Yale Library awarded the Kaplan, Applebaum, and Map prizes to seven graduates. Their winning essays are available to read online in EliScholar, Yale’s digital platform for scholarly publishing.
A part-time Yale Library job earned Giacomo Sotti ’27 a deeper knowledge of Japanese history, transferable research skills, an appearance in a Japanese television documentary—and, most recently, a special award.
Yale College seniors can win cash and publication of their senior essays through the library’s three award opportunities: the Kaplan, Map, and Applebaum prizes.
Four alumni returned to campus to share stories about their experiences in the library’s Student Exhibition Program and offer their advice to undergraduates.
Devin Jernigan, a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture, created digital maps tracing the routes of traveling circuses that moved across the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s.
“Street Talk: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace” is on view in the Hanke Exhibition Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library through Sept. 14.
For her senior thesis, violinist Keeley Brooks ’25 documents the life and legacy of music educator Dorothy DeLay through interviews with former students and colleagues.
