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New Haven, ornithology, and Mexican costume are subjects of award-winning essays

June 26, 2023

Three Kaplan Senior Essay Prizes awarded for essays based on research in special collections.

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Library Map Prizes awarded for creative visual presentations of scholarly research

June 12, 2023

Two prizewinning seniors illustrated their senior essays with maps they made themselves in support of their topic and thesis.

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Applebaum Award presented for senior essay on geriatric health care and U.S. policy

May 31, 2023

Accessing the library’s extensive collection of government materials, Sopie E. Edelstein ’23 wrote her winning essay about mental health care for the elderly in early 20th-century America.

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Students win prizes for essays on American and Western American history and culture

May 26, 2023

Faculty awards prizes to three Yale College seniors and a doctoral candidate for studies of American and Western American history and culture.

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Seniors, submit your essay to win one of these three library prizes

April 24, 2023

Submit by May 1 and May 10 to win library prizes for oustanding senior essays based on research in Yale Library’s special collections.

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Eight writers awarded the 2023 Windham Campbell Prize for literary excellence

April 5, 2023

Now in its tenth year, the prestigious prize awards eight more poets, playwrights, fiction and nonfiction writers in recognition of their achievements.

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Joy Harjo wins Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry

February 14, 2023

Joy Harjo is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, established in 1949 and awarded biennally by Yale University Library.

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