Robert H. Whittaker Award
The Robert H. Whittaker Award is given for the best oral presentation by a Cornell graduate student at the Graduate Student Association Symposium.
| 2023 | Ethan Duvall |
| 2022 | David Frey |
| 2021 | Tim Lambert |
| 2020 | Olivia Graham |
| 2019 | Maria Akopyan |
| 2018 | Mia Howard |
| 2017 |
Henry Kunerth |
| 2016 | Cornelia Twining |
| 2015 | Fiona Soper |
| 2014 | Lauren D. Snyder Allison M. Tracy |
| 2013 | Nicholas A. Mason |
| 2012 | Renee Petipas |
| 2011 | Joseph L. Simonis |
| 2010 | Erica L. Larson Susan C. Cook Cayelan C. Carey |
| 2009 | Amanda N. Cass |
| 2008 | Andrea K. Townsend |
| 2007 | Julie C. Pett-Ridge Dena M. Vallano |
| 2006 | Charles J. Donlan, III |
| 2005 | Peter B. McIntyre Daniel K. Riskin |
| 2004 | Mark Vellend |
| 2003 | Richard P. Phillips |
| 2002 | David A. Moeller |
| 2001 | Peter M. Buston |
| 2000 | David M. Post |
| 1999 | Maydianne Andrade Cami L. Holtmeier |
| 1998 | Ruth A. Hufbauer David A. Lytle |
| 1997 | Michelle M. McClure |
| 1996 | Corey R. Freeman-Gallant William V. Sobczak |
| 1995 | Carla E. Caceres Laura A. Katz |
| 1994 | Jordan M. West |
| 1993 | David G. Haskell |
| 1992 | Ulrich G. Mueller Marion R. Preest |
| 1991 | Karen J. McGlathery Gretchen A. Meyer |
| 1990 | Thomas M. Boyce Christopher G. Murphy |
| 1989 | Carol K. Yoon |
| 1988 | Rebecca L. Schneider Peter H. Wimberger |
| 1987 | Carol C. Loeffler Nathan L. Stephenson |
| 1986 | Jeffrey K. Conner |
| 1985 | Naomi R. Cappuccino |
| 1984 | Catherine L. Craig A. Johannus Damman |
| 1983 | Lee Anne Martinez |
| 1982 | Robert C. Lacy Janet Wright |
EEB Book Award
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Book Award is for the best paper given by an EEB Department/Field beginning (first- or second-year) graduate student at the Graduate Student Symposium.
| 2023 | Sarah Arnold Hannah Monti |
| 2022 | Mario Molina Cameron Coles |
| 2021 |
Xuening Zhang Kelley Slimon Marie Ramirez |
| 2020 | Xuening Zhang |
| 2019 | Marisol Valverde Megan Barkdull |
| 2018 | Amelia-Juliette Demery |
| 2017 |
Maria Akopyan |
| 2016 | Tram Nguyen |
| 2015 | Natlie R. Hofmeister |
| 2014 | Elissa M. Goud |
| 2013 | Michelle Y. Wong |
| 2012 | Justin Proctor Nicholas Mason |
| 2011 | Renee Petipas Benjamin G. Freeman |
| 2010 | Marjorie G. Weber |
| 2008 | Susan C. Cook |
| 2006 | David J. Cerasale |
| 2005 | Carmody K. McCalley |
| 2004 | James T. Mandel |
| 2003 | James R. Walters |
| 2002 | Jeanne Robertson |
| 2001 | Robert Harris |
| 2000 | Peter B. McIntyre |
| 1999 | Jennifer A. Fox |
| 1998 | Daniel R. Ardia |
Cole Award
The Cole Award is given for an outstanding paper by a graduate student of a Department faculty member or joint appointee. The paper must have been published or accepted for publication and be the result of research conducted while a student at Cornell.
| 2022 | Anyi Mazo-Vargas |
| 2021 |
Xuening Zhang Kelley Slimon Marie Ramirez |
| 2019 |
Marisol Valverde Megan Barkdull |
| 2018 | Anyi Mazo-Vargas |
| 2017 | Cornelia W. Twining |
| 2015 | C. Guilherme Becker |
| 2014 | Benjamin G. Freeman Joseph L. Simonis |
| 2013 | Marjorie G. Weber |
| 2011 | Anna E. Savage |
| 2010 | Robert Quinn Thomas |
| 2009 | Carmody K. McCalley |
| 2008 | Daniel L. Rabosky Catherine E. Wagner |
| 2007 | Kathryn M. Flinn Peter B. McIntyre |
| 2006 | Dana M. Hawley |
| 2005 | Shannon M. Murphy |
| 2004 | Rebecca J. Safran |
| 2003 | Mark Vellend |
| 2002 | Andrew G. Zink |
| 2001 | David M. Post |
| 2000 | Nathan R. Lovejoy |
| 1998 | Carla E. Caceres |
| 1995 | Andrew V. Z. Brower |
| 1994 | Gretchen A. Meyer |
| 1992 | Benjamin B. Normark |
| 1991 | Nathan L. Stephenson Peter H. Wimberger |
| 1990 | Thomas M. Boyce |
| 1989 | Bart T. De Stasio, Jr. |
| 1986 | R. Paul Detwiler |
| 1985 | Donald H. Rhodes |
| 1984 | Matthew A. Parker |
| 1983 | Peter M. Kareiva |
| 1979 | Mark D. Rausher Stephen R. Sabo |
CALS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
The Department annually nominates one of its graduate students to receive an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in recognition of superior teaching performance. Many EEB students win this prestigious award for their teaching performance in the Core Biology courses as well.
| 2023 | Sudan Kariuki Shirley Zhang |
| 2022 | Young Ha Suh |
| 2021 | Jonathan Hughes Rachel Wilkins Joseph Ruesch |
| 2020 |
Katherine Eisen |
| 2019 | Caitlin McDonald |
| 2018 | Katherine Siranni |
| 2017 | Hidetoshi Inamine |
| 2016 | Samuel Chamberlain |
| 2015 | Christopher Dalton |
| 2014 | Rayna C. Bell |
| 2013 | Sarah M. Collins |
| 2012 | Amanda N. Cass |
| 2011 | Benjamin H. Hamilton |
| 2010 | Catherine E. Wagner |
| 2009 | Valentina Ferretti |
| 2008 | Jesse L. Bellemare |
| 2007 | J. Jesus Sigala-Rodriguez |
| 2006 | Luana S. Maroja |
| 2005 | Brian C. Barringer |
| 2004 | Jennifer A. Fox |
| 2003 | Rebecca J. Safran |
| 2002 | David A. Moeller |
| 2001 | Elias J. Kontanis |
| 2000 | Timothy G. Carr |
| 1999 | Cami L. Holtmeier |
| 1998 | Anne W. Stork |
| 1997 | James A. Wise, Jr. |
| 1996 | Cynthia A. Wilczak |
| 1995 | David G. Haskell |
| 1994 | Karen Z. Reiss |
| 1993 | Merrill A. Peterson |
| 1992 | Rob Roy Ramey II |
| 1991 | Timothy E. Crews |
| 1990 | Karen J. McGlathery |
| 1989 | Curtis C. Bohlen |
| 1988 | Stephen A. Hauptman |
| 1987 | Risa H. Rosenberg |
| 1986 | David S. Gill |
| 1985 | Daniel R. Gray III |
| 1984 | Larry A. Greenberg |
| 1983 | David F. Mitchell |
| 1982 | Harold J. Weeks |
| 1981 | Charles D. Canham |
| 1980 | Janet Wright |
University Excellence in Teaching Award
The Department nominates TAs for several competitive teaching awards administered by the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation awards just two Cornelia Ye Awards each year to recognize TAs who have demonstrated dedication and excellence in their teaching responsibilities.
| 2023 | Kelley Slimon | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2021 | Olivia Graham | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Lombardi | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2019 | Henry Kunerth | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2018 | Stepfanie Aguillon | Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2017 | Nicholas Fletcher | Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award; Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Prize for Teaching Assistants |
| 2017 | Nicholas Mason | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2015 | Christopher Dalton | Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award |
| 2015 | Nicholas Mason | Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award |
| 2015 | Allison Tracy | Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Annual Prize for Teaching Assistants |
| 2013 | Morgan Mouchka | Dean’s Prize for Distinguished Teaching |
| 2007 | Brian Barringer | Dean’s Prize for Distinguished Teaching |
| 2003 | Gary Langham | John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching |
| 1998 | Anne Stork | John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching |
| 1997 | Michelle McClure | John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching |
| 1990 | Peter Wimberger | John M. and Emily B. Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching |
EEB Teaching Assistant Award
The Department presents its own EEB Teaching Assistant Award to a graduate student who has excelled as a teacher.
| 2022 | Colleen Miller |
| 2021 | Henry Kunerth |
| 2020 | Natalie Hofmeister |
| 2019 | Allison Tracy |
| 2018 | Renee Petipas |
| 2017 | Katherine M. Marchetto |
| 2016 | Nicholas Mason |
| 2015 | Maya Lim Fiona Soper |
| 2014 | Kelly K. Hallinger |
| 2013 | Anna M. Forsman |
| 2012 | Sarah L. States |
| 2011 | Krista A. Capps |
| 2010 | Maria A. Davison |
| 2009 | James R. Walters |
| 2008 | Jill T. Anderson |
| 2007 | Krystal L. Rypien |
| 2006 | Jeanne M. Robertson |
| 2005 | Shannon M. Murphy |
| 2004 | Miranda V. Paton |
| 2002 | Angela R. Lieverse |
| 2001 | Bryon A. Daley |
| 2000 | Matthew F. Wasson |
| 1999 | M. Brian B. Traw |
| 1998 | Charles L. Ross |
| 1996 | Patricia Doak |
| 1995 | John P. McCarty |
| 1994 | Daniel F. Shapiro |