URI Writing Award 2022-2023

April 21, 2023

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

In Creative

Tatiana Duvanova ’24

Graduate, English, submission: “A Dress”

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August LaPorte ’26

Undergraduate, Psychology and Elementary Education, submission: “Bees Too Cold to Fly”

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In Advocacy

Joseph Amaral with Heather Johnson, Director

Joseph Amaral ’23

Undergraduate, Africana Studies and Communications Studies, submission: “Identity Construction: The Rhetoric of Blackness”

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In Scholarly/Research:

Nikol Damato with Provost Barbara Wolfe

Nikol Damato ’23

Graduate, Marine Affairs, submission: “Kin in Captivity: The U.S. Aquarium Trade and Killer Whales”

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Clare Tyler with Provost Barbara Wolfe

Clare Tyler ’23

Undergraduate, History, submission: “‘Prince Jenckes a Black Invalid Soldier’: A Unique Case of Disability, Race, and Poverty in the Early United States”

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In Science:

Ally Overbay ’24

Graduate, Environmental Science and Management, submission: “Citizen Science in the North Woods”

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Award recipients with the Provost Barbara Wolfe and Heather Johnson, Director

Thank you to all the students who submitted their work.

photo credit James Singer ’23