Graduates recognized at final SIS Recognition Ceremony
05/08/2017
Graduates recognized at final SIS recognition ceremony
On Sunday, April 30, the School of Information Sciences held its Recognition Ceremony to honor its 2017 graduates (covering June 2016 – April 2017). More than 550 faculty, staff, family, and friends came together in Alumni Hall to celebrate with those students earning degrees and receiving awards.
This event is traditionally a joyous occasion and this one was no exception, even as Dean Ronald Larsen noted the bittersweet nature of this year’s ceremony. It is the last time students will graduate from the School of Information Sciences, which will become the School of Computing and Information in July 2017. In addition, this was also Dean Larsen’s final recognition ceremony, as he will step down as Dean of the School on July 31, 2017.
“As we planned for the School of Computing and Information over the last two years, it has always been my intention to step down as dean by the time of its grand opening,” said Dean Larsen during his opening remarks. “After all, a new school should have new leaders, and I’m truly happy that I have been able to work with faculty and Pitt administration to make this new school a reality. Therefore, today is my last graduation ceremony as the dean of the School of Information Sciences.” The audience and students paid tribute to Dean Larsen’s 15 years of service with a standing ovation.
The keynote address was given by Richard Cox, professor in the Library and Information Science program. An alumnus of the School, Dr. Cox joined the faculty in 1988, and, after nearly 30 years, he will retire at the end of 2017. His remarks addressed the need for information professionals with technical skills, a passion for the profession, and a clear understanding of the ethical challenges that face the field. He urged graduates to become familiar with the ethics codes of the organizations that guide the professions, stay current with the scholarly and professional literature of the various information fields, have the conviction and courage to speak out about unethical uses of information and technologies, and continuously reflect on the ethical implications of our work. Dr. Cox noted, “We all accept the power of the technologies we are working with and designing, and this means we must accept the great responsibilities we have been given.”
Towards the end of the ceremony, Eric Spiegel (BSIS ‘88) welcomed the new graduates to the network of more than 14,000 iSchool alumni, who live across the globe and whose careers span many different information fields. He commented on the impact of his Pitt academic training on his career and professional life, encouraging the new graduates to remain engaged with both the school and the university.
“I hope you will take advantage of the many ways to stay involved with the University of Pittsburgh and School of Information Sciences (soon to be the School of Computing and Information, and I hope you will visit us when you can,” said Spiegel.
Please join us in congratulating the final class of the School of Information Sciences. To view pictures from the ceremony, click here.
Our Graduates:
*Reflects those who have applied for graduation as of April 22, 2017.
Bachelor of Science in Information Science
Chief Justice Abenes
Noah Abramson
Ibrahim Amedu
Irina Babichenko
Elena Bale
Tyler Barndt
Jared Berman
Minjung Bin
Bobbi Braggs
Dominick Caimano
David Cappa
Ryan Craig
Alicia Cyphers
Casey Dalsass
Grace D'Amico
Shannen Davis
Adrian Dicker
Troy Dinkel
Clifton Fehl
Daniel Fink
Matthew Flotta
Douglas Foster
Alaina Foust
Christopher Frye
Jonathan Gale
Brent Go
Samuel Gold
Alex Goldman
Dwayne Hast
Tyler Hayes
Katelyn Hazy
Allen Howard
Thomas Hucker
William James
Hyun-Tae Jin
Amer Kahwash
Aaron Kircher
Terri Kwan
Sang Lee
Ostap Lernatovych
Erica Lisitsa
Simon Liu
Yao Lu
Sarah MacDonald
Megan Macoskey
David Mai
Anish Manocha
Gregory Maranowski
Daniel McCafferty
Jennifer McMillan
Mathew McPaul
Timothy Meehan
Christopher Meletiche-Velez
Marisa Midler
Nathaniel Morrison
Salis Muhammad
Pierce Mulligan
Lily Nacht
William O'Toole
Kasey Paul
Christopher Pearlman
Gerald Peterson
Kevin Powless
Kyle Price
Nicholas Puppo
Alexander Riggan
Jocelyn Rivera
Kathelijn Roganti
Mark Rutkowski
Joshua Schmitt
Bobby Scruggs
Thomas Seman
Nihit Shah
Faheem Siddiqui
Kenneth Smart
Joshua Smith
Joseph Spinogatti
Andrew Steinke
Alan Sweitzer
Justin Taylor
Joy Todosichuk
James Towle
Matthew Trickett
Tanika Velingker
Zachary Virshup
Miranda Wayne
Jake Weise
Alison Weller
Taryn Welt
Grant Wescott
James Weslow
Aaron Whitfield
Kelcie Wills
Amy Zeman
Master of Science in Information Science
Vijay Ahuja
Zhaoyan Ai
Abdulaziz Alarfaj
Maryam Aldairi
Abdulaziz Almuzaini
Faris Alotibi
Indraneil Bardhan
Joseph Bender
M. Shannon Bradley
Tyler Brooks
Wei Cai
Rachel Chang
Bingliang Chen
Qi Chen
Yichao Chen
Dongxue Cheng
Hanwei Cheng
Hongyuan Cui
Tiancheng Dong
Xiao Du
Venkatesh Duvvuri
Joann Dwornicki
Ashley Fittz
Pingjie Gao
Wenshuo Gao
Carrie Gardner
Liju George
Adeline Giritharan
Yuexian Gong
Charan Teja Guduguntla Ramakrishna
Feng Guo
Haolin Guo
Hongyu Han
Jiayao Han
Mingjia Hang
Degan Hao
Zhi Hao
Weiyi He
Jingming Hu
Jing Hua
Langtao Huang
Xiaonan Huang
BharathKumar Inbasekaran
Xin Jin
Xin Lai
Ziyi Lan
Lujing Li
Men Li
Qiang Li
Shizheng Li
Tao Li
Ting Li
Wenxing Li
Xiyi Li
Yue Li
Yuesong Li
Jingyi Lin
Wenjun Lin
Fengxi Liu
Jinrong Liu
Linghui Liu
Yumeng Lu
Rebecca Ly
Kaiyang Lyu
Russell Maiers
Ayush Mishra
Abhishek Mukherjee
Rui Nan
Xuechan Peng
Jiawen Qi
Shi Qiu
Ananya Ramamoorthy
Jian Ren
Yiwen Ren
Zhaoxuan Ren
Jie Rong
Setareh Sarachi
Mayank Sardana
Vedanta Sattuluri
Jon-Michel Seman
Michael Singer
Stephen Skoch
Jie Song
Yue Su
Haoxiang Sun
Liyun Suo
Jiawei Tao
Zhirun Tian
Shuning Tong
Weiyi Tuo
Sai Srinivasa Krishna Anand Varanasi
Dimple Varma
Sarah Vinski
Chunyao Wang
Shiqi Wang
Simiao Wang
Tian Wang
Yuhan Wang
Zhuoqun Wang
Tong Wei
Xin Wen
Fengtao Wu
Chukun Xia
Nanxun Xie
Zihan Xie
Hanwen Xue
Shanlu Xue
Muheng Yan
Xun Yang
Yingzhi Yang
Yujia Yang
Yi Yao
Gaole Yu
Qingzhou Yu
Yuqian Zhanfu
Bolun Zhang
Hui Zhang
Jie Zhang
Jingru Zhang
Jingyun Zhang
Linzi Zhang
Mengjiao Zhang
Siying Zhang
Tong Zhang
Yiyuan Zhang
Zhe Zhang
Chenlei Zhao
Qiao Zhao
Xin Zhao
Yifan Zhao
Zexin Zhao
Huizhi Zhong
Haitao Zhou
Yixian Zhu
Junwei Zhuge
Master of Library and Information Science
Heather Anderson
Jessica Baker
Bradley Balduff
Robert Bartels
Christine Beard
Kristin Beutler
Jacob Brintzenhoff
Hannah Burkhard
Jessica Burkhart
Songyao Chen
Katherine Cobb
Jocelyn Codner
Stevan Colvin
Lauren Cribbs
Larissa Dean
Carla Del Priore
Lauren DeVoe
Elizabeth England
Emily Enterline
Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer
Margaret Foreback
Flory Gessner
Vincent Giordano
Olivia Glotfelty
Kiana Gonzalez
Caitlyn Haley
Nicole Harding
Yan He
Megan Hendrick
Heather Hinkel
Matthew Jones
Alice Kalinowski
Chloe Kie
Elina Lee
Karrie Lukin
Katherine Madison
Alexis Marlett
Darcy Mautino
Bryan McGeary
Eric Meisberger
Anne Meuser
Rebekah Miller
Shannon Miller
Rachel Moore
Natalie Nieman
Catherine Peebles
Kimberly Podlesnik
Andrew Prisbylla
Emily Roth
Sarah Scott
Elizabeth Shedlock
Courtney Siska
Rachel Sweeney
Denise Weldon-Siviy
Joseph Williams
Laureen Wilson
Yue Xu
Master of Science in Telecommunications
Abishek Arangottukara Raman
Aravind Arumugam Kalaivanan
Doruntine Berisha
Pedro Bustamante
Noopur Chowdhary
Carmen Diaz Sandoval
Samiksha Fulzele
Vishal Kanthaswamy Pillai
Akul Kapoor
Prabhat Kuchibhotla
Aditya Kulkarni
Anoop Kulkarni
Anh Le
Igor Moiseev
Nayan Patel
Durgesh Potnis
Vaideesh Ravi Shankar
Kewal Shah
Aravindan Somasundaram
Pei-Keng Sun
Yves Patrick Tagatsi Fotso
Emmanuel Tejuosho
Ajinkya Thokare
Abhinav Tiwari
Abhishek Viswanathan
PhD in Information Science
Shih-Yi “James” Chien
William Garrard
Shuguang Han
Evgeny Karataev
PhD in Library and Information Science
Jessica Benner
Jiepu Jiang
Wei Jeng
PhD in Information Science with a concentration in Telecommunications
Luai Hasnawi
Ke Zhang
Natthapong Liamcharoen
