Graduating seniors and winners of department awards were recognized in two ceremonies this week
The Department of Physics and Astronomy, together with the Department of Engineering, held an end-of-year banquet and award ceremony on May 5 to honor annual award winners. A separate ceremony was held on May 6 to recognize graduating seniors and induct students into Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics and astronomy honorary society.
Students Manuel Anyimah ’26, Rahv Tupac-Yupanqui ’26 and Haolin Wang ’26 will graduate with degrees in physics; Morgan Micharski with a degree in Astrophysics; and Carissa Trollinger with a degree in Astronomy.
Jonathan Berkson, Jaylem Cheek, Morgan Micharski, Matthew Reick, Muhammed Tahiru, and Myka Thomas were inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma.
Awards were given to Iris Blanton-Parke ’29 and Priyal Sanathara ’29 for outstanding work as first-years in astrophysics. Danny Asnis ’29 and James Engelbrecht ’29 were recognized for outstanding work in first-year physics. Colin Vernon earned the award for outstanding teaching assistant of the year, and Jonathan Berkson earned the award for outstanding research.