Congratulations 2017 Student Library Research Award winners

The Student Library Research Award Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 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.

Meredith Wade ’17 has won the 300-level award for her HIST 311 podcast, “A New Birth of Freedom: Native Ballad.” Supporting faculty: Ryan Quintana 

Samantha Hoang ’19 has won the 100/200-level award for her ES 299 paper, “The Environmental History of Solar Photovoltaic Cells.” Supporting faculty: Jay Turner 

Alexandra Boles ’19 has won the First Year Award for her WRIT 291 paper, “To Teach and Entertain: An Exploration of Overlapped Trends in 19th Century Children’s Literature through the Eyes of the Minns Collection.” Supporting faculty: Jeannine Johnson 

Margaret Justus ’17 has won the Independent Study Award for her ARTH 350 project, “Classical Antiquities at Wellesley College.” Supporting faculty: Kimberly Cassibry 

Nasreen Al-Qadi ’18 received an honorable mention for her BISC 210 paper, “Investigating the antibacterial properties of mollusks native to the Boston Harbor and Wood Neck Beach: developing a comparative study between Mytilus edulis and Ensis directus.” Supporting faculty: Jeff Hughes