{"id":474202,"date":"2021-04-12T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=474202"},"modified":"2021-04-13T20:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:15:48","slug":"17-sophomores-win-phi-beta-kappa-book-award-474202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/17-sophomores-win-phi-beta-kappa-book-award-474202\/","title":{"rendered":"17 sophomores honored with O\u2019Brien Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"width: 85%; font-weight: bold; line-height: 135%; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">The honor recognizes students who excelled academically and in leadership roles during their first year at Rochester.<\/h2>\n<p>Seventeen current <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.edu\/\"><b>University of Rochester<\/b><\/a>\u00a0sophomores have been honored with the Suzanne J. O\u2019Brien Book Award, which recognizes students who excelled academically and in leadership roles in their first year at the College.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were chosen by a committee of faculty and academic staff who serve as officers in the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/pbk\/history.html\"><b>Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa<\/b><\/a>, which cosponsors the award with the College. A virtual ceremony celebrating the winners took place on April 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we had several varsity athletes, musicians, and political activists among other interests,\u201d says Iota Chapter president Nicholas Gresens, an associate professor in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/rel\/\"><b>Department of Religion and Classics<\/b><\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve always been impressed with how well-rounded the University students are, and these students epitomize that trait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Formerly called the Iota Book Award, it was first presented in 2003. It was renamed in honor of Suzanne O\u2019Brien \u201959, a Phi Beta Kappa member and longtime director of the College Center for Advising Services, upon her retirement as associate dean of the College in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Iota Chapter designed the award around the gift of a book in honor of the intellectual and humanistic values promoted by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation\u2019s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s recipients from the Class of \u201923, with their majors and hometowns, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicholas Achuthan (optics), Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Valerie Battista (computer science), Columbia, Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Brett Behrend (international relations), Idaho Falls, Idaho<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Broas (undeclared), Putnam Valley, New York<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Broun (biomedical engineering), Wallingford, Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Jason Cobert (undeclared), Bellevue, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Dennis (mathematics), Renton, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Blaine Doyle (economics), Cornwall on Hudson, New York<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Evert (physics), West Chester, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Gaffney (international relations), Copley, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Garijo-Garde (music), Darien, Connecticut<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Jordahl (undeclared), Arlington, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Kiel (political science), Marietta, Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Humfrey Kimanya (mechanical engineering), Arusha, Tanzania<\/li>\n<li>Shitong (Fred) Liu (political science), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China<\/li>\n<li>Cole Okuno (finance), Honolulu, Hawaii<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Streicher (bioethics), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen sophomores are recognized with the Suzanne J. 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