IN BRIEF
RAY’S POETRY PUBLISHED IN COMSTOCK REVIEW
A poem by English Master Margaret Ray has been published in the literary magazine The Comstock Review. Readers can enjoy Ray’s “Dead Ringer” in the fall/winter issue. The Comstock Review is now one of America’s most respected poetry journals, with a long-established reputation for publishing the finest known and unknown North American poets.
2020 WELLES AWARDS GRANTED
Thirteen Lawrentians will pursue academic research ranging from immigration studies to solar-powered computers this summer with support from the William Welles Award. The annual grants program benefits Third and Fourth Form students in memory of William Bouton Welles ’71, allowing select Lawrentians to tackle an independent study project of their choosing. A faculty committee selects grantees. The 2020 Welles Award winners and their projects are: COURTNEY ABBOTT ’21
ARATA FUJII ’21
MICHAEL SOTIRESCU ’22
Implement a robotics program at the SOS Children’s Village in Jamaica.
Educate teachers in Tokoyo about the Harkness method of teaching.
RACHELLE CHO ’21
RACHEL KRUMHOLTZ ’21
Document sustainability efforts at the Lawrenceville School and in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Help Latinx students in New York City prepare for the Specialized High School Admission Test.
Form a political action committee to raise awareness and promote the cause of childhood literacy.
JOSH CIGOIANU ’22
ASHLEY LEE ’21
Research Romania’s Voronet Monastery, a UNESCO Heritage Site.
Study biodiversity in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
ARIANA CODJOE ’21
Write a book that will help children overcome their fear of learning to swim.
Create study strategy materials for students with learning disabilities in Bronx, New York.
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SYDNEY MCCORMACK ’21
ERIC MORAIS ’21 Investigate the relationship between NBA team success and their use of analytics.
NICO TORRES ’22 Examine the differences in childhood education between rural and urban schools in Brazil.
MICHAEL ZHANG ’21 Survey the influence of social media on the opinions and voting patterns of young voters.
Drummer Mark Lomax’s 400: An Afrikan Epic, musically tells the story of the African diaspora over the course of a 12-album cycle.
LOMAX BRINGS JAZZ AND BLUES TO LAWRENCEVILLE Mark Lomax II, who visited Lawrenceville in February to present excerpts from his landmark work, 400: An Afrikan Epic, also stopped by School Meeting to guide students through a quick lesson in musical history. Lomax, a Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University Artist Residency 2018 Award recipient, described how jazz and the blues were originated by African Americans in the midst of slavery, drawing from traditional African musical influences. “The blues is a musical language that comes from African American slave roots,” he said. “It’s a form of communication that developed out of slavery.”
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