AWARD WINNERS

THE 2004-2005 ILONA KARMEL WRITING PRIZES COMPETITION

Photographs of Awards Dinner


Boit Manuscript Prize - Essay category

1st prize: (Ad)Ventures: Essays on Travel by Anna Wexler '07, brain and cognitive sciences, Fair Lawn, NJ
2nd prize: More Than Words: A Biography of Daniel Francis Burns by Matthew R. Burns '05, writing, Duxbury, MA
Honorable Mention: Closer: Natural Selection and the Invisible Hand by Jiji Gu '07, materials science and engineering, Syosset, NY

Boit Manuscript Prize - Fiction category

1st prize: Omi (novella in progress) by Adora Asala '04, writing, Nigeria, Africa
2nd prize: Truth in Chile Verde and Almond M&Ms, and other short stories by Caroline Fu '05, biology, Stafford, TX
Honorable Mention: Daughters and Sons: A Collection by Grace Lin '05, biology, Beverly Hills, CA

Dewitt Wallace Prize for Scientific Writing for the Public

1st prize: A Pill a Day Keeps Forgetfulness Away by Uta Maeda '07, brain and cognitive sciences, Bel Aire, KS
2nd prize: Discovering Newton by Benjamin Lee '07, biology, Cupertino, CA
Honorable Mention: Designer Babies: Marvel or Mistake? by Yin Ren '06, electrical engineering and computer science, Windsor, ON, Canada

Ellen King Prize for Freshman Writing

2nd prize for short story: At a Desk by Mary-Irene Lang '08, Physics, Los Altos Hills, CA
2nd prize for essay: The One Beneath by Emilie “Jaime” T. Heffernan ’08
Honorable Mention for essay: Confirmation of Faith by Nivair H. Gabriel '08, Pittsburg, PA

Writing Science Fiction

1st prize: Astep by Madeliene Sheldon-Dante '07, physics, Penn Valley, PA
2nd prize: My Boyfriend's Back... by Elizabeth Zellner '06, materials science and engineering, Fayettteville, NC
Honorable Mention: Deputy by Christopher Walsh '05, brain and cognitive sciences, Saratoga Springs, NY

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize - Essay category

1st prize: Throwing punches and cutting deals: saving Boston's CITGO sign by Anna D. Bergren '05, mathematics, Laurel, MD
2nd prize: Grace by Matthew R. Burns '05, writing, Duxbury, MA
2nd prize: Seeing the Big Picture by Jessica Young '06, writing, Pleasantville, NY
3rd prize: Care and Hope for the Dying by Victoria Y. Fan '06, mechanical engineering, Honolulu, HI
3rd prize: Wearing the Pants by Theresa Shyr '05, biology, Lafayette, LA

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize: Poetry category

1st prize: Days Go By by Jessica Young '06, writing, Pleasantville, NY
2nd prize: Unrelated by Nadezhda Belova '05, brain and cognitive sciences, Brooklyn, NY
3rd prize: Never Barren by Matthew Burns '05, writing, Duxbury, MA

The Robert A. Boit Writing Prize: Short Story category

1st prize: Clementine by Jocelyn Rodal '06, literature, Davidson, NC
2nd prize: An Experiment with the Female Anopheles Mosquito by Adora Asala '04, writing, Nigeria, Africa
3rd prize: Learning to Breathe Under Water by Farah Ghniem '07, civil and environmental engineering, Amman, Jordan
Honorable Mention: Dangerous Heights by Anita Kris '06, materials science and engineering, Merced, CA

S. Klein Prize for Scientific and Technical Writing

1st prize: Optimizing Proximity Heating Parameters of Silicon Wafers by Ying (Jean) Zheng '06, mechanical engineering, Ann Arbor, MI
2nd prize: Diffusivity as a Function of pH for an Uncharged Solute by Shauna Mei '04, management, Bellevue, WA and Craig Rothman '05, electrical engineering and computer science and biology, King of Prussia, PA
Honorable Mention: Construction and Change in the Structures of Romanesque Churches in the Bourbonnais by David M. Foxe, First Year Graduate Student, Architecture, Sussex, WI
Honorable Mention: RHG expression and interaction with DIAP 1 in apopotosis of drosophilia S2 cells by Stephen Lee '05, biology, Pittsburg, PA

Writing and Humanistic Prize for Engineering Writing

1st prize: Microencapsulation of Mineral Oil with Gelatin-Acacia by Ragu Vijaykumar '05, electrical engineering and computer science, Pittsburg, PA
2nd prize: Identifying Unlabeled Containers Using Sound Velocity Measurements by Muyinatu Lediju '06, mechanical engineering, Brooklyn, NY