Welles Award Winners Announced Eight Lawrentians will pursue their academic passions around the globe this summer, thanks to the School’s William Welles Awards.
At the 2015 Junior Pan American Championships in Toronto on Feb. 5, Matt Branman ’16 won the Gold Medal in 19 & Under Men’s Foil. Fencers from 14 nations competed in the event. This victory cements Branman’s position as the number one ranked 19 & Under Men’s Foil Fencer in the United States for the 2014-15 season. He has been selected by the United States Fencing Association as a member of the four-person Junior National Team to fence in both the individual and team men’s foil events at the 2015 Junior World Championships to be held this spring in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Model U.N. Wins Delegation at Yale Lawrenceville’s Model United Nations Club — consisting of Emma Pinto ’17, Sophie Garrett ’16, Juliana Kim ’16, Annie Guo ’15, Anuj Krishnamurthy ’15, Amira Miyaji ’16, Akash Bagaria ’16, Tanmay Rao ’15, Fernando Guerrero ’15, Joon Choe ’15, Jason Zhang ’15, and Club President Swanee Golden ’15 — received the prize for “Outstanding Small Delegation” out of a pool of over 1,500 domestic and international students competing at Yale this winter. Nine Lawrentians placed in the competition, and Guerrero and Garrett received “Best Delegate” awards, Choe and Miyaji received “Most Improved” awards, and Rao received an “Honorable Mention” award.
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Keerthana Annamaneni ’16
The 2015 recipients
Branman ’16 Makes U.S.F.A Junior Nat’l Team
The awards, established in memory of William Bouton Welles ’71, fund Third and Fourth Form student research projects. The amount of the award depends on the proposal submitted, but can be as much as $3,000.
Research: ▸ Violence against women in India
Taylor Betts ’16 Research: ▸ Watchmaking in Switzerland
Emma Dasgupta ’17 Research: ▸ Mapping world festivals using social media
Melanie Dominguez ’16 Research: ▸ Photography of ex-convicts
Elsie Grathwohl ’16 Research: ▸ Photography project on a dollar
Robin Grathwohl ’16 Research: ▸ Local fishing
Aditya Seshadri ’17 Research: ▸ Teaching CPR
Yvonne Yan ’16 Research: ▸ African businesspeople in China