Newbury Award

The Newbury Award is provided by Boston University’s Newbury Center to support first-generation college students conducting summer research through UROP. The Newbury Center was founded in January 2021 with the aim to become a highly visible, transformative unit of the University, offering programming and services designed to ensure that first-generation students experience the same sense of well-being, belonging, self-efficacy, and academic accomplishment as their continuing-generation peers. For more information about the Newbury Center, please visit their website.

Newbury Center Members who receive UROP summer research funding are considered for the Newbury Award. For information on completing a UROP application, please click here.

2026 Awardees

Angela Amato
Grace Buckland
Isabella Chan
Uyen Chu
Isabella Cruz
Emily Dong
Julien Gonzalez- Palavicini
Mikayla Grymes
Jessica Gusmao
Mielat Kiflu
Joyce Lam
Jenna Le
Ivy Lin
Tahalia Nira
Nana Okyere
Priyanshi Panchal
Kayla Portillo
Sasa Ramos
Iskander Rzaev
Miffy Song
Abgeya Taye
Adam Vilama
Jessica Wu
XioAn Wu
Jimmy Zheng

2025 Awardees

Ocean Adhikari
Hafsa Ahmed
Jennifer Alonzo Moreno
Colin Bobocea
Ronald Chambergo
Taijah Chavis
Andrew Chen
Ashlyn Davini
Shan Ji
Christian Lanier
Melissa Martin
Reena Nuygen
Chelsea Ohene-Addo
Efe Omonzane
Jessica Qiu
Abigail Rosario
Emma Sanchez
Kayla Valladares
Jimmy Zheng

2024 Awardees

Di Chen
Nathan Duong
Emma Hardy
Kelvin Huang
Stanley Huang
Minh Le
Jonathan Leach
Matthew Levy
Li Lin
Sophia Lin
Fari Mabud
Melissa Martinez
Tyler Pauly
Jake Purinton
Dafni Suresh
Julyssa Villa Machado
Jolinada Zhang
Jonathan Zhang

2023 Awardees

Lenny Adonteng
Taelor Anderson
Brenden Blakley
Luciano Foranoce
Maxine Hsiung
Kelvin Kuang
Sofia Marin
Angel Morales
Hawa Ndiaye
Jake Purinton
Renzo Quintero

2022 Awardees

Grace Beery
Yongting Chen
Siria Coello
Denitra Douglas-Roberston
Sebastian Romani