These high-achieving students will lead their classmates into the university's Commencement Ceremony.
Madeline Benfer
Biochemistry Major
General Business Minor
Mount Airy, MD
University Honors Program
David Morejon
Double Major in Physics and Astronomy
Lanham, MD
College Success Scholars
Krisha Patel
Biological Sciences Major
Walkersville, MD
Integrated Life Sciences
Roxana Azizi
Biological Sciences Major
Sociology Minor
Gaithersburg, MD
First-Year Innovation and Research Experience
Katelinn Ohrtman
Physics major
Rapid City, SD
Gemstone Honors Program
Banneker/Key
Anirud Aggarwal, Nishkal Hundia and Raina Saraiya were finalists for the highest honor bestowed on a graduating senior each academic year, based on academic distinction, exemplary character and service to the campus or broader community.
Guhan (Ph.D. '25, computer science), Kumar (M.S. '26, data science) and Saraiya (B.S. '25, neuroscience) will be the student speakers at the three CMNS Commencement Ceremonies.
Researchers discovered that supermassive black holes torched their host galaxies with violent winds just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, which could explain why so many early galaxies stopped forming stars.
Sujay Konda, Ishan Raghavendra and Daniel Yuan each ranked in the top 200 out of more than 4,300 competitors in one of the most prestigious mathematics contests for undergraduates in North America.