The American Association of Feline Practitioners' Award

This award is presented to a fourth-year student for special interest and accomplishment in feline medicine and surgery.

Marie Jose Torres

The American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology Award

This prize is awarded to a fourth-year student who has demonstrated enthusiasm for and understanding of diagnostic and clinical dermatology. The recipient is nominated by the dermatology faculty.

Leslie K. Brunker

The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Award

This award recognizes fourth-year veterinary students who demonstrate a sincere interest and outstanding didactic and clinical expertise in veterinary internal medicine.

Small Animal – Leslie Brunker and Kailee Zornow

Large Animal – Alexandra Brunet

The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists' Award

The prize is awarded to a fourth-year student who has distinguished himself/herself by outstanding performance on the clinical ophthalmology rotation and shows exceptional interest and potential in the specialty.

Jennifer Goldreich

​​​​The American College of Veterinary Radiology Prize

This award is given in recognition of outstanding enthusiasm and understanding in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology.

Nicholas Dylan Walsh

The American College of Veterinary Surgeons' Award

This award is given to the fourth-year student who has demonstrated outstanding motivation and interest in the art and science of veterinary surgery.

Small Animal – Sarah Friday

Large Animal – Jocelyn Marie Stedman

The James Gordon Bennett Prize

In 1916, Mr. James Gordon Bennett of New York City endowed this prize for the fourth-year student who shows the greatest humaneness in handling animals, with special reference to the use of anesthesia.

Robert Onaga

​​​​​​The Anne Besse Prize

Miss A. B. Jennings of New York City endowed this prize in 1925 for the best work in food animal medicine.

Elizabeth Balter

The Frank Bloom Pathology Award​​​​​

Established in 1978 from an endowment given by Dr. Frank Bloom ’30, this award is given to a fourth-year student excelling in pathology.

Kelly Elizabeth Sullivan

The Gary Bolton Memorial Cardiology Award

Funds for this endowment were donated by friends and colleagues of Dr. Gary R. Bolton in loving memory of his outstanding contributions to the field of small animal cardiology. This prize is awarded to a fourth-year student who has demonstrated understanding and expertise in cardiology and empathy for patients compatible with the philosophy of Dr. Bolton.

Diana Carroccia

The Charles Gross Bondy Prize

Mr. Richard Bondy of New York City endowed this prize in 1929 as a memorial to his son, for the best work by a student in the fourth year in the courses in practical medicine and surgery of small animals.

Allison M. Tuchrello

The A. Gordon Danks Large Animal Surgery Award

This award was initiated in 1978 by the faculty of the Department of Clinical Sciences to recognize the outstanding contributions of Professor Emeritus A. Gordon Danks. It is presented to a fourth-year student demonstrating outstanding knowledge and talent in the diagnosis and treatment of surgical problems of large animals.

Kerry Schneider

The Donald Delahanty Memorial Prize

This prize was established as a special memorial to Dr. Donald D. Delahanty, a member of the Department of Large Animal Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery from 1952 to 1975. The prize is given to a fourth-year student showing an interest in equine practice and a high level of proficiency in the field.

Jocelyn Stedman

​​​The Hugh Dukes Prize in Experimental Physiology

This prize was established by former students and friends of Dr. H. Hugh Dukes, who was a pioneer in the education of students in physiology and who served the University and College for 28 years. It is awarded to a fourth-year student who has done excellent work in physiology laboratory courses and shows potential for teaching and contributing new knowledge to physiology.

Jon Lou

The Ettinger Incentive Award

Dr. Stephen Ettinger, Class of 1964, established this award to provide encouragement to all veterinary medical students at Cornell. The award, Dr. Ettinger’s Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, is given to a second-year student who has made the greatest improvement in cumulative GPA between the first and second year.

Sarah Lietzke

The Myron G. Fincher Prize

This award was initiated in 1980 through an endowment from Dr. Neil W. Pieper ’32, given in honor of Professor Emeritus Myron G. Fincher ’20 in recognition of his many contributions to the College. This award is presented to a fourth-year student demonstrating the best work in courses dealing with large animal obstetrics and reproductive diseases.

Alicia Chisholm

The Tracy French Clinical Pathology Prize

This prize is awarded in honor of Dr. Tracy French, who was an associate professor in Clinical Pathology for over 26 years at Cornell University. It is awarded to the veterinary student who achieves the highest grade in the Clinical Pathology course, VTMED 6320, thus displaying excellence in clinical pathology.

Jessica Box

The Grant Sherman Hopkins Prize

The endowment for this prize was given by Ms. Ann Ottaway Hopkins in 1955 in memory of her husband, who had served the College for 45 years as Professor of Veterinary Anatomy. It is awarded upon the recommendation of the anatomy faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences on the basis of interest, ability, perseverance and performance in work in that discipline.

Gilad Fefer

The P. Philip Levine Prize in Avian Medicine

This prize was established from donations made by friends and colleagues of Dr. P. Philip Levine in memory of his many contributions to the field of avian medicine. Much of his life was dedicated to the training of young people, and to encouraging them to aspire to excellence. 

Kayla Woodlock

The Robert V. Manning '55 Prize

This prize was established by the family for Dr. Robert V. Manning ‘55 in his memory. It is awarded to a third- or fourth-year student with interest in bovine medicine who best exemplifies Dr. Manning. The student should exhibit qualities of good work ethic, value system and humor.

Kyle Nugent

The Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Innovation Award

The American Veterinary Medical Foundation has established this award to recognize one outstanding graduating senior at each of the AVMA accredited schools in the United States and Canada. The award is given to a student who is in academic good standing and has demonstrated innovative and/or entrepreneurial creativity leading to a project that impacts or inspires others within the veterinary profession.

Jon Lou

The Merck Manual Awards

Merck and Company, Inc., presents engraved copies of the Merck Veterinary Manual to members of the fourth year who will graduate highest in their class.

Alicia Chisholm

Emma La Vigne

Allison Tuchrello

Nicholas Walsh

The Jane Miller Prize

Funds for the endowment of this prize were given by Dr. Frank H. Miller, a graduate of McGill University and a trustee of Cornell University for twenty years. As a memorial to his wife, the prize is awarded to a member of the second-year class who has done the best work in veterinary physiology.

Isabella Knecht

The Malcolm E. Miller Award

In 1965, Ms. Mary Wells Miller Ewing established this award in memory of her husband, Dr. Malcolm E. Miller ‘34, a former professor of anatomy and the head of that department from 1947 to 1960. The recipient is a fourth-year student who, in the judgment of the dean, has demonstrated perseverance, scholastic diligence and other personal characteristics that will bring credit and distinction to the veterinary profession.

Bridget Noreen Bickers

The Mary Louise Moore Prize

Dr. Veranus A. Moore established this endowed prize as a memorial to his wife for the best work in bacteriology. Dr. Moore served as Chairman of Pathology and Bacteriology Department and as Dean of the Veterinary College from 1908 to 1930.

Emma LaVigne

The Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology Prize

In memory of Dr. William B. Forsythe, this prize is to be awarded to the fourth-year student who has demonstrated the most outstanding expertise and interest in neuroanatomy and clinical neurology.

Elizabeth DiPaola

The Leonard Pearson Veterinary Prize

The award, endowed in 1993, is for the fourth-year student who most successfully demonstrates the potential for professional and/or academic leadership in veterinary medicine.

Gilad Fefer

The Philotherian Photographic Prize

Endowed in 1972 by the late Dr. and Mrs. Hadley C. Stephenson, this prize is given to the veterinary student who has taken the best photograph of an animal in its environment.

First Place: Robert Onaga '19

Second Place: Amy Zhang '22

Third Place: Addison Spitzer '22

The Julie A. Richter Prize

Established by the family of Julie A. Richter DVM ‘94 in her memory, this prize is awarded to a third- or fourth-year student who is from a farm background or has an interest in food-animal medicine.

Jenna Hill

The Colonel Floyd C. Sager Equine Obstetrics and Pediatrics Award

This award, created on the occasion of Dr. Sager’s 90th birthday in 1984 by another Cornellian who trained under Dr. Sager, recognizes a Cornell veterinarian whose name is synonymous with excellence in equine obstetrics and pediatrics. The fourth-year student receiving this award, in the opinion of the faculty of the Department of Clinical Sciences, has displayed outstanding aptitude in equine obstetrics and pediatrics.

Monique Obsharski

Simmons and Associates Career Excellence Award

In 2003, the Simmons and Associates Education Trust was established as a not-for-profit educational trust to award and recognize the third-year veterinary student who has distinguished himself/herself by demonstrating a keen interest or measurable aptitude for the pursuit of excellence in the business of small animal medicine.

Elvina Yau

The Isidor I. Sprecker Wildlife Medicine Award

This award was established in 1996 by Esther Schiff Bondareff ‘37 in honor of her friend, Isidor Sprecker DVM ‘39 as a testimony to her admiration of him, and her keen interest in improving the quality of veterinary health in zoo animals. It is awarded to third- or fourth-year student with a strong interest in pursuing a career in zoo and wildlife medicine.

Mariah Beck

SUNY Chancellor Awards

The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence recognizes outstanding students who have integrated academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include leadership, campus involvement, community service, the arts, athletics or career achievement.

Isabelle Jimenez

The Anna Olafson Sussex Pathology Award​​

This award was endowed in 1974 by Peter and Harriette Olafson in memory of Dr. Olafson’s sister. The award is given to a third-year student who has done outstanding work in pathology.

Elizabeth Martens

Tracy Potter

The Jacob Traum Award

Through an endowment established by friends of Jacob Traum, this prize is awarded to the fourth-year student who is judged by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology as having exhibited superior interest and accomplishment in bacteriology, pathology and virology, including an aptitude for and expressed interest in research on infectious diseases.

Erika First

Robert Rosenthal Senior Student Award for Proficiency in Clinical Oncology

This award is presented to the senior veterinary student deemed to have outstanding aptitude for, and competence in, the diagnosis, treatment and general care of companion animals affected by malignant disease.

Steven Moirano

Proficiency in Theriogenology Award

The “Proficiency in Theriogenology Award,” sponsored by the Society for Theriogenology, is awarded to a senior student deemed to have illustrated proficiency in clinical theriogenology.

Lauren DeGennaro

The George and Donna B. Warnick Scholarship

​​​​​​The George and Donna B. Warnick Scholarship is funded by Lorin D. Warnick and is wife Jill Thorley Warnick in honor of Dean Warnick’s parents in recognition of and gratitude for their exemplary lives. Dr. Warnick hopes the values and character of his parents that inspired him during his education will also be motivating to the next generation of veterinary students. These include a frim commitment to education, broad reading and learning, strong work ethic, responsibility, honesty and respect for other people.

Richalice Melendez-Rivera

The Horace K. White Prize

An endowment for this prize was originally given by Mr. Horace K. White (and later his sons of Syracuse, New York) for the student with the highest academic record during their veterinary training. This award, originally called the Presidents’ Prize, dates back to 1873 and is probably the longest-standing prize at Cornell. The original donor was a brother to Andrew Dickson White, the first president of the university.

Allison M. Tuchrello

The Zoetis Large Animal Clinical Awards

Zoetis Animal Health gives these prizes to students considered to be the most proficient in the practice of large animal medicine.

John Leahy, Dairy Production Medicine

Alexandra Brunet, Equine Medicine

Award for Proficiency in Emergency and Critical Care

The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society sponsor this award given to a fourth-year student who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment and exceptional proficiency in caring for emergency and critical care patients.

Sarah Eriksen

Veterinary Class of 1974 Clinical Resident Award

The D.V.M. class of 1974 established these awards to recognize the special efforts of residents who teach veterinary students and provide services to hospital clients. Recipients of the award are selected from residents serving the Cornell University Hospital for Animals. The recipients are selected by a vote of the fourth-year class.

Dr. Christophe Bourguignon, Companion

Dr. Barbara Delvescovo, Equine and Farm

Dr. Erika Militana, Both

The New York State Veterinary Medical Society Prize

This prize is provided annually by the State Society for the best Senior Seminar. Members of the fourth-year class are eligible to compete. Nominations are made by the Senior Seminar Committee

Nicholas Walsh

The Daphne Award

This award was established to recognize clinical proficiency and assist new graduates beginning a career in a practice setting. It is awarded to a small number of graduating students who exemplify excellence in the practice of veterinary medicine; whose knowledge, professional skills, compassion and high standards of patient care promise to advance a legacy of excellence throughout their professional careers.

Gilad Fefer

Sarah Friday

Kiki Mullikin

Christina Watts

Outstanding Veterinary Technician Award

This honor is awarded to a licensed veterinary technician working in the Cornell University Hospital for Animals who is judged to demonstrate noteworthy dedication to the training of veterinary students, exemplary compassion for animal patients and clients, and outstanding technical and nursing proficiency.

Karen Warner

The William C. Rebhun and Samuel Gordon Campbell Award

This award, established in 2000 by the Rebhun and Campbell families, recognizes a fourth-year student who, while on clinical rotations, has demonstrated a practical and reliable work ethic; a passion for discussing casework with colleagues, faculty and staff; and a balanced and active life away from the veterinary college. In keeping with the philosophies and traits that reflect the contributions of Drs. Rebhun and Campbell, the recipient of this award will also have demonstrated an egalitarian approach to clinical work, meeting clients, patients, staff, fellow students and faculty with equal respect and care.

Shelby Wauson

The Gentle Doctor Award

The Gentle Doctor Award was originally made possible by Dr. William Hornbuckle's contribution of prize money for the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award received by him in 1979. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kirk established a permanent endowment fund for the continuation of this award. The recipient of the award is a fourth-year student who, in the opinion of the faculty of the Department of Clinical Sciences, exemplifies enthusiasm, motivation and dedication to the delivery of excellent veterinary patient care.

Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond

Nicholas Roman

Dorothy Sullivan Prize

Established in 1996 through the bequest of Dorothy "Dotty" Sullivan, a long-time employee of Cornell and the college's Office of Student Services, this prize is awarded to the fourth-year student whose interests and exemplary efforts as ambassador have strengthened and enriched the activities, outreach, image and environment of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Jeremy Eule

Rachel Hilliard

Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award

The college's premier teaching award, presented annual to a full-time faculty member selected by the graduating class.

Dr. Erin Epperly