Clio Hall and GRADitude Awards Luncheon

The Graduate School presents two annual awards to recognize local and national champions for graduate student professional development. Join us to fete this year's GRADitude Award and Clio Hall Award recipients!

About the GRADitude Award:
The GradFUTURES GRADitude Award for Advancing Graduate Professional Development recognizes national leaders —either individuals or organizations—who have influenced the field of graduate professional development in profound and substantial ways.

This year’s Honoree:

Keith Yamamoto *73, Retired Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy, UCSF

About the Clio Hall Award:
This award is presented by the Graduate School's professional development team to faculty, staff, graduate alumni, and graduate students in recognition of significant contributions to the professional development of Princeton graduate students. 

This year’s Honorees:

• Maya Chung *26, Postdoctoral Research Associate, High Meadows Institute
• Matt Sigelman ‘95, President and CEO, Burning Glass Institute
• Tony Williams, Associate Director, Office of Technology Licensing
• Elizabeth Christopherson, President and CEO, Rita Allen Foundation

The name for the Graduate School’s GradFUTURES Clio Hall Award is based on “Clio Hall," which is a landmark building at the University, built more than 125 years ago (1893), and is the home of the Graduate School’s administrative offices. Clio Hall originally housed the “Cliosophic Society," the oldest college debating club in the US, and that led to the adoption of the name “Clio Hall."

The award itself is a miniature replica of Clio Hall, a Greek-revival style building.  The Clio Hall Award--a 3D printed replica of Clio Hall, home of the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School--has been produced with the generous support of the Council on Science and Technology. Awardees also receive a personalized gift courtesy of Princeton University Press.

This event is a part of the 2026 GradFUTURES Forum, an annual professional development conference, that is open to the entire Princeton graduate community (including Ph.D. and master’s students and alumni) as well as to graduate students and staff from graduate institutions across the country and around the world. Offering a full week of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, alumni panels, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum features dozens of online and in-person sessions with real-time relevance to success in graduate school and a glimpse into a world of possibilities beyond. As we celebrate The Graduate School's 125th anniversary, this year's GradFUTURES Forum theme is "Preparing Graduate Students for Transformational Impact.

* Hosting of panelists and speakers does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.

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