Awarded each semester to students who complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits with a term GPA of 3.850 or above. Recognition is conferred by the dean of each school or college at the close of the fall and spring terms, with notation recorded on the official transcript.

Granted by the Department of Statistics to incoming graduate candidates who exceed the standard requirements for admission based on the strength of their academic record and research contributions. Awarded to one candidate among the approximately 7% admitted to the MS Data Science program each cycle, at the time of acceptance.

Awarded 2 of 3 class project honors for Divvy Bikes, a KNN-based optimization model identifying ideal bike share station locations across downtown Chicago. Selected from among all final project submissions for outstanding clarity of presentation and technical rigor in methodology, feature engineering, and spatial analysis.