Meinig School students honored with 2022 annual diversity awards

Each year Cornell’s Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE) office recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty and staff through its Annual Awards. Additionally, with support from industry partners, DPE presents corporate awards and scholarships to students.

Congratulations to the following Meinig School students recognized with awards in 2022:

Signature Awards

• Jeremiah James (Ph.D. student), Honorable mention, First Year Graduate Student of the Year
• Jason (Chang) Marvin (Ph.D. student), Zellman Warhaft Graduate Student Award 
• Rick Zirkel (Ph.D. student), CU Empower Outstanding Peer Mentor Award
• Nancy Uribe (Ph.D. student), Ephrahim Garcia Graduate Excellence in Mentoring Awards 

Corporate Awards & Scholarships

• Chanelle Moise ’23, Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) scholarship 
• Barakat Abdul ‘24, Diversity Scholar Award
• Ave Kludze ‘23, Diversity Scholar Award

Cornell’s Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE) office is responsible for fostering a vision of diversity appreciation reflective of the College of Engineering's strategic plan, which enables members from all backgrounds and cultures to thrive and succeed at Cornell University. Award recipients were selected via a nomination process that provided qualitative examples of their deeds and efforts within the Engineering community and/or across Cornell.

For more info: Diversity Programs in Engineering; DPE Annual Awards 2022 – Full list of awards