#  2026 Commencement Awards and Honors 

 



#  2026 Commencement Awards and Honors 

 

 

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 ### 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**