Celebrating the Class of 2025

The department is extremely proud of all of our students!

The Columbia Engineering Class of 2025 gathered at Morningside Heights to celebrate Class Day on May 19th. 

The department honored this year’s graduates at a graduation celebration on May 21st. A number of students received awards from the department for their service and academic excellence. The list of CS awardees is in this year’s graduation handout. 

CS@CU by the Numbers
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

1,651 CS majors
49% of CS majors who are women
14,344 Class enrollments

Class of 2025
645 undergrad      419 MS      41 PhDs

2025 CS Award Winners

Jonathan L. Gross Award for Academic Excellence
This award was established in 2017 in honor of the much-loved Professor Emeritus Jonathan Gross. Each year, a cash gift is awarded to one graduating masters student and to one graduating senior from each of the four undergraduate schools served by the Department of Computer Science. 

• MS: Guillermo Garcia Cobo
• SEAS: Michael Straus
• BC: Claudia Cortell
• CC: Suwei Ma
• GS: Noa Shumeli

Computer Science Scholarship Award
A cash prize awarded to two B.A. and two B.S. degree candidates for outstanding academic achievement in computer science.

• SEAS: Alex Chen
• SEAS: Jennifer Marie Oettinger
• CC: Abenezer Amanuel
• GS: Seung Joon Rhee

Russell C. Mills Award
This annual award, established by the computer science department in 1992 in memory of Russell C. Mills, is a cash prize given to a computer science major who has exhibited excellence in the area of computer science.

• SEAS: Jessica Zhang
• SEAS: Geoffrey Wu
• SEAS: Kareem DaCosta
• GS: Faustina Cheng

Theodore R. Bashkow Award
Presented to a computer science senior who has excelled in independent projects. This is awarded in honour of Professor Theodore R. Bashkow, whose contributions as a researcher, teacher, and consultant have significantly advanced the state of the art of computer science.

• SEAS: Kashvi Gupta
• SEAS: Edward Ri
• CC: Kylie Noelani Berg
• CC: Anna Reis
• CC: Arnold Asiimwe
• CC: William Hirasawa Das

Andrew P. Kosoresow Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service
Awarded for outstanding contributions to teaching in the Department of Computer Science and exemplary service to the Department and its mission.

• CC: Liana Goldstein
• CC: Preach Apintanapong
• GS: Palash Sharma
• SEAS: Denzel Farmer
• SEAS: Chelsea Soemitro
• SEAS: Madeline Skeel
• SEAS: Zachary Thayer  
• SEAS: Darien Moment
• SEAS: Sophie Tsanang
• SEAS: Aryaman Kejriwal
• SEAS: Paul Seham
• SEAS: Shreya Somayajula
• SEAS: Brennan McManus
• SEAS: Orli Elisabeth Cohen
• SEAS: Angel Cui
• PhD: Roland Maio
• PhD: Martha Barker

Behring Foundation Award
Awarded to undergraduate and/or graduate students enrolled at SEAS who are pursuing a degree in Computer Science who best exhibit academic excellence, have entrepreneurial interests, and possess leadership skills. Preference is given to students who have lived, worked, or studied in Brazil or other Latin American countries.

• SEAS: Rodolfo Costa Raimundo
• SEAS: Maximo Libtandi

Davide Giri Memorial Prize
This award is given to a graduate student (PhD) in Computer Science who has combined excellence in research results with continued outstanding efforts to promote research collaboration

• PhD: Joseph Zuckerman

Paul Charles Michelman Memorial Award for Exemplary Departmental Service
This award is given in memory of Dr. Paul Michelman, 1993, who devoted himself to improving the Computer Science Department through service while excelling as a researcher

• PhD: Andreas Kellas

PhD Service Award
This award is given to PhD students who demonstrate superior contributions to the community life of the Department of Computer Science

• PhD: Yangruibo Ding
• PhD: Judah Goldfeder
• PhD: Gaurav Jain
• PhD: Andreas Kellas
• PhD: Siyan Li
• PhD: Tao Long
• PhD: Xiao Yu
• PhD: Joseph Zuckerman