These local students were named to the dean’s list or received a similar honor from their college or university for the Spring 2013 semester:

— Turi Juilan Scilipoti, a freshman majoring in applied music (flute) at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. Scilipoti, a resident of Berne, is the son of Paul Scilipoti and Carly Wright;

— Sarah Teresa Bjork, a junior majoring in cell and developmental biology at the University of Rochester. Bjork, a resident of Voorheesville, is the daughter of Stephen and Mary Bjork, and a graduate of Clayton A. Bouton High School in Voorheesville;

— Nicholas M. Tariello, a senior majoring in applied music (percussion) at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. He is the son of Patricia Tariello, and a graduate of Guilderland High School;

— Mackenzie Cietek, from Schenectady, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania;

— Sarah Madden, from Voorheesville, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania;

— Kyra Malamood, from Guilderland, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania;

— Laura Lovely, from Schenectady, at Villanova University in Pennsylvania;

— Joseph Brown of Schenectady, a business and technology management major, at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi;

— Joshua Cummings of Voorheesville, a business and technology management major, at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi;

— Jill Malfetano of Voorheesville, a veterinary science technology major, at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi;

— Amy Sanderson of East Berne, a veterinary technology management major, at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi;

— Anya Therese Joynt, a freshman majoring in molecular genetics at the University of Rochester. She is the daughter of Theresa Joynt and Patrick Joynt, and a graduate of Guilderland High School;

— Lauren Wilson, the daughter of Alida Crisafulli and Laurence Wilson of Berne at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. She graduated from Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School in 2009;