2025 Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Awardees

Exemplary Leadership & Service Award: Early Career Graduate Students

Mohammed A. Alrizqi, Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Ria J. Gualano, Ph.D. Student, Communication

Anton Moore, Ph.D. Student, Public Policy

Helen Stec, Ph.D. Student, Neurobiology

Exemplary Leadership & Service Award: Advanced Career Graduate Students

Aleesha Mariya George, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

gundeep singh, Ph.D. Candidate, Biophysics

Leslie K. Trigoura, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Community Access & Outreach Award: Impact on Communities Within Cornell

Student Chapter of the National Association for Black Veterinarians

Jewish Graduate Student Association (JGSA)

Student Neurodiversity Alliance at Cornell (SNAC) and Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) Neurodiversity Collaboration

Community Access & Outreach Award: Impact on Communities Beyond Cornell

Graduate Student School Outreach Program (GRASSHOPR)

Casey Moore Impact Award (formerly known as the Unsung Hero Award)

Victor Cuicahua, Associate Director, Student Empowerment, Undocumented and DACA Support

Kim Scholl, Writing and Academic Support Specialist

Faculty Champion Award: Early Career Faculty

Dr. Carolina Muñoz-Saez, Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Dr. Hale Ann Tufan, Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

Faculty Champion Award: Advanced Career Faculty

Dr. Jason G. Mezey, Associate Professor, Biological Statistics & Computational Biology

Dr. Samantha N. Sheppard, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies