Awards

GRADUATE AWARDS

  • Cranson W. and Edna B. Shelley Award - Excellence in Research In Astronomy - to encourage future generations of astronomy students to probe the mysteries of the universe in which we live. 

2023-24Chris O'Connor &
Luke Wenzl
2022-23Stella Ocker
2021-22Yubo Su
2020-21Stella Ocker
2019-20Michelle Vick
2018-19Kassandra Anderson 
2017-18Riccardo Pavesi
2016-17Daisy Leung
2015-16Michael Lam
2014-15Jason Hoftgartner
2013-14Natalia Storch
2012-13Carl Ferkinhoff
2011-12Jim Fuller
2010-11Francois Foucart
2009-10James Wray
2008-09Phil Muirhead
2007-08Zack Medin
2006-07Brian Kent
2005-06Amelie Saintonge
2004-05Elise Furlan
2003-04Timothy McConnochie
2002-03Kristine Spekkens
2001-02Shamibrata Chatterjee & 
Dae-Sik Moon
2000-01Wynn Ho & John Wilson
1999-00Jeremy Darling

  • Cranson W. and Edna B. Shelley Award - Outstanding Teaching Award - to encourage excellence in teaching.

2023-24Bugao Zou
2022-23Madeline Pettine
2021-22Olive Ross
2020-21Catie Ball
2019-20Stella Ocker
2018-19Akshay Suresh
2017-18Abhinav Jindal
2016-17Avani Gowardhan
2015-16Jack Madden
2014-15Amit Vishwas
2013-14Tyler Pauly
2012-13Greg Hallenbeck
2011-12Mike Roman
2010-11Melissa Rice
2009-10Daniel Tamayo
2008-09Kassie Wells
2007-08Tom Oberst

 

  • The Eleanor Norton York Prize in Astronomy - in memory of a member of the Space Science staff who was a great friend of our graduate students .

2023-24Madeline Pettine
2022-23Lukas Wenzl
2021-22Chris O'Connor
2020-21Catie Ball
2019-20Trevor Foote
2018-19Michelle Vick
2017-18Jack Madden
2016-17JJ Zanazzi &
Sean Marshall
2015-16Thea Kozakis
2014-15Mike Jones
2013-14Eva-Maria Mueller
2012-13Joyce Byun
2010-11Shoshanna Cole
2009-10Betsey Adams
2008-09Birany Horgan &
Ann Martin
2007-08Yanling Wu
2006-07Sabrina Stierwalt
2005-06David Rothstein
2004-05Jagadheep Pandian
2003-04Matija Cuk
2002-03Lynn Carter
2001-02Karen Masters &
Britt Scharringhausen
2000-01Shamibrata Chatterjee &
Dae-Sik Moon
1999-00David Kornreich
1998-99Jeremy Darling &
Julie Rathbun
1997-98Julie Rathbun
1996-97Katie Jore &
Tyler Nordgren
1995-96Brett Gladman
1994-95Marco Scodeggio
1993-94Michael D. Smith
1992-93Joseph Lazio &
Pascal Lee

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

  • Cranson W. and Edna B. Shelley Award - Excellence in Research in Astronomy - to encourage future generations of astronomy students to probe the mysteries of the universe in which we live.

2023-24Maggie Li
2022-23Mitchell Indek
2021-22Ze-Wen Koh
2020-21Rayne Liu
2019-20Zifan Lin
2018-19Mark Siebert
2017-18Richard Zachary Murray
2016-17John Kelland
2015-16Wenrui Xu
2014-15Lea Bonnefoy
2013-14Anirudh Chiti
2012-13Eva Vavagiakis
2011-12Yuanjian Zheng
2010-11David Kotfits
2009-10Sarah Morrison
2008-09Jenn Burt
2007-08Tony Li &
Angie Wolfgang
2006-07Derek Schaeffer
2005-06Mark Keremedjiev
2004-05John Dermody
2003-04David Choi
2002-03Jonathan Darvil
2001-02Adam Matnz
2000-01Jascha Sohl-Dickstein
1999-00Marittaya Khumsame

  • The Professor Yervant Terzian Scholarship Award

2022-23Peter Levens
2021-22Jonathan Gomez Barrientos
2020-21Jonathan Gomez Barrientos
2019-20Peter Scherbak
2018-19Talia Burns

  • Josephine L. Hopkins Foundation Fellowship

2020Imaan Rahlm
(Mentor: Jim Cordes)

  • Roger and Mary Lou West Fellowship

2022-23Maggie Li
(Mentor: Anna Ho)
2021-22

Roland Aristide
(Mentor: Alex Hayes)

Noah Ring & David Wu
(Mentor: Saul Teukolsky)

2020-21Ze-Wen Koh
(Mentor: Phil Nicholson)

  • Barry Goldwater Scholarship Recipients

2025-26Abra Geiger
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