Pascale Bronder, EVST ‘19, wins Harvey M. Applebaum ‘59 Award

May 1, 2019

Congratulations to Pascale Bronder, EVST ‘19!

Her senior essay, “Renewable Energy Access and Resilience in Urban Developing Areas: Distributed Solar Networks and Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in Puerto Rico,” was selected as the first-prize winner of this year’s Harvey M. Applebaum ‘59 Award.

The Harvey M. Applebaum ‘59 Award is conferred on a Yale College senior for an outstanding essay based on research done in the Yale University Library’s government documents collections. The prize is an award of $500.

This prize was established in 2008 by the daughters of Harvey M. Applebaum, class of 1959, in honor of his 70th birthday. Mr. Applebaum is a senior counsel, specializing in international trade and antitrust law, with the Washington firm of Covington & Burling LLP and a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a past Chairman of the Association of Yale Alumni and the Yale Alumni Magazine board.

Pascale will graduate with a BA in Environmental Studies and a certificate in Energy Studies. Following graduation, she will be on a world tour with Whim ‘n Rhythm for 10 weeks. After the tour, she will start her job in sustainable finance at the ING Group in New York city.

Read more about the Harvey M. Applebaum ‘59 Award.