April 21, 2026
The Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences is proud to announce the following awards and scholarship winners for the 2025-26 school year.
Undergraduates:
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The 2025-26 Undergraduate award winners.
- Mankin Mak Scholarship - Matthew Perry
- Faculty Scholarship - Allison Palansky
- Bob and Ruta Rauber Scholarship - Adam Wittwer
- The Field Studies of Convection Scholarship - Ella Detmer & Raven Belmontez
- Rauber Research Scholarship - Matthew Perry
- Outstanding UG Research Paper
- Jared Emmert
- Alyssa Shih
- George Seals
- Charlie Remmers
- Rachel Hoffman
- Anna Kus
- Caitlyn Stocki
- Ryan Salamon
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Senior - Charlie Remmers
Graduate Students
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The 2025-26 CliMAS graduate award winners.
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Paper - Matthew Graber
- Ogura Award for Operational and Applied Meteorological Research Paper - Kevin Boyd
- The Richard P. and Linda S. Turco Climate Research Paper Award for Graduate Student or Postdoc - David Lafferty
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Michie De Vera
- Ogura Award: Making the Department a Better Place - Toby Ross
- Honorable Mention - Matthew Graber, Kaylie Bonner & Alia Nasution
Faculty
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The 2025-26 CliMAS Faculty award winners.
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Teacher for a CliMAS Undergraduate Course - Jeff Frame
- Ogura Award for Undergraduate Mentorship - Jessie Choate
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Teacher for a CliMAS Graduate Course - David Kristovich
- Ogura Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship - Joseph Trujillo-Falcón