  • American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry: Mary Harutyunyan
  • American Chemical Society Award in Biochemistry: Mary Harutyunyan

Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  • Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department Scholarship: Olivia Peterson (2024)
  • Arnold O’Brien Founders Scholarship: Parker Cody Suscavage (2025)
  • Outstanding Senior Award – B.S. in Environmental Science – Environmental Science Option: Mars Rocket Orfanos
  • Outstanding Senior Award – B.S. in Geoscience Option: Chloe Stanford
  • Outstanding Senior Award – B.S. in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: Schuyler McCullough
  • Outstanding Senior Award – B.A. in Environmental Science: Jessie Elizabeth Paxton
  • Earth Science Algorithm Development and Data Management Endowed Scholarship: Jessie Elizabeth Paxton (2025)

Richard A. Minor School for Computer & Information Sciences

  • David E. Shulman Scholarship
    • Omar Ashraf Aly (2024, 2025)
    • Lavish Kumar (2025)
  • David E. Shulman Computer Science ACM Leadership Award: Spencer Antonio Moltoni (2024-2025)
  • Professor Patrick Krolak Scholarship: Zhuojian Chen (2025)
  • George Grinstein Endowed Scholarship: My Giang Vu (2024)
  • Undergraduate Academic Excellence Award
    • Theodor R. Farag (2026)
    • Matthew Jarek (2025)
    • Logan Carter Sehr (2026)
    • Platon Supranovich (2026)
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Research Assistantship Award
    • Jonathan Andrew Spanos (2026)
    • Christian Tagliamonte (2026

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. 

  • Hanna Abu-Zahra
  • Beyza Akbulut
  • Mikayla Balkan
  • Christianna Bittarelli
  • Thiago Borges
  • Angelos Boules
  • Harrison Carven
  • Joseph Cavaco
  • Hsuho Chang
  • Habib Dakash
  • Haidy Dakkash
  • Ian Davis
  • Parker Ha
  • Mary Harutyunyan
  • Vinie Huynh
  • Dylan Kelley
  • Anna Kifor
  • Lavish Kumar
  • Maryem Mahhou
  • Tyler Moh
  • Spencer Moltoni
  • Tam Nguyen
  • Charles Norton
  • Emma Norska
  • Christian O’Connell
  • Mars Orfanos
  • Alyssa Orlova
  • Meera Patel
  • Margaret Peters
  • Catherine Peterson
  • Nathan Raymondeau
  • Carlo Reyes
  • Joshua Rijo
  • Julie Sage
  • Megha Saokar
  • Brandon Seholm
  • Logan Sehr
  • Lara Serhan
  • Matthew Sharon
  • Samuel Stanley
  • Elliot Stark
  • Tanishk Soni
  • Lydia Sturge
  • Nikolaos Tentas
  • Jack Wooldridge
  • Alvin Yu