Awards & Honors

2025 Award Winners Recognized and Alumni Open House

10. 20. 2025
  • A group of diverse people are mingling and conversing on an outdoor terrace or rooftop at night. The brightly lit Manhattan skyline, including several tall skyscrapers, forms a dramatic backdrop to the networking event. Some individuals in the foreground are slightly blurred due to movement.

  • Against a bright yellow backdrop with university branding, two pairs of men are shown, each pair holding an academic award. All four men are smiling, two are casually dressed and two are in blazers.

  • A large group of diverse attendees is seated on stepped, tiered seating outdoors at night, resembling an amphitheater. Everyone is facing toward the right, listening to or watching a presentation. A yellow-green sloped architectural feature is visible on the right, and a dark building with a pointed roof is visible in the background.

  • Three smiling men in business casual attire are holding an award certificate against a yellow university-branded background.

  • Three people stand with their backs to the camera, observing a robotic arm in a university robotics or fabrication lab.

  • Three framed academic awards are being presented to five smiling individuals at an award ceremony event. The background is yellow with multiple university logos.

  • A large group of attendees is mingling and standing in small clusters on a wide, tiled rooftop terrace at night. The view is framed by a low, golden-yellow overhang structure. In the background, the lit-up city skyline is visible against the dark night sky.

  • A group of five people, including an instructor or official and four students, stands against a yellow university wall while holding four separate academic awards.

  • A large group of nine people is pictured holding eight academic awards at a ceremony, all standing before a yellow wall with university logos.

  • A crowd of people is mingling and socializing in a brightly lit hallway or reception area. The group is diverse, with several people standing in small circles, while others walk in the background. The area features a black table with plates of food and bright orange walls contrasting with a darker floor.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us at the SSA Alumni Open House & Awards Ceremony on Monday, October 6th!⁠ From inspiring conversations to unforgettable moments, we’re grateful to have such a vibrant and supportive community. ⁠

It was an incredible evening reconnecting with alumni, celebrating our current students, and sharing the exciting new spaces at the Spitzer School of Architecture — including the reopened rooftop, faculty exhibition, and the brand-new robotics lab.

The Spitzer School Annual Scholarship & Awards Ceremony recognized award-winning continuing students. Several esteemed donors presented awards directly to the recipients.

Congratulations to everyone, and many thanks to the generous donors supporting many of these scholarships!

Photos by Evi Abeler.

To view the Awards Ceremony program, please click here.

Gerner, Kronik & Valcarcel Art of Architecture Award
Awarded to a student entering their final year in a first accredited degree program in architecture, for design excellence and promise in the art of architecture.
Viviana Alatorre

Carol J. Weissman Kurth Women in Architecture Scholarship
Awarded to a fourth-year female student in the Bachelor of Architecture program, for high academic standing, a passion for architecture, and a lifelong dedication to the profession.
Nabia Syeda

Professional Women in Construction
Awarded by PWC NY to emerging students pursuing a degree in the AEC industry. Open to female-identifying students at NYU, CCNY, and Manhattan College.
Carmen Herranz, Jerrica Wallack, Natalia Tanko, Pop Joslaine Manos

FX Collaborative Diversity Scholarship
Awarded annually to one fourth-year student and one first-year student in the Bachelor of Architecture program; includes a scholarship and the offer of a summer internship.
Elizabeth Gomes

Spitzer History & Theory Travel Fellowship
Awarded to students (or team of students) for research projects involving travel incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, and/or urban design.
Anthony Thayer

Bernard L. Spanier Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to one or two third-year students in the Bachelor of Architecture program, among students with the highest GPAs. Established in memory of Bernard L. Spanier, a distinguished CCNY alumnus and beloved adjunct faculty member in the Architecture Department.
Etty Jajati, Maylin Rosales Martinez

B Arch First Year Best Project
Awarded by the Core Studio 2 faculty for the best project.
Joshua Itiola, Abigail Bangari, Emily Chen, Rivka Saperstein, Elizabeth Moore

B Arch Second Year  Best Project
Awarded by the Core Studio 4 faculty for the best project.
Matthew Zhou, Estephany Marcillo, Juana Llonch, Sharon Yim, Assiful (Rafi) Akhand, Lizzy (Izzy) Guaba, Konnor Barthlama, Cailan Hill

Faculty Award For Academic Excellence in B Arch Core, 3rd Year
Maylin Rosales Martinez, Ian Rivera

CCNY Arch Alumni Group Award
Awarded to a fourth-year student who demonstrate merit, financial need, and potential to be  leaders in their industry.
Amjad Uddin

Castagna Scholars 2024-25
Foundation-funded annual award to Spitzer School students, for tuition and funds to support study abroad.
Daniel Edgar Herrera, Elizabeth Gomes, Iteoluwakiishi Ogunfowora, Rosalinda Adams, Sherzod Davronov, Amadou Gadio, Grace Rabou, Hunter Perez, Leslie Guevara, Dorsen Sween, Jenna Vogel, Mazatl Perez

Hollander Design Fellowship
Multi-year award generously funded by Hollander Design Landscape Architects.
Adiba Yesmin Chowdhury

Eastchester Heights Scholarship
Scout Kerensky-Coodley

Frederic Bainnson Memorial Scholarship
Given to a high-ranking second-year landscape architecture student in memory of a distinguished landscape architect.
Jake Romagnoli

ASLA New York Equitable Public Urban Space Scholarship
Jake Romagnoli

ASLA New York Diversity Scholarship
Carmela Cassara

ASLA New York Chapter Scholarship Award
Emily Comfort, Lauren Sarro

AIA New York Center for Architecture Design Scholarship
Emily Comfort

AIA New York Center for Architecture Common Bond Scholarship
Justine Flora

AIA New York Allwork Scholarship
Given to outstanding students in a juried competition among regional schools of architecture.
Ezra Bush

AIA Staten Island College Scholarship Award
Isabella Gomez

Brooklyn Architects’ Scholarship Foundation
Anthony Thayer, Amjad Uddin

SSA/Bronx AIA Empowerment Award
Awarded annually by the AIA Bronx chapter to two students in the Bachelor of Architecture program who are residents of the Bronx; includes a scholarship and mentoring support from the chapter leadership.
Dayanara Rodriguez

Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation Award
Dominik Jablonski, Marisa Cuni

Beyer Blinder Belle Diversity Scholarship
Award generously funded by the BBB Foundation, which advances diversity and the role of architecture, planning, and preservation in strengthening the physical and social fabric of our cities, communities, and institutions.
Camila Turini, Etty Jajati

Joseph L. Fleischer, FAIA, Scholarship for Design Excellence
Awarded to a student entering their final year in a first accredited degree program in architecture, for design excellence and promise in the art of architecture.
Pop Joslaine Manos

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Tuition Scholarship
Abram G. Morris, Adiba Yesmin Chowdhury, Alan Fortte, Alexandra Domanico, Amadou Gadio, Amy Tran, Andrew Restrepo, Arnaldo Velasquez Martinez, Ashlee Drawdy, Caitlin Steinthal, Chinmayee Bhavin Mehta, David Pena Arias, Dorsen Sween, Edsel Peralta, Gregory Salazar, H. Sujal Shah, Harshit Venkatesh Shastry, Hayden Tornabene, J. Baranzelli, Jasper Von Seeburg, Javon Morgan, Jayden Davis, Jean Carlos Torres, Jerrica Wallack, Jesse Prince, Joshua DeSieno, Justine Flora, Kenneth van der Lande, Levin Ostapeck, Lila Stolkiner, Murat Alasc, Natalia Tanko, Neha Thorve, Alejandra Paez, Rebecca Raijgopaul, Remy Farrell, Shantal Biram, Shyanne Raghoonanan, Tyler Alt, Usman Azhar

RCI-IIBEC Foundation Scholarsihp Program – RCI Lewis W. Newlan Award 
Jessica Nolasco, Anna Davidson

American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellowship
Hazel Bensu Kaplan

Reinhardt Family Fellowship
Joshua Itiola

Harris ’62 Scholarship
Thandolwenkosi Moyo

Fund for the City of New York NYC Community Planning Fellowship
Alejandra Paez, Malambo Ziko, Jonathan Stirling

Design-Build Concrete Masonry Check-Off Award
Allyson Cromwell, Rustam Domullojonov

Concrete Industry Foundation Scholarship
Khadija Ali

John Ploss Scholarship
Natalia Tanko

Melendez Architectural Scholarship
Sergio Bossa

Aaron Rand ’65 – The Elan Ganeles Annual Scholarship Award
Sanjida Sultana

The Carol A. and Mark A. Willis Scholarship Fund
Gregory Salazar, Harshit Venkatesh Shastry

Ma’Mar Alumni Scholarship for the Study of Middle Eastern Architecture
Anna Leonova

The Norman E. Henkin Memorial Scholarship
Duyen Vo

George Willet Fund Scholarship
Rachel Schneider

Valmira Gashi & Julien Legeard Scholarship
Rachel Schneider

The Kosciuszko Foundation – The Robert B. Kyts & Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts, MD Scholarship
Ciara Kosior

AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley Chapter Scholarship
Camila Turini, Claire Salameh

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