College of Architecture 2021 Spring Awards
It is with great pride that we present the following list of winners in our Spring Awards program, who distinguished themselves with their exceptional work.
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SAMUEL HORWITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (1ST YEAR)
Gemma Brizzolara
Ethan Casalins
Honorable Mention: Emily Duong
SAMUEL HORWITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (2ND YEAR)
Daria Dewolf
Alejandro Reyes
Honorable Mention: Jonah LaDuca
DWIGHT T. BLACK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (3RD YEAR)
Samuel Bennett
John Mulvey
Honorable Mention: Zoey Kriethe
Honorable Mention: Nhat Nguyen
DWIGHT T. BLACK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (4TH YEAR)
Zexin Gu, Yue Liang, and Hyung Doo Youn
Yuan Chen and YongWon Jeong
Honorable Mention: Hyung Doo Youn and Yue Liang
Honorable Mention: Seniha Ozturk and Asiye Yukselen
NAGLE/HARTRAY SCHOLARSHIP
Sophia Kim
JARROLD AND RUTH WEIL LOEBL SCHOLARSHIP
Yiti "Alice" Gao and Albert Santoso
BROTHERS FINFER SCHOLARSHIP
Noah Donica and Zhiqiang Shi
GEORGE DANFORTH TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP
Melisa Ozyurek, Malak Saadeh, Duy Nguyen, Sheng-Lin Hsu, and Peidong Yang
Albert Martínez
Kaihao Xu
Allaa Abdelsaid, Jacob Jang, Erez Krengel and Nikki Sugihara
Honorable Mention: Anastasia Hasna
Honorable Mention: Sahitya Arullalan and Sepideh Merikhipour
JERROLD LOEBL TRAVELING PRIZE
Matt Callone, Riya Desai, Samuel Long, Yara Taha, and Madelyn Walsh
Honorable Mention: Tiffany Bobbitt, Albert Santoso, and Benvadee Wangtrakuldee
PETERHANS VISUAL TRAINING PROJECT PRIZE
Gemma Brizzolara
Sahitya Arullalan
Mitchell Hawkins
Jacob Jang
MLA AWARDS
IL-ASLA Honor Award: Jing Yao
IL-ASLA Merit Award: Meg Schroeder
2021 University Olmsted Scholarship: Matt Callone
Landscape Architecture Book Award in History, Theory, and Criticism: Yakun Wang
LIRIO Landscape Architecture Summer Internship and Travel Award: Zhihan “Gabe” Yang
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Scholarship: Davey Hines, Johann Friedl, and Sergio Sedano
Caldwell Medal: Krista Dawson
The Hilberseimer Medal: Rocio Ruiz
PH.D. AWARDS
ARCC King Student Medal for Excellence: Nadia Shah
Best Defended Doctoral Dissertation: Marcos Petroli
Ph.D. Program Spirit Award: Zahida Khan
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND FACULTY AWARDS
Henry Adams Medal: Adam Rostek (B.ARCH.) and Aman Panach (M.ARCH.)
Alpha Rho Chi Medal: Rachel Wiesbrock
Faculty Award, B.ARCH. First year: Gemma Brizzolara
Faculty Award, B.ARCH. Second year: Elle Dils and Hayley Robbins
Faculty Award, B.ARCH. Third year: Elanderi Steyn
Faculty Award, B.ARCH. Fourth year: Natalie Lao
Faculty Award, M.ARCH. First Year: Lauren Geske
Faculty Award, M.ARCH. Second Year: The team of Rama Alsaid-Souliman, Austin Bower and Lauren Tudor