Awards 2023 B

The Susan Cromwell Coslett Traveling Fellowship

Established in memory of former Assistant Dean Susan Coslett, and awarded to a student with an interest in traveling to fine gardens, a passion of Coslett’s.

Awarded to: Kelvin Vu

Bonnie and Gary Sellers Summer Internship Fellowship

Established by Bonnie (CW’73) and Gary Sellers to allow students to pursue unfunded or under-funded summer internships or jobs in the design fields.

Awarded to: Aislinn Pentecost-Farren

AAD Prize in Design Excellence

This prize is awarded annually to students in the Master of Science in Design: Advanced Architectural Design concentration degree program whose work is judged by the design faculty to be excellent, in consideration of the GPA and design portfolio.

Awarded to: Xinhui Zhang and Dongjun Wang

The Aedas Fellowship

Awarded to up to two rising second- or third-year graduate students to support the University's policy of promoting student body diversity. Consideration is given to students who enhance the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the School, and who have prior work experience or attended an undergraduate institution in China.

Awarded to: Ruiqi Han and Penghui Zhang

Albert F. Schenck-Henry Gillette Woodman Scholarship

Awarded to students in the first year of the professional degree program on the basis of a competition.

First Place: Qinming Hou, Yuwei Yang, Simone Yang, Sahil Pranay Shah, Joyce Zhang, Harris Hao

Honorable Mentions: Nathan Nhan Hyunh, Haley Simone Tavares, Breland Marie Land, Ruoxi Li, Tianqi Han, Austin White, Regina Nicole Ganano, Benjamin Scott Oliver, Holly Nicole Smithberger, Loopz Lopez

Alpha Rho Chi Medal

Awarded to a graduating architecture student for leadership, willing service, and promise of professional merit.

Awarded to: Jamaica Reese-Julien

American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal

The first prize medal is awarded to the top-ranking student in the professional degree program with the highest record in all courses.

First Prize: Kirah Cahill

Arthur Spayd Brooke Memorial Prize

Established in 1900 in memory of Arthur Spayd Brooke, a graduate of the School of Architecture, and awarded to graduating architecture students for distinguished work in architectural design.

First Prize: Cherie Wan

Second Prize: Joseph Depre

The Atkin Fellowship

The Fellowship supports graduate students in Architecture or Landscape Architecture enrolled in their last year of studies and is awarded based on the ideas in Professor Vittorio Gregotti’s article “On Modification” in his book, Inside Architecture. Made possible by the estate of adjunct professor Tony Atkin.

Awarded to: Jessica Paige Wong and Clayton Monarch

Charles Merrick Gay Scholarship

Awarded to the student who has shown outstanding ability in architectural construction and a realization of its relationship to design.

Awarded to: Ariel Koltun-Fromm

The Donald Prowler Memorial Prize

Awarded in memory of Donald Prowler, a member of the faculty in the Department of Architecture for many years, the prize is for a student with an outstanding record in required environmental courses and a desire to further sustainable architecture.

Awarded to: Hemant Diyalani

E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowships

Established under the will of E. Lewis Dales for travel abroad during the summer prior to a student’s final year as a candidate for the first professional degree in architecture.

First Prize: Courtney Ward

Second Prize: Marjorie Tello Wang, Francisco Anaya, Grace Infante, Khang Truong

Third Prize: Bohan Lang, Clayton Monarch, Cheuk Ming Ng, Daniel Lutze, Penghui Zhang

Fourth Prize: Danny Thomas Jarabek, Jessica Paige Wong, Kirah Cahill, Jiayu Huang, Alexa Rojas

Faculty Prize

Awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional growth and development.

Awarded to: Jorge Couso, Kyle Troyer, Yasmin Goulding

Frank Miles Day Memorial Prize

Named for Towne School graduate and the architect of Penn’s Houston Hall, University Museum, Weightman Hall, and Franklin Field. Awarded to the architecture student submitting the best essay in courses in the history and theory of architecture.

Awarded to: Holly Nicole Smithberger

Harlan Coornvelt Memorial Medal

Established in memory of Harlan Coornvelt, who served as an associate professor of Architecture at the School of Design from 1968 until his death in 1973. Awarded to the student who achieved the most outstanding record in required architectural structure courses.

Awarded to: Tianqi Han and Ariel Koltun-Fromm

James Smyth Warner Memorial Prize

Established in 1938 by Professor George Walter Dawson for a second-year student in architecture with the highest record in required studio courses. The award is to be used for a trip to see and study American architecture.

Awarded to: Bohan Lang

The Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy and Architectural Innovation

Awarded to a second-year student pursuing a Master of Architecture degree who demonstrates transformational thinking on the built environment and innovation in his or her approach to energy, ecology, and/or social equity.

Awarded to: Kyle Troyer (2022)

Mario J. Romanach Fellowship

Established in memory of one of Penn’s most beloved teachers, the fellowship is awarded to a student entering the final year in the professional degree program, for demonstrated excellence in design, a love for architecture, and the determination to develop as an architect.

Awarded to: Courtney Ward

 

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Van Alen Traveling Fellowship

Awarded to one landscape architecture student and one architecture student, in the second year of their programs, for summer travel to Europe.

Awarded to: Cheuk Ming Ng

MSD-RAS Prize for Design & Robotic Fabrication

Awarded to the most outstanding final semester projects by students in the Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems concentration degree program, for innovative research in design and robotic fabrication.

Awarded to: Franklin Wu, Shunta Moriuchi, Amber Chen, Sihan Li

The Muscoe Martin Green Building Fellowship

Awarded to a student in the Master of Science in Design: Environmental Building Design concentration program, the winner will continue the work Martin Muscoe began at Penn and in Philadelphia. The Fellowship will provide a student with funding for the final semester of study in the program and the opportunity to pursue research and projects at Green Building United.

Awarded to: Ming Yan

Paul Philippe Cret Medal

Founded by the Architectural Alumni Society, awarded to the graduating student who has consistently demonstrated excellence in design in the Master in Architecture professional degree program.

Awarded to: Rhea Nayar

 

Samuel K. Schneidman Fellowship

Established in memory of Samuel K. Schneidman and awarded to second- or third-year students in the professional degree program on the basis of demonstrated excellence.

Awarded to: Danny Thomas Jarabek and Sharlene Yulita

T-Square Club Fellowship

Awarded annually for excellence in design to a student who has just completed the first year. Among the patrons and members of the T-Square Atelier were Penn professors Paul Philippe Cret, Walter P. Laird, John Harbeson, Jean Hebrand, and Norman Rice.

Awarded to: Sahil Shah

Warren Powers Laird Award

Named for Warren Powers Laird (1861–1948), the first dean of the School of Fine Arts (now Weitzman School of Design). Awarded to students with the highest standing in all courses in the first year of the professional degree program in architecture.

Awarded to: Qinming Hou and Ariel Koltun-Fromm

Walter R. Leach II Fellowship

Established in memory of Walter R. Leach II (MArch’67) this fellowship is awarded on the basis of academic merit to students in their second or third year of study.

Awarded to: Jenna Nicole Arndt, Andrew Gerard Atwood, Danny Thomas Jarabek, Dongni Li, Kelvin Vu, Ruifeng Wang Jessica Paige Wong, Sharlene Yulita, Luqi Zhao

Will M. Mehlhorn Scholarship

Established through a bequest by Will M. Mehlhorn (BFA’30) former architectural editor of House and Garden. Awarded to the students who have done the best work in the theory sequence.

Awarded to: Ebbi L. Boehm, Loopz Lopez, Wanze Li, Basak Eren, Hussain Alkazemi, Jamaica Reese-Julien, Kirah Cahill