WHEN THE EBOLA SCARE HIT the United States in 2014, Emory University (GA) biology professor Rachelle Spell issued a challenge…
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Student Wins $64,243 Writing Prize
HAILEY REISSMAN, AN ENGLISH MAJOR AT Washington College in Maryland, won this year’s Sophie Kerr Prize——in the form of $64,243.…
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Today, buying shoes online is as commonplace as, well, buying shoes at a mall. But back in 1999, when 25-year-old…
Soccer Star Wins $61,192 for Poetry and Creative Nonfiction
WASHINGTON COLLEGE (MD) SENIOR Timothy Marcin has got his act together. The four-season starter in soccer recently took home his…
Student Cashes In On Knowledge
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Student Wins $67,482 For Poetry and Critical Essays
Ever wonder what it’d be like to win one of the largest literary awards in the world? Ask Emma Sovich,…
Early Riser: Meet Katherine Bomkamp
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Parting Words Worth Pondering
JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR First woman on the U.S. Supreme Court Centre College (Danville, KY) “A single generation of public…
Poems About Loss, Masculinity and Fatherhood Win Student $62,900
The four years that Washington College (MD) senior Alexander R. Vidiani spent honing his writing skills finally paid off—to the…