Noteworthy
"Noteworthy" is a monthly compilation of important awards, achievements and grants received by Columbian College faculty, students and alumni. Articles published in academic journals are also included among these recognitions.
Recent Recognition
Leah Brooks (Public Policy, Public Administration) was awarded a $129,486 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for documenting the rise of citizen voice and testing for its impact.
Shelley B. Brundage (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences) won the Master’s Teaching Award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools.
Tierney L. Cross, MA ’21, (New Media Photojournalism) was selected for the prestigious 2025-26 New York Times Fellowship.
Graduate students Addie Murphy (Environmental Resource Policy) and Travis Reginal (Public Policy, Public Administration) were selected among the 27 nationwide Founders’ Fellows for the American Society for Public Administration.
Lauren Pincus (Chemistry) was awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society for her project titled “Fueling a circular economy: selective recovery of endangered elements from photovoltaic waste using ion-imprinted biopolymers.”
Aidan Puchalik, BA ’25, (Religion) received the 2025 Theta Alpha Kappa Albert Clark Award, 2nd place, and $500 in prize money for his senior thesis essay, which will be published in the Journal of TAK.
Ashley Trick, MPA’ 17, (Public Administration) was promoted to senior manager for AI Research Collaborations at Capital One.
Gregory Wallace (Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences) was awarded a $36,265 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on the sex and gender informed profiles of eating behaviors in autism across childhood and young adulthood.