ILR Hands Out 2026 McPherson Honors and Awards
The 33rd annual ILR School McPherson Honors and Awards Dinner occurred on April 20 at the Statler Hotel.
Opening remarks were made by ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. '99, the Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and the Martin F. Scheinman '75, MS '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution. The names of award recipients were presented by Kevin F. Harris, Frank B. Miller Director of Student Services, and George Boyer, Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics.
The MacIntyre Award for Exemplary Undergraduate Teaching & Advising was presented to a pair of faculty members in the Department of Global Labor and Work – Assistant Professor Devin Wiggs and Associate Professor Santiago Anria.
The Robert N. Stern Award for Teaching & Mentoring was given to Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08, the David M. Cohen Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History.
Students who received awards based on scholarship, leadership and service to the community include:
James E. McPherson Scholarship
Jacob Janco
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
Robert Farbman
Kamala Karuppiah
Merrill Presidential Scholars
Marian Alvarez
Sean Sung
David B. Lipsky Award
Sean Sung
Eric Lawrence Ehrenberg Memorial Prize
Katie DeRose
Virginia Freeman Memorial Prize
Abigail Rothleder
Daniel Alpern Memorial Award
Owen Spargo
Chelsey Wang
James Campbell Award
Kamala Karuppiah
Irving M. Ives-Felix Kaufman-Sophie Seidenberg Memorial Senior Award
Chinaza Politis
John O’Donnell Prize in Labor Law
Sahana Saravanan
Joel Seidman Memorial Award
Caroline Scharf
Benjamin Vigueras Martinez
Salvatore Family Prize in ILR
Eva Egeghy
Steven Spencer Memorial Award
Casey Platkin
Professor James A. Gross Award
William Mullins
ICS Scholars Prize
Kaylee Maietta
Hannah Nerdin
Mindy Pan
Laura Lozano Taba
Clete Daniel Memorial Medal
Lucia Caravella
Dr. Harold Oaklander Prize
Emelin Boch Torres
ILR Global Scholars
Marian Alvarez
Caleb Augustin
Nicholas Corona
Isabella Ireland
Pranav Jaganathan
Sean Sung
Sebastian Young
Candidates for graduation with Honors
Marian Alvarez
Zoe Cantor
Celine Chauviere
Katherine DeRose
Shania Dhanaraj
Matthew Dye
Max Ehrlich
Caitlin Gallagher
Timo Isreb
Pranav Jaganathan
Kamala Karruppiah
Maeher Khosla
Catherine Lee
Lucia Park
Casey Platkin
Caroline Pontaoe
Abigail Rothleder
Kaelyn Sandifer
Swati Sheth
Lila Sternoff
Sean Sung
Additional faculty and staff awards include:
General Mills Award for Exemplary Graduate Assistant Teaching
Simon Gim
Martha L. Smith Award for Staff Advising and Mentoring
Kevin F. Harris
Armands Revelins
Lou Jean Fleron Award for Engaged Learning
Katrina Nobles
