The Student Library Research Award Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Student Library Research Awards, sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley College Library (more about the awards). Award recipients demonstrated a thoughtful, methodical, and scholarly approach to research and diverse use of library resources, which contributed to their ability to produce a high quality research project.

Sarah Trager ’13 has won the 300-level award for her HIST 302 paper,”Shaping Memory with Monuments: Diverging Representations of Holocaust Commemoration.” Supporting faculty: Nina Tumarkin

Kalina Yingnan Deng ’14 has won the 100/200-level award for her WRIT 290 paper, “Fundamentally Moral: A Philosophical Defense of Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. and Morgan v. Hennigan.” Supporting faculty: Lynne Viti

Shweta Patwardhan ’16 has won the First Year Award for her WRIT 143 paper, “Individual and the Family in Athenian Society.” Supporting faculty: Raymond Starr

Laurence Toal ’14 has won the inaugural Independent Study Award for her POL 350 paper, “Their Soviet Elder Brothers: The Soviet Union’s Hand in Shaping Reunification Policy for East Germany and North Korea.” Supporting faculty: Katharine Moon

Aryanne de Silva ’13 and Karina Chung ’13 received an honorable mention for their PSYC 350 paper, “Effects of a Pretend Play Intervention on Executive Functioning Tasks.” Supporting faculty: Tracy Gleason

The winning entries can be viewed in the Wellesley College Digital Repository beginning next week.

From: Veronica Brandstrader, LTS, x2171
To: Faculty, staff, students
More info: Laura O’Brien, LTS, x3497