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Schools Notebook: Local collegians recognized

by | Aug 6, 2026 | Education

The University of Massachusetts announced its dean’s list recipients for the spring semester. Hopkinton residents recognized were Jahan Bahri, Marc Beauvais, Matthew Beauvais, Virendra Bhawsar, Julian Bianchi, Caleb Burke, Olivia Carrazza, Owen Champlin, Shivali Chandrasekar, Gabriella Ciri, Aiden Colleary, Jasmine Crook, Ciara Cross, Kyla Crum, Ryan Darbhanga, Anna DeMarco, Peter DeMichele, Anish Doki, Lucas Edmond, Brody Feldmann, Elias Ghodrati, Norah Heling, Samuel Holly, Reese Hunter, Drishti Jaiswal, Aditya Jhalavat, Eva Katyan, Catherine Kelleigh, Mansa Khambay Jr., Shanzay Khan, Anish Kulkarni, Prapti Kuvadia, Naomi Lambert, Colby Lavelanet, Thomas Lotti, Lilia Lyadova, Piyusha Majgaonkar, James Marcinowski, Grace Marino, Aniketh Mikkilineni, Emily Miller, Keira Murphy, Kanav Nagpal, Samuel O’Brien, Bianca Pal, Allison Palacios, Ava Pappalardo, Alice Potapov, Vidya Ramakrishna, Harriet Rankin, Shanze Raza Jr., Goutham Reddy, Michaela Reilly, James Restifo, Julian Rivard, Vienna Rivard, Sophie Sabouny, Aditya Sathishkumar, Ana Scalora, April Scannevin, Benjamin Scott, Lauren Strechay, Srihitha Sunkara, Nevaeh Tamba, Parth Tare, Sean Thapa, Izael Thomas, Autumn Tumbleton, Nithi Vankineni, Charan Vijay, Divya Virmani, Sophie Weeden and Demyana Youssif. …

At Tufts University, senior Matt Burdulis, sophomores Bableen Gill, Lulu Jerrett and Nicole Mousad, and freshman Kayleen Tang earned spots on the dean’s list. Burdulis also finished his degree. …

At the University of Wisconsin, Nathan Hung (College of Letters and Science), Anagha Kulkarni (School of Nursing), Dhriti Nekkalapudi (College of Engineering) and Prithvi Venkatesh (College of Engineering) were named to the dean’s list, while graduates included Cathryn Leighton (School of Business, B.A. accounting; graduated with distinction), Katherine Levandosky (College of Letters and Science, M.A., mathematics), Spencer Smith (School of Business, B.A., finance, investment and banking, as well as real estate and urban land economics). …

Kayali Prema Pandian graduated cum laude from Dickinson College with a B.S. in neuroscience and earned a spot on the dean’s list. …

Rowan Gould was elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Cornell University. …

Sophia Matsoukas was named to the dean’s list at SUNY New Paltz.

Editor’s note: Information for college honors is provided by the schools. Those interested in being included in this section should forward the official notification or request for the school to email it to editor@hopkintonindependent.com.

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