Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work

The Graduate School will be honoring eight recipients of the seventh annual Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Award recipients will make brief presentations describing their work and a reception will follow. Registration is requested.

Recipients were selected by members of the Graduate Faculty Council from a diverse pool of over 50 applicants from across the University.

The 2026 honorees are:

• Yanbei Chen - Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation
• Jessica Hogbin, History
• Dian Ling, Multimedia, Photography and Design
• David Ojomakpene Moses, Chemical Engineering
• Christine Eunseol Park, Public Relations
• Michael Seitz, Bioengineering
• Aditya Srinivasan, Social Science
• Elina Ruiqi Sun, Social Psychology
• Jiayue Yu, Art Photography

Honorable mention:

• Kaia Kirk, Political Science
• Katie Mulligan, Illustration
• Bixuan Ren, Mass Communications
• Aliza M. Willsey, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Wusirige, Human Development and Family Science

All members of the campus community are invited to celebrate these scholars’ accomplishments and learn more about their outstanding contributions to research and creative work at the University. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided.  Please contact Holly Johnson (hjohns02@syr.edu or 315-443-3701) for any additional accommodations.