Council of Graduate School Programs Awards 2026

The Council of Graduate School Programs (CGSP), in collaboration with the Graduate School, gives annual awards for exceptional performance in teaching, scholarship, and civic engagement. Below are our 2026 winners! Congratulations to all. 

 

Graduate Faculty Member of the Year

Clodia Osipo, Ph.D.

Professor of Cancer Biology and Microbiology and Immunology

Graduate Program Director for Biochemistry, Molecular and Cancer Biology

Stritch School of Medicine

 

Graduate Student Teaching 

Victoria O'Dea 

Department of English

 

Civic Engagement to Promote Social Justice

Larry (Leo) B. Davis

School of Social Work

 

Dissertation of the Year - Professional Schools

Sungsim Lee

School of Social Work

"A Qualitative Study of Gratitude Practice among Won Buddhist Older Adults and Implications for Gerontological Social Work"

 

Dissertation of the Year - Humanities

Italo Alves 

Department of Philosophy

"The Social Aesthetics of Recognition"

 

Dissertation of the Year - Biomedical & Sciences

Suzanne Quinn 

Integrative Cell Biology

"Strategies to Improve T Cell Receptor Transduced T Cell Function and Longevity for Immunotherapy"