Student Award Experiences

Here, you can read about the incredible opportunities afforded to Honors students thanks to our generous donors and supporters. If you have received an award, make sure to submit your report here.

Keira Bowers

December 1, 2025

Keira Bowers I used my summer funding to continue my Honors thesis research on humpback…

Rylie DiMaio

November 24, 2025

Rylie DiMaio I had the privilege of attending the Mid Atlantic Regional Conference of the…

Theodore Todorov

November 21, 2025

Theodore Todorov I went abroad to Australia to further my studies of Aerospace Engineering. At…

Frances Brown

November 19, 2025

Frances Brown I studied abroad in London, Spring 2025 through the Whitman Core program. Study…

Ines Harouchi

September 22, 2025

Ines Harouchi In Spring 2025, I had the incredible opportunity to study abroad at the…

Cara Williams

September 19, 2025

Cara Williams I studied abroad in Madrid, Spain for approximately 3 months, between January and…

Polina Ilyin

September 15, 2025

Polina Ilyin This summer, I interned in Boston for architecture firm Page, which has now…

Pedro de Ángel-Rodríguez

September 12, 2025

Pedro de Ángel-Rodríguez I took part in a Short-Term Abroad Program related to the cultural…

David Cheng

September 10, 2025

David Cheng With the help of a grant provided by the Honors Program, I spent…

Elyas Layachi

September 8, 2025

Elyas Layachi I participated in a Study Abroad course offered by the School of Education…

Bismarck Pacheco

September 5, 2025

Bismarck Pacheco I took Green Britain and International Advertising. For the former, we visited a…

Kaitlyn Kushner

September 3, 2025

Kaitlyn Kushner Through my documentary project, which I have titled “Your Good Name and Your…

Sophia Ortiz-Heaney

August 29, 2025

Sophia Ortiz-Heaney I was a part of an economic research lab for Professor Buzard. I…

Rachel Harris

August 27, 2025

Rachel Harris This past summer, I had the opportunity to spend three weeks in London…

Iris Araki

August 25, 2025

Iris Araki I attended the 2025 Asian American Journalists Association’s National Convention in Seattle in…

Jivishaa Pandit

August 22, 2025

Jivishaa Pandit The Crown Award funding made it possible for me to pursue my thesis…

Alexandra Miller-Thomas

August 20, 2025

Alexandra Miller-Thomas Going to Florence was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever…

Sarah Dias

August 12, 2025

Sarah Dias This past summer, I spent two months interning at a local nonprofit called…

Sarah Alamarie

August 6, 2025

Sarah Alamarie In the summer of 2025, I continued working in the C.A.R.E. Lab (Center…

Brayden Phillips

August 4, 2025

Brayden Phillips I developed a reaction-diffusion model to observe the dynamic nature of Fructose concentration…

Daniella Jacob

July 30, 2025

Daniella Jacob The Peru-Machu Picchu trek trip was an amazing experience and one that I…

Mel Lin

July 28, 2025

Mel Lin I participated in the Strasbourg Summer Community Internship Program as an intern at…

Nathan Torabi

July 23, 2025

Nathan Torabi Words do not describe how impactful my semester in Washington D.C. was. This…

Noor Zakaria

July 14, 2025

Noor Zakaria Studying abroad in London was an incredible and transformative experience, both academically and…