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Awards Convocation

Left to right, Karl Taylor Compton Prize winners Raja Bobbili and David Danielson.
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Left to right, Karl Taylor Compton Prize winners Raja Bobbili and David Danielson.
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Photo / L. Barry Hetherington
Left to right, James N. Murphy Award winners Steven Lanou and Peter Cooper.
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Left to right, James N. Murphy Award winners Steven Lanou and Peter Cooper.
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Photo / L. Barry Hetherington
Robert Silbey, dean of the School of Science
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Robert Silbey, dean of the School of Science
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Photo / Donna Coveney
Nicki Lehrer, left, receives the Priscilla King Gray Award from Priscilla Gray and President Susan Hockfield. The MIT Awards Convocation was held on May 9, 2007.
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Nicki Lehrer, left, receives the Priscilla King Gray Award from Priscilla Gray and President Susan Hockfield. The MIT Awards Convocation was held on May 9, 2007.
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Photo / L. Barry Hetherington
Goodwin Medal winner Michael Metzger
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Goodwin Medal winner Michael Metzger
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Photo / L. Barry Hetherington
Wiesner Award winner Hope Ginsburg receives her second award, first prize in the Schnitzer Prize for Visual Arts, from Provost L. Rafael Reif.
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Wiesner Award winner Hope Ginsburg receives her second award, first prize in the Schnitzer Prize for Visual Arts, from Provost L. Rafael Reif.
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Photo / L. Barry Hetherington

Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Professor Samuel Bowring, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
- Professor Joseph Sadighi, Chemistry

Graduate Student Council Teaching Awards
- Asst. Professor Judith Layzer, Urban Studies and Planning
- Professor Gerbrand Ceder, Materials Science and Engineering
- Alexander J. Edmans G (TA), Sloan School of Management
- Carey L. Walters G (TA), Mechanical Engineering

Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Professor Harold Hemond, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Goodwin Medal
- Michael Metzger G (TA), Sloan School of Management, Roslyn Heights, NY

Frank E. Perkins Award
- Professor Warren P. Seering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems

Arthur C. Smith Award
- Professor Anne McCants, History

Harold J. Pettegrove Award
- Matthew Williams 2007, Battle Creek, MI

MIT Woman Athlete of the Year Award
- Doria Holbrook 2008, Yakima, WA

Howard W. Johnson Award
- Craig Edwards 2007, Brookfield, CT

Malcolm G. Kispert Awards
- Julia Zimmerman 2009, Chicago, IL
- Ryan Sheffler 2007, Beaumont, TX

D. Reid Weedon Jr. '41 Alumni/ae Relations Awards
- Kappa Sigma
- Sigma Chi

Frederick Gardiner Fassett, Jr. Awards
- Daniel Eads 2008, Slidell, LA
- Shannon Nees 2007, Hatfield, PA

William L. Stewart Jr. Awards
- Shannon Nees 2007, Hatfield, PA
- Isaac Tetzloff 2007, Stevens Point, WI
- Sadie Wachter 2007, North Huntingdon, PA
- Natalija Jovanovic G, Cambridge, MA
- Clarence Lee G, Canton, MI

Edward L. Horton Fellowship Award
- Jacob Hartman G, Landsdale, PA

John S.W. Kellett '47 Award
- Professor George Barbastathis, Mechanical Engineering

Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) Senior Academic Award
- Yaim Cooper 2007, Bellevue, WA
- Honorable Mention: Stella Young 2007, Saratoge, WA
- Honorable Mention: Mandeep Virdi 2007, Plainview, NY

Albert G. Hill Prize
- Nancy Diaz 2008, Apple Valley, CA
- Sergenio Sylvain 2008, Malden, MA

James N. Murphy Award
- Peter Cooper, Facilities
- Steven Lanou, Environmental Programs Office

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts
- 1st Prize: Hope Ginsburg G, Cambridge, MA
- 2nd Prize: Katherine James G, Watertown, MA
- 2nd Prize: Neri Oxman G, Caesarea, Israel
- Honorable Mention: Stephanie Hsu G, Winter Park, FL

Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Awards
- Hope Ginsburg G, Cambridge, MA
- Diana Nee 2007, Arcadia, CA
- Christine Yu 2007, Laurel, MD

Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
- Lori Huberman 2007, Raleigh, NC

Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award
- Etienne Toussaint 2007, Bronx, NY
- Aston Motes G, Columbia, SC
- Nia Beckley 2007, Fairburn, GA

Patrick J. McGovern '59 Entrepreneurship Award (The following six names are all part of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Team)
- Karina Drees G, Cambridge, MA
- Trond Wuellner G, Menasha, WI
- Josephine Duh 2008, Amherst, NH
- Alex Min G, Cambridge, MA
- John Harthorne G, Somerville, MA
- Deric Corwin G, Cambridge, MA

Laya W. Wiesner Award
- Jamie Karcesky 2007, Fayette City, PA

Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service
- Nicki Lehrer 2007, Rockville, MD
- Rany Woo 2008, Fayetteville, NC
- Justin Tan 2008, Westmount, Quebec, Canada

Laya Wiesner Community Award
- Andrea Schmidt G, North Plains, OR

Gordon Y. Billard Award
- Dean Robert Silbey, School of Science

Karl Taylor Compton Prize
- Raja H.R. Bobbili 2007, Lusaka, Zambia
- David Danielson G, Salinas, CA

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 6, 2007 (download PDF).

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