Student Achievements
Luba Zinkowsky Friedman Fund Slavic Department Prize for Excellence in Russian Studies
Luba Zinkowsky Friedman Fund summer language study grants
Slavic Departmental Research Essay Prize
The Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
The Annual Penn Russian Essay Contest
Luba Zinkowsky
Friedman Fund Slavic Department Prize for Excellence in Russian Studies
Awarded annually to an outstanding student of Russian Studies
| 2011 | Cameron Hood, Sarabeth Zielonka |
| 2010 | Benjamin Kaufman |
| 2009 | Kelly Fedak |
| 2008 | Award was not given |
| 2007 | Christina Watts |
| 2006 | Shannon Meyerhoff |
| 2005 | Spencer Willig |
| 2004 | Alexander Pantelyat |
| 2003 | Daniel Watson |
Luba Zinkowsky Friedman Fund summer language study grants
| 2009 | Christoph Suter |
Slavic Departmental
Research Essay Prize
Awarded to the best undergraduate paper presented at the annual Slavic
Department undergraduate conference, the Slavic Bazaar.
| 2012 | Sarabeth Zielonka, Kathryn Brossa |
| 2011 | Ana Miniuk, Melissa Goodman |
| 2010 | Molly Reed |
| 2009 | Alina Tulloch |
| 2008 | Hannah Nicholas |
| 2007 | Katharine McCormick |
| 2006 | Anastasiya Osipova |
| 2005 | Rayna Lopyan, Markian Dobczansky |
| 2004 | no award was given |
The Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
| Year | Traditional Learners | Heritage Learners |
| 2011 | Kristin Zuhone, Third Place, Level 1, |
Mariya Keselman, Third Place, Level 1 |
| 2010 | Jacqueline Yue, First Place, Level 1 |
Irina Denisenko, Honorable Mention, Heritage Learners, Level 1 |
| 2009 | Taeko Harada, Honorable Mention, Level 1 Sarabeth Zielonka, Second Place, Level 1 Peter Winsky, First Place, Level 2 |
Alexander Salasyuk, First Place, Heritage Learners,
Level 1 Ekaterina Petrova, Honorable Mention, Heritage Learners, Level 1 Natalia Kogay, Third Place, Heritage Learners, Level 2 |
| 2008 | Edward Kraftmann, First Place, Level 1 Anne Skuza, First Place, Level 1 Katherine Wallace, First Place, Level 1 Ionelia Engel, Honorable Mention, Level 1 Samuel Hirst, First Place, Level 4 |
N/A |
| 2007 | Livia Pieralli, Honorable Mention, Level 1 Dana S. Nenova, Second Place, Level 3 Sean B. Pitt, Second Place, Level 3 |
Liza Lozovatskaya, Third Place, Heritage Learners,
Level 1 Alexander Vasin, Honorable Mention,Heritage Learners, Level 1 |
| 2006 | Yomaira Tamayo, Third Place, Level 3 | N/A |
| 2005 | Roxanne Samak,Honorable Mention, Level 3 | N/A |
The Annual Penn Russian Essay Contest
| Year | Traditional Learners | Heritage Learners |
| 2009 | Perry Clarkson, First Place, Level 1 Chris Sutor, Second Place, Level 1 Cameron Hood, Third Place, Level 1 Caitlin Leahy, Third Place, Level 1 Bridget Goodman, First Place, Level 2 Angela Mu, First Place, Level 2 Anna Munik, Second Place, Level 2 Alex Melamed, Third Place, Level 3 Bronwyn, Koehl, First Place, Level 4 |
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| 2008 | Matthew Richman, First Place, Level 1 George Igoe, Second Place, Level 1 Amy Cheung, Third Place, Level 1 Andreas Gittis, Third Place, Level 1 Aaron Ecay, First Place, Level 2 Juvier Urbina, Second Place, Level 2 Alysia Harris, Third Place, Level 2 Daniel Cohen, First Place, Level 3 Chris Kemendo, Second Place, Level 3 Bijan Niknam, Third Place, Level 3 Angenette Meaney, Third Place, Level 3 Maki Shibata, First Place, Level 4 Sam Yankovoy, Second Place, Level 4 Kevin Lafferty, Third Place, Level 4 |
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| 2007 | Jared Walsh, First Place, Level 1 Alysia Harris, Second Place, Level 1 Scott Myers, Second Place, Level 1 |
Eugene Braude, First Place, Heritage Learners, Level 1 |
2009 - Benjamin Kaufman has been awarded a CURF grant for summer research in Latvia
