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140 Rochester students elected to Phi Beta Kappa

(University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)
The University of Rochester’s newest inductees into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society include 120 seniors and 20 juniors. Another 16 students were elected as juniors last spring. Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are also members of the society. The University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Iota of New York, was founded in 1887. Members are chosen based on exceptional academic performance and a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. New members are elected each spring by members of the Iota chapter at the recommendation of the nominating committee. Particularly strong candidates are elected as juniors, the rest as seniors. Here are the University’s newest Phi Beta Kappa members:

CLASS OF 2020

Aya Abdelrahman Sabastian Abelezele Daniella Aceves Eric Albuquerque Shania Ali Natalie Allen Talia Apter Advait Athreya Kamel Awayda Carter Ball Hope Barkley Megan Benka Anjaana Bhairo Victoria Bongard Nicole Calcagno Melissa Chang Michael Chavrimootoo Shuyi Chen Justin Clifford Emily Corpuz Cameron Demott Agustin Diaz Herrero Erick Dushane Bianca Dyer Rong Fan Maia Fefer Brian Filipiak Riley Flower Jorie Freitag Rebecca Friedman Adit Ganguly Yidan Gao Diwas Gautam Rachel Goodman Elijah Hale Justin Halterman Jacob Hertz Gabriella Higgins Maxwell Kearns Kai Kindred Samuel King Katherine Korslund Sanoelani-Lindsey Lanias Thomas Ledbetter Chanbin Lee Nathan Leopold Danielle Levin Adina Levitt
Yuanhao Li Yunze Li Baoxin Liang Zi Qing Liang Faner Lin Yifei Lin Joseph Loffredo Xin Lu Julian Maceren Jenna Macri Aniruddh Mandalapu Joyceline Marealle Margaux Masten Rafal Mazur Loren McDonald Noah Meyers Cole Miller Dalia Mitchell Merehan Mostafa Julia Myers Neha Narayan Marcos Nascimento dos Santos Nathan Nickerson Ruiting Peng Anthony Pericolo Sarmishtha Prathivadhi-Bhayankaram Yongsoo Ra Abigail Reinhart Garrett Renslow David Reynoso Max Rifkin Molly Robins Sharline Rojo Reyes Brianna Roy Jacob Rozowsky Gaia Saetermoe-Howard Gabriel Sarch Malavika Satheesh Ewan Shannon Sydney Shannon Carrie Shapiro Yitao Sheng Forest Shi Anna Shors Paul Sinclair Sahaj Somani Andrew Sopchak Denes Szekeres
Bethany Tallis Weitao Tan Mingcheng Tang Amanda Tatem Ethan Toriki Minh Tran Alexandre Trapp Samuel Triest Emily Tworek Miranda Vasso Chengyuan Wang Jingxuan Wang Anna Weldy Melissa Wen Chenwei Wu Tianyou  Xiao Xiangyi Xu Haizhu Yang Yupei Ye Jarrod Young Liam Young Fatima Zaidouni Minci Zhang Benjamin Zirps

CLASS OF 2021

Haley Cohen Emily Corbett-Valade May Goldenberg Jennifer Gormish Mason Grimes Sofia Guarnieri Khoa Hoang Donghui Li Shangzan Liu Alydia Meinecke Elena Robson Matthew Rosenbloom Aditya Seshadri Emma Strawderman Matthew Trevisani Daniel Troyetsky Baris Eser Ugur Alexa Uttamsingh Claire Wilson Pinyi Wu