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Slide 1: GSAS Alumni Association Board member Emily Morris (center, ’02CC ’07MA, American Studies) and Ken Catandella, Senior Executive Director of the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) and University Relations, enjoy the cocktail hour before the ceremony.
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Slide 2: (Center) Claudia Espinoza-Heredia (PhD candidate, Psychology) before receiving the 2026 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student. With Claudia are (left) Arlene Lormestoire (PhD candidate, Psychology) and (right) ASGC President Aandishah Tehzeeb Samara (PhD student, Earth and Environmental Sciences).
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Slide 3: Riya Rampalli (’26MA, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology) accepting the 2026 Campbell Award in the beautiful library of Casa Italiana.
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Slide 4: Joseph Lee (PhD candidate, Physics) thanks his students as he accepts his 2026 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student.
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Slide 5: Celina Chatman Nelson, Senior Associate Dean for Professional Development and Academic Access at GSAS, presenting the Dr. Devon T. Wade Mentorship, Service, and Advocacy Award to Mariah Ramos (PhD candidate, Chemistry).
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Slide 6: Marina Cords, Professor of Anthropology and Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, accepting her 2026 Faculty Mentoring Award. The winners of this award are chosen by the GSAS graduate students.
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Slide 7: David Sulzer (’88PhD, Biological Sciences), Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology at Columbia University, discussing history as he accepts the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Achievement.
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Slide 8: Dean Carlos Alonso with Julia Doe, Associate Professor of Music at Columbia University as Professor Doe accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of accomplished composer, Joan Tower (’78DMA, Music).
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Slide 9: Dinner guests applaud the award winners. Ábel Ravasz (Standing left, ’24MA, Sociology) and Tatiana Kotlyarenko (standing right, ’07MA, Human Rights) received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award. Madeleine Dobie (standing rear), Professor of French and Comparative Literature, received the Faculty Mentoring Award. Elizabeth Hinton (standing second from right,’13PhD, History) received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award.
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Slide 10: GSAS Dean Carlos J. Alonso (left), Columbia University Alumni Medal winner Lindsay Leard-Coolidge (’92PhD, Art History and Archaeology), GSAS Alumni Association President Benjamin Young (’13PhD, French and Romance Philology), and Lindsay’s daughter, Caroline Coolidge celebrate after the ceremony.
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Slide 1: Dean Carlos J. Alonso presents the evening's award winners.
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Slide 2: Graduate students, faculty, and alumni in the library of Casa Italiana.
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Slide 3: Campbell Award winner Lauren P. Bernard (’25PhD, Music) with Ken Catandella, Senior Executive Director for Columbia Alumni Association and University Relations.
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Slide 4: Tamara Hache (’21MPhil, Latin American and Iberian Cultures) accepting the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching.
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Slide 5: Chris Washburne (standing right), Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department, speaking with guests during dinner.
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Slide 6: Umiemah Farrukh (’25MA, South Asian Studies) accepts the Devon T. Wade Mentorship, Service, and Advocacy Award.
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Slide 7: Dean Carlos J. Alonso speaks with guest Circe Lyu and Dean's Award for Distinguished Achievement winner, Gregory L. Verdine (’86PhD, Chemistry).
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Slide 8: (Left to right) Award winners Garima Raheja (’25PhD, Earth and Environmental Sciences), Tamara Hache (’21MPhil, Latin American and Iberian Cultures), Lauren P. Bernard (’25PhD, Music), Gregory L.Verdine (’86PhD, Chemistry), Gaisu Yari (’18MA, Human Rights Studies), Daniel Westervelt (Lamont Associate Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics), Umiemah Farrukh (’25MA, South Asian Studies).
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Slide 1: (Left) Gergana Halpern, Director of Education Programs at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights chatting with Tanya Kotelnykova (right), Outstanding Recent Alumni Award winner.
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Slide 2: Faculty Mentoring Award winner, Nancy Worman (left) chatting with PhD student Brett Stine and alumna Emma Ianni.
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Slide 3: Campbell Award winner, Kailani Acosta, with Dean Carlos Alonso
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Slide 4: Students, alumni, and faculty enjoying the awards dinner in the library of Casa Italiana.
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Slide 5: Daniel Saenz accepts his Presidential Teaching Award as Vice Dean Andrea Solomon looks on.
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Slide 6: Manasi Jayakumar accepting her Presidential Teaching Award.
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Slide 7: Kate Macdonald Falsini, accepting the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Achievement for her father, Timothy Macdonald.
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Slide 8: (Left to right) Dean Carlos Alonso with award winners Daniel Saenz, Manasi Jayakumar, Roni Henig, Nancy Worman, Melissa Garcia, Jason Smerdon, Kailani Acosta.
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Slide 1: Lauren Faber O’Connor (’05MA, Climate and Society) chatting before receiving The Dean’s Award for Distinguished Achievement
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Slide 2: Dean Carlos Alonso giving opening remarks in the library of Casa Italiana
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Slide 3: Vice Dean Andrea Solomon with Ana DiGiovanna (’23MPhil, Psychology) recipient of The Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student
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Slide 4: Mia Nagawiecki (’16MA, American Studies), Vice President for Education at the New York Historical Society, recipient of The Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
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Slide 5: Colin H. Kahl (’00PhD, Political Science) U.S. Under Secretary for Defense for Policy, recipient of The Dean’s Award for Distinguished Achievement
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Slide 6: Tyler Campbell (’23MA, African-American Studies) and Della Maggio (’23MA, Human Rights Studies) received The Devon T. Wade Mentorship, Service, and Advocacy Award
