2026 Commencement Awards and Honors

2026 Commencement Awards and Honors

Students throwing graduation caps up in the air

Magna cum laude

  • Robert Atienza Bossong
  • Amy Jiang Lin

     

Cum laude

  • Allison Sophia Jepsen
  • Yunfan Lu
  • Nithika Sivakumar

Honors in a special field, research

DMD

  • Lang Liang

AGE

  • Ye Won Cho
  • Abdulrahman Ziad Nakshabandi
  • Minsun Park

DMD student awards

  • Harvard Dental Alumni Association 
    Gold Medal 
    For exceptional all-around scholastic achievement
    ROBERT ATIENZA BOSSONG 
  • Harvard Dental Alumni Association 
    Silver Medal 
    For outstanding all-around scholastic achievement
    AMY JIANG LIN
  • Dr. Paul Boyle Award
    For excellence in the field of oral pathology
    KIRIL VLADE NIKOLOVSKI
  • The Lois K. Cohen Award
    For excellence in the field of global health
    CHRISTINA PAN XU
  • Dr. Roy O. Greep Award
    For excellence in basic sciences
    ROBERT ATIENZA BOSSONG 
  • Michael S. Hauser, DMD, MD, PD81 Award
    For excellence in oral and maxillofacial surgery
    KIRIL VLADE NIKOLOVSKI
  • Harvard Odontological Society 
    For excellence in research
    MCCAULEY GRACE REARDON
  • Grace Milliken Award
    For an outstanding thesis on the general subject of dental health
    LANG LIANG
  • Dr. Norman B. Nesbett Award
    For excellence in clinical dentistry
    CLAUDIA MARIA PICHARDO
  • Gerald Shklar Memorial Award
    For excellence in academics and demonstrated talents in art, literature, and/or public service
    NOEL LAUREN KIM
  • Dr. Leo Talkov Award
    For excellence in clinical dentistry
    ALLISON SOPHIA JEPSEN
  • The Community Service Predoctoral Student Award
    For overall achievement in public health and contribution to the field
    KATHERINE BROOKE PAGE

AGE student awards

  • The Lois K. Cohen Award
    For excellence in the field of global health
    FRANSISCA CLARICE MERALUS
  • Dr. James M. Dunning Award
    For outstanding research in oral epidemiology/public health dentistry
    NAVYA KUCHIBHOTLA
  • Dr. Joseph L. Henry Award
    For extraordinary accomplishments in research and clinical dentistry, and contributions to the School
    JEFFREY A. PULLANO
  • Dr. James H. Shaw Award
    In recognition of research that greatly advances knowledge in a particular discipline
    YE WON CHO
  • The Community Service Postdoctoral Student Award
    For overall achievement in public health and contribution to the field
    LAKE JESSE SEYMOUR

Professional awards and special recognition

Academy of Operative Dentistry
AMY JIANG LIN

American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
ROBERT ATIENZA BOSSONG

American Academy of Implant Dentistry: Predoctoral Dental Student Award
NOEL LAUREN KIM

American Academy of Implant Dentistry: Postdoctoral Student Award
RODRIGO FERNANDEZ RANGEL

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
MCCAULEY GRACE REARDON

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
YUNFAN LU

American Academy of Oral Medicine
LANG LIANG

American Academy of Oralfacial Pain
GASER OSAMA SAAD ABDELAZIZ

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
AMY JIANG LIN

American Academy of Periodontology
EDSON GARCIA DE SOUSA

American Association of Endodontists Predoctoral Student Award
YUNFAN LU

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Student Award
STEVEN ZHU

American Association of Orthodontists
CHRISTINA PAN XU

American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
CHRISTINA PAN XU

American College of Prosthodontists
GASER OSAMA SAAD ABDELAZIZ

American Prosthodontic Society
JONATHAN CHASE COURI

ASDA Award of Excellence
ASLI NAZ PISANO

Brian D. Stone Memorial Award
AMAIAH GRACE HYBBERT

International College of Dentists Leadership Award
ARYEH JULIUS IOSIF

International College of Dentists Humanitarian Award
STEVEN ZHU

International Congress of Oral Implantologists Award
ROBERT ATIENZA BOSSONG

ITI Award for Excellence in Implant Dentistry
AMANDA TSZ-TING LAW

Northeastern Society of Periodontology
AMY JIANG LIN

Pierre Fauchard Academy Senior Student Award
LANG LIANG

Whip Mix Corporation-Hanau Award in Prosthodontics
XUEHAO MA

William H. Bell Award for Predoctoral Achievement in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
SI KUN WANG