This prize was established by Thornton O’Glove in memory of Sidney Brown (Rutgers College, 1940). The award recognizes outstanding performance and promise in the first two years of graduate study.

2023 - Kaiwen Qiu

2016 - Kihwan Bae 

2022 - Boting Chao

2015 - Xu Jiang and Hyeon Ok Lee

2021 - Ji Hye Choi

2014 - Ning Li and Yuliyan Mitkov 

2020 - Nan Zhi

2013 - Zhutong Gu and WonHyung Lee

2019 - Min Kim

2012 - Dean Jens

2018 - Jungjun Choi and Humberto Martínez

2011 - Wukuang Cun and Basak Uysal

2017 - Xuesong Huang and Hyungil Kye

2010 - Steven Gazzillo, Elena Khramtsova, and Xuelian Zhang