In the annual end-of-year awards ceremony on April 29, 2026 for the Department of Computer Science, nine undergraduate students and eight graduate students were recognized for their outstanding efforts over the past academic year in teaching, service, and research. The UVA chapter of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) also presented two awards to CS faculty! The ceremony concluded with a look back at the many amazing accomplishments by students and faculty over the year.
Undergraduate Awards:
- Louis T. Rader Teaching Award - Top Honors to Chloe Stogsdill & Nicole Chbeir
- Louis T. Rader Teaching Award - Second Honors to Miya Livingston
- CS Department Teaching Award - Clara Gribbelbein
- CS Department Teaching Award - Kevin Cha
- CS Department Teaching Award - Honorable Mention to Natalia Wunder
- Louis T. Rader Service Award - Top Honors to Shreyas Mayya
- CS Department Research Award - Nia Mucher
- Computer Science Department Undergraduate Experience Committee’s UGX Fellow of the Year – Snail Hernandez
Graduate Student Awards:
- CS Department Teaching Award - Alireza Jafari
- CS Department Teaching Award - Jack Heavy
- CS Department Teaching Award - Srikar Mutnuri
- CS Department Service Award - Sharon Biju
- CS Department Service Award - Saleha Muzammil
- John A. Stankovic Research Award - Wenqian Ye
- CS Department Research Award - Erzhen Hu
- Outstanding Graduating PhD Student - Matthew Landers
ACM Faculty Awards:
- ACM Teacher of the Year - Mark Sherriff
- ACM Rising Star - Chang Lou