{"id":7184,"date":"2020-08-13T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/?page_id=7184"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:33:07","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>2026 Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2026:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy Memorial: <\/strong><\/span>Zahra Abdi, Liz Berg ,Courtney Ford, Amanda Millar, Rae Ruane<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize: <\/strong>Lauren Steiger<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award: <\/strong>Nicholas Constantini &amp; Jonathan Sullivan<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2026:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize: <\/strong>Henry Chuang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2026:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize: <\/strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">William Conroy &amp; Amanda Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics: <\/strong><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Joshua Emokpae<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">The following awards are presented each Spring to undergraduates concentrating in the Department of Classical Studies.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The College Prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The College of Arts &amp; Sciences, on the recommendation of the Department of Classical Studies, awards this prize to the senior who has demonstrated excellence and superior achievement both as a scholar in ancient Greek and Latin and as a member of the classics community in terms of service to the University, college, and\/or the department. The award is presented every year on Friday of Commencement Weekend.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Meyer Reinhold Prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Classical Studies awards this prize to one or more undergraduate(s) enrolled in the College of Arts &amp;\u00a0Sciences who have demonstrated superior achievement in the study of ancient history, Roman civilization, or the classical tradition. The award is presented at a spring reception hosted by the Department of Classical Studies held each April.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Classical Studies, in conjunction with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/\">Center for the Humanities<\/a>, awards this prize, on the recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Classical Studies, to an undergraduate who has demonstrated superior achievement in the study of Latin and who anticipates a profession in the classics. The award is presented at the Humanities Foundation award ceremony held each April.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The John Oddy Memorial Award<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Classical Studies, in conjunction with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/humanities\/\">Center for the Humanities<\/a>, awards this prize on the recommendation of the faculty of the Department of Classical Studies, to a select number of junior or senior women who have distinguished themselves in a course in classical history or classical civilization. Applicants need not be in the\u00a0College of Arts &amp;\u00a0Sciences. Financial need may be taken into account in making the selection. The award is presented at the Humanities Foundation award ceremony held each April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, other prizes and fellowships for which classics concentrators are eligible are awarded by nomination to the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University Center for the Humanities<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(617-353-2641).<\/p>\n<h3>The Ann Vasaly Prize<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of Classical Studies awards this prize to the student who has excelled in the study of ancient Greek and Latin. The award is presented at the department\u2019s Commencement ceremony in May.<\/p>\n<h3>Past Award Winners<\/h3>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2024-2025<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2025:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong> Hannah Bruce, Paige Dong, Caroline Foley, &amp; Alyssa Phillips<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Gracie Rohde<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Henry Chuang<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2025:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize: <\/strong>John Griffin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award: <\/strong>Isabella Kyprios &amp; Anastasia Angelakis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Rae Ruane, Luke Yanosy, &amp; <span>Irini Livanos<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> Eleanor Moran<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2023-2024<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2024:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong> Sophia Fruehauf, Sydney Jessup, &amp; Eleanor Moran<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize: <\/strong>John Griffin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2024:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Kit Huong Li<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award: <\/strong>Spiridon-Iosif Capotos &amp; Artemios Kayas<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> <span>Sofia Podgorski<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> <span>Vivian Dai<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2022-2023<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2023:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong>\u00a0 Vivian Dai, Mairead Downes, Anna Rafferty, Aarohi Goel, Emma Rits<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize: <\/strong>Kit Houng Li<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><strong><span class=\"WdYUQQ text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award<\/span>: <\/strong>John Griffin<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2023:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Zowie Rico<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2023:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award:\u00a0<\/strong>Georgia Karantenislis &amp; Luke Kennedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Sophia Igarashi, Sofia Podgorski, &amp; Elizabeth Sprague<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> Brain Ko<br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Excellence in Classics Teaching:<\/strong> Joseph Watkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2021-2022<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2022:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong> Zowie Rico &amp; Nicolette Salmi<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong> Nicole Beymer<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Sydney Jessup, Charles Kielt, &amp; Kit Hong Li<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Carter Fehey<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2022:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize:<\/strong> Kira Solovay<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Antonis Fragoudakis Memorial Award:<\/strong> Emmanuel Smirnakis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Grace Deustachio<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> Hallie <span>Baggaley<\/span><br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Excellence in Classics Teaching:<\/strong> Philip Levine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2020-2021<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2021:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong> Nicole Beymer, Kalliope Glavas, \u00a0Sarah Hancock, Kira Nash, Catherine Peerson, Kira Solovay, Yarden Tsofni<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong> Hallie Baggaley<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><strong>Unrestricted BUCH:<\/strong> Brain Ko<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2021:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize:<\/strong> Margaret Evans\u00a0<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate School Award, 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award:<\/strong> Maya Chakravorty<\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Modern Greek Award:<\/strong> Adam Chrysostomou<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Boston University Philhellenes Award:<\/strong> Margaret Evans<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Zowie Rico<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> Kira Nash and Catherine Peerson<br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Excellence in Classics Teaching:<\/strong> Alicia Matz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2019-2020<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Boston University Center for the Humanities Awards, 2020:<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>John Oddy\u00a0Memorial:<\/strong> Margaret Evans, Elisabeth Kotsalidis, Rebecca Martin,\u00a0<\/span><span><\/span><span>Mari Rooney,\u00a0Christina Tavella\u00a0<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Alice Brennan Humanities Award:<\/strong> Kira Solovay<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Edwin and Ruth White Prize:<\/strong> Gianni\u00a0Vaughan<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong> Joseph Droegemueller<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Arts and Sciences Award, 2020:\u00a0<\/strong><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>College Prize:<\/strong> Noah Lawson<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate School Award, 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award:<\/strong> Peter Kotiuga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Departmental Awards, 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><\/span><span><strong>Modern Greek Award:<\/strong> Grace Beery and Kalliope Glavas<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>The Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Justin Messmer and Matthew Goebel<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>The Ann Vasaly Prize for Excellence in Classics:<\/strong> Cory Willingham<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span><strong>Excellence in Classics Teaching:<\/strong> Joshua Paul<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2018-2019<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>College Prize:<\/strong> Emily Damiano<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong> Noah Lawson<\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Oddy Memorial Award:<\/strong> Eleni Constantinou, Kennedy Blake Farrow, Wenyi Jiang, Dorothy Modrall-Sperling, and Ningyin Zhao<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Cory Willingham\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Prize for Excellence in Modern Greek:<\/strong> Eleni Constantinou<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vasaly Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>Joseph Droegemueller<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2017-2018<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>College Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>Claire Chiodini<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong> Elizabeth Chastain Foster<\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Oddy Memorial Award:<\/strong> Emily Damiano and Zoe Tran<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Gideon Breslaw<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Prize for Excellence in Latin:\u00a0<\/strong>David Murauskas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vasaly Prize:<\/strong> <span>Evan Armacost<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2016-2017<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>College Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>Katherine Rachel Quinn<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0Richard Driscoll<\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Oddy Memorial Award:<\/strong> Samantha Farr Arnold, Rebecca Behrends, Clare Marie Chiodini, and Elizabeth Higgins<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Meyer Reinhold Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>David Murauskas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for Excellence in Modern Greek:<\/strong>\u00a0Liane Tarnecki<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">2015-2016<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>College Prize:\u00a0<\/strong><span>Joshua Allbright<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Dean Elsbeth Melville Latin Prize:<\/strong>\u00a0Katherine Quellin<\/p>\n<p><strong>The John Oddy Memorial Award:<\/strong> Claire Brown, Elizabeth Ethier, Hannah Hamilton, and Katrice Kemble<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meyer Reinhold Prize:<\/strong> Claire Bloom, Katrice Kemble, Cassandra Kocek<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize for Excellence in Ancient Greek:<\/strong> 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