Dr. Yas Silva Receives 2025 Sujack Award for Research Excellence

Dr. Yas Silva received the 2025 Sujack Family Award for Faculty Research Excellence, the top research award given at Loyola’s College of Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was held on April 24, 2025.

The award statement mentioned that “Dr. Silva’s groundbreaking work in cyberbullying detection and prevention has made a significant impact in both academia and society. We recognize his leadership in the BullyBlocker Project, an innovative initiative that combines computational models with social science frameworks to analyze and mitigate cyberbullying on social networks.”

Congratulations to Dr. Silva and the BullyBlocker team!