The Gaylord Donnelley Prize was awarded to four seniors for excellent interdisciplinary scholarship demonstrated in their Environmental Studies senior essay. Congratulations to the following seniors:
Khenzom Alling (Grace Hopper College) Caring for Home and Homeland: Environmental Placemaking in Dharamshala and Tibet
Marc Gonzalez (Davenport College) Maldita Sea, Otro Apagón”: A Historical, Decolonial Analysis of the Puerto Rican Power Grid and the Making of the Energy Crisis
Elizabeth Hopkinson (Jonathon Edwards College) Dying in and out of place: The American hospital as a setting for end-of-life care
Adin Ring (Saybrook College) Harnessing Citizen Science and Collections Data for Invasive Plant Surveillance
Since 1999, the Environmental Studies Program has recognized its most outstanding senior essays with the Gaylord Donnelley Prize. It is funded by an endowment from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the Donnelley Family, in memory of Mr. Gaylord Donnelley, a conservationist dedicated to advances in research and education.