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