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Big Red Kicks Bot in Botball
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his past spring rookie robokids took high honors at the New York/New Jersey Bot-
placing fourth overall. Botball requires teams to build and program two robots to cooperatively complete a variety of tasks autonomously, like picking up and sorting blocks by color, moving hangers, etc. Using AI, robots sense and react to their environment using cameras, touch sensors, and a variety of other tools. “It is unheard of for first-year teams to finish this well given that all returning teams can start in September, since they have their robots, computers, and parts from the previous year,” said Science Master David Laws
ball Regional Tournament, earning a special judge’s award for “Outstanding Rookie Team” and
F Aulden Foltz ’15 and Neel Ajjarapu ’16 show off their bots.
Lawrenceville Welcomes New Trustees Lawrenceville is pleased to announce the election of Celeste Mellet Brown ’94 and Leigh Lockwood ’65 P’97 ’02 to the School’s Board of Trustees. Brown is the managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York, and is head of global investor, creditor, and counterparty relations. She began her employment with Morgan Stanley in June 2006 as a research analyst in its research division. An active Lawrenceville student who graduated cum laude, Brown was a Perry Ross prefect; served
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as treasurer of Stanley; was a member of Olla Podrida, Young Democrats, Students for Relief, and Political Club; and was a School Camp counselor, campus guide, peer group leader, and ropes course instructor. As an alumna, she served as a Bicentennial National Campaign Committee volunteer, currently serves as a class agent, and has attended many alumni events. Lockwood, the CEO and president of U.S. Exports Inc. since 1993, retired as president of the Alumni Association in June 2011. He also served on the Alumni
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Association Executive Committee and his 45th Reunion Committee. He is co-president of the Lawrenceville Club of Mexico and was a residential initiative volunteer. Lockwood was president of DIMSA (Mexico D.F.) a subsidary of Doubleday & Co.; executive vice president at Feffer & Simons Inc. in New York, a subsidiary of Doubleday & Co. Inc.; and vice presidentinternational at Periodical Management Group in San Antonio, TX. He later served as CEO of Clark Agencies in Trenton, NJ, from 19871993.
who, along with Science Master Mary Calvert, is the team’s faculty advisor. “In contrast, as a rookie team, we did not receive our equipment until the Botball workshop in mid-March, and so had very little time to prepare.” “The teamwork our students displayed was amazing,” agreed Calvert. “It was a perfect combination of builders and programmers working together to overcome any obstacle that they ran into.” The winning team consisted of co-presidents Aulden Foltz ’15 and Neel Ajjarapu ’16, along with Richard Soler ’16, Shrey Chowdhary ’17, Christian Hwa ’17, Dorothy Waskow ’17, and Ricky Williams ’17.
Well Versed Li Earns Honors By Keera Annamaneni ’16
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abrina Li ’16 earned a National Medal in the poetry division of the Scholastic
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Writing Awards. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Li’s work was selected by creative professionals as among the most accomplished in the nation. This year, 255,000 works of art and writing were submitted to the competition; only 2,068 were recognized at the national level. Li and other National Medal recipients were honored at Carnegie Hall in New York City and invited to participate in showcase events at Parsons The New School for Design. The Awards, founded in 1923, has been proven prophetic in identifying noteworthy young talents who would later make names for themselves in their chosen fields. Past honorees include Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Joyce Carole Oates, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, and Andy Warhol.
Check out Li’s winning poem on the facing page.