Category: Awards

  • Elisa Pavarino receives Bowdoin Prize

    Gabriel

    feb 2, 2026 Congratulations to Elisa Pavarino on being awarded the Bowdoin Prize! The Bowdoin Prize is one of Harvard’s oldest and most distinguished prizes. Past winners include Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Updike, Robert Brooks, and Joe Roman, among many others. Read more

  • Jie Zheng is named Rising Star of Neuroscience

    Gabriel

    nov 15, 2025 Congratulations to Jie Zheng, named Rising star of Neuroscience Jie Zheng was a postdoctoral scholar in the Kreiman lab and is now a Professor at UC Davis. She was distinguished as one of the rising stars in Neuroscience in 2025 for her outstanding achievements. The announcement highlights scholars who stand to shape Read more

  • Leyla Isik received the VSS Young Investigator Award

    Gabriel

    19 May 2025 Congratulations Leyla Isik The Vision Sciences Society (VSS) presented Leyla Isik with the 2025 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award. Leyla is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University Read more

  • Neuro 140/240 students named Rhodes Scholars for 2025

    Gabriel

    nov 17, 2024 Biological and artificial intelligence students named Rhodes Scholars Aneesh Muppidi and Ayush Noori, two students in the Neuro 140/240 Biological and Artificial Intelligence class, are among the 5 Harvard students awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for 2025. Read more about the announcement here. Read more

  • Spandan Madan is named 2025 Siebel Scholar

    Gabriel

    09/24/2024 Congratulations Spandan! The Siebel Scholars Foundation announces the class of 2025. Spandan was selected as a scholar in Computer Science. World’s Brightest Business, Computer Science and Bioengineering Students Join Distinguished Leaders, Growing Scholars Community. You can read more about Spandan’s research here. Read more

  • Congratulations to Jonah Brenner!

    Gabriel

    09/24/2024 Kempner Institute KURE fellow Jonah Brenner was selected as a Kempner Undergraduate Research Experience (KURE) fellow to pursue his research work in our lab. Read more

  • Congratulations to Morgan Talbot!

    Gabriel

    06/14/2024 Morgan Talbot received the MIT IMES award. Morgan is combining machine learning algorithms, psychophysics and computer vision models to build intelligent systems to train MD students. Read more

  • Congratulations to Alliyha Steele!

    Gabriel

    03/202/204 Alliyha Steele received the Kranium fellowship This is the first year of the Kranium fellowships awarded to Harvard undergraduate students pursuing research in Artificial Intelligence awarded by the new Kempner Institute. Alliyha’s research project involves comparing the representation of language signals in large language models and the human brain. Read more