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Schools Notebook: Local collegians honored

by | Jul 23, 2026 | Education

A number of Hopkinton residents were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The list includes senior Mena Youssif (a civil engineering major), juniors Sofia Bilodeau (psychological science), Joseph Kane (mathematical sciences) Alexander Tannenbaum (computer science), sophomores Gavin Andrew (mechanical engineering), Humza Haider (robotics engineering) and William Martin (electrical and computer engineering) and freshmen Pakhi Agrawal (biology and biotechnology), Saniyyah Ahmed (biochemistry), Zackary Clark (computer science), Maxim Khassanov (computer science), Aman Kumar (data science and mathematical sciences), Aadi Pendse (computer science) and Ayaan Rao (computer science). …

Earning degrees from Quinnipiac University were Zachary Marlowe (B.A. in game design and development), Paige Sanderson (B.S. in nursing), Ashlyn Sullivan (B.S. in health science studies) and Henry Wailgum (B.S. in talent management). …

At Georgia Tech, Peter Liang and Natalie Nguyen received faculty honors for maintaining a 4.0 academic average for the semester. …

Aryan Shah earned an M.S. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. …

At the University of Rhode Island, Julia Dever and Josie Zeigler were named to the president’s list, while Morgan Burnie, Anthony Cherubim, Neha Kunam, Cait Sansonetti and Cami Trendel earned spots on the dean’s list. …

Margaret Rajkovich earned a doctor of medical science from Shenandoah University. …

At Clark University, Fotini Grontzos, Sean Cahill and Afnaan Syed were named to the dean’s list with first honors, while Lily Brown was named to the dean’s list with second honors.

David Yurewicz graduated from Roger Williams University with a B.S. in marine biology. Also at Roger Williams, Amanda Cinelli was named to the dean’s list. …

Braden Kane earned a spot on the dean’s list at Dean College. …

Leah O’Rourke, Christian Pereira and Kaylee Steir were named to the dean’s list at Salve Regina University.

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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