Phi Kappa Phi Student Recognition Awards

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the oldest interdisciplinary honor society at USC. It recognizes scholarship and awards prizes annually to graduate and undergraduate students for creative and scholarly achievements.

Georgia H. Burki
Isabella Gonzalez Villarreal
Raktim Mitra
Soha Niroumandijahromi

Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Award

Devoted to liberal learning in arts and sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, presents two undergraduate awards to honor creativity, scholarship, and leadership in faculty-student community relations.

Emerson Damiano
Jonathan Hayden
Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
Kenneth Nguyen

Rockwell Dennis Hunt Award

Awarded to an alumna or alumnus of USC who is pursuing a graduate or professional degree at the university and who is most representative of the Trojan Family’s traditions and values.

Dimple Sarnaaik

University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Awarded to three graduate teaching assistants – from diverse areas such as the natural sciences and engineering, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts – who have exhibited consistent excellence in the classroom and thus symbolize the university’s dedication to the education of scholar-teachers.

Ayala Haddad
Shelby Smith
Yanfei Zhou

PhD Achievement Award

The PhD Achievement Awards recognize current USC PhD students with exceptional academic profiles. Six awards are made to students from across the university.

Lucinda Adjesiwor
Daniel Aslan
Shihui Chen
Matthew Fontaine
Rachel L. Klein
Laurel Kruke

Boren Scholar

Viet N. Tran

Schwarzman Scholar 

Charlotte Xuwanqi Wang

Barry Goldwater Scholar

Brandon Ye

USC Steven & Kathryn Sample Renaissance Scholar Prize

Rianna Herzlinger
Jiani (Kelly) Liu
Sophia Mager
Nina M. Moothedath
Kenneth Nguyen
Claire J. Silverstein
Gwenan L. Walker
Derek Ye
Ziteng Zeng
Ye Zhang

USC Global Scholar Prize

Kyra A. Aligaen
Defne Aslan
Erika D. Chagin
Emerson Damiano
Katrina Dang
Denali M.H.
Kauffman
Ethan J. Santana
Alexandra N. Stanczak
Nicole K. Tang
Riva Verma

USC Discovery Scholar Prize

Liliana Adkins
Susanna Andryan
Harmony S. Cen
Caleb Dehn
Isabella Gonzalez Villarreal
Alexander W.C. Kuncz
Matthew Sorgie
Lilly Tung
Jina Umakanthan
Brandon Ye

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Stella Baldwin
Ajay V. Srinivasan