The Office of Graduate Studies annually awards faculty and students with Folsom Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis awards, the Graduate Teaching and Research awards, and the Excellence in Graduate Education awards.
The college's 2018-19 awardees are below.
Chancellor's Fellowship
- Trevor Adams, Philosophy
- Morgan Cade, Biological Sciences
- Allison Cipriano, Psychology
- Alexandra Crook, Chemistry
- Nikola Kuzmanovski, Math
- Lauren Laifer, Psychology
- Yuanyuan Ni, Physics and Astronomy
- Bailey Oettel, Anthropology
- Zachery Shomo, Biochemistry
- Clay Stevens, Chemistry
- Collin Victor, Math
Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Education
The Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Education Award honors faculty members whose dedication to graduate students and commitment to excellence in graduate mentoring have made a significant contribution to graduate education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- David DiLillo, Psychology
- Christina Falci, Sociology
- Rebecca Lai, Chemistry
Dean's Fellowship
- Noori Choi, Biological Sciences
- Jayne Kinney, History
- Edward Matheson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Mingyu Yang, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fling Fellowship
- Rachel Cochran, English
- Benjamin Hage, English
- Maren Hankey, Psychology
- Sam Keramati, Physics and Astronomy
- Kate Theimer
Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation
Funded by the Folsom family through the University of Nebraska Foundation, this award recognizes and rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the doctoral level. Nominated dissertations represent original work making an extraordinarily significant contribution to the discipline.
- Eman Hassan, English
- Abhiteja Konda, Chemistry
Folsom Distinguished Master's Thesis
Funded by the Folsom family through the University of Nebraska Foundation, this award recognizes and rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master's level.
- Jessica Tebo, English
Othmer Fellowship
- Jamaica Baldwin, English
- Saddiq Dzukogi, English
- Allison Ganger, Math
- Jared Haupt, Biochemistry
- Patrick Hoehne, History
- Dean Jackson, Political Science
- Michael Loes, Chemistry
- Felix Marcia, Physics and Astronomy
- Jackson Morris, Math
- Katie Pryor, English
- Daniel Schaub, Political Science
- Laura Segura Hernandez, Biological Sciences
- Stephen Shield, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- William Sipe, Communication Studies
- Rachel Stenger, Sociology
- Jaclyn Swiderski, English
Outstanding Graduate Research and Creative Activities Award
This award recognizes the excellent quality of research carried out by graduate students and is given based on the student's on-going outstanding contribution to research, future promise as a researcher, and on the originality, imagination, and significance of their research or creative activity. (Prior to 2017 this was the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award.)
- Jennifer Andersen, Sociology
- Anna Jaffe, Psychology
- John Kiat, Psychology
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
The Office of Graduate Studies recognizes the valuable role that graduate teaching assistants play in enhancing undergraduate learning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award honors graduate teaching assistants who have demonstrated special effectiveness in teaching undergraduates in a variety of settings.
- Katherine Henson, English
- Moriah Locklear, Chemistry
- Katherine McWain, English
- Delaram Rahimighazikalayeh, Modern Languages
Presidential Fellowship
- Shamar Chin, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Molly Franz, Psychology
