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Announcing the Winner of this Year’s Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research 

Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Brian Thompson ’24 is the recipient of the 16th annual Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research, supported through the Center for Library Exploration and Research. This award, established in partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, recognizes undergraduate projects that make extensive and <strong>Announcing the Winner of this Year’s Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research </strong>

Announcement | Winners of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research, 2020-2021

Announcing the Winners of this Year’s Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Cal Turner ’21 and Olivia Golubowski ’23 are the recipients of the fifteenth annual Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Library Research, generously funded by Douglas W. Squires, ’73. This award, established in partnership with Announcement | Winners of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research, 2020-2021

Announcement | Recipients of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research 2020

Each year, in partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Brown University Library recognizes one or two undergraduate students for outstanding research projects that make creative and extensive use of the Library’s collections, including, but not limited to, print resources, databases, primary resources, and materials in all media. The project may Announcement | Recipients of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research 2020

Announcement | Summer Proctorships for Graduate Students

There are several Graduate School 2020 Summer Proctorships available at the Library! The application can be found in UFunds. Once on the UFunds page, click on Graduate School COVID-19 Fund, then select “Graduate School 2020 Summer Proctorship Positions.” Descriptions of the opportunities are available on the Graduate School website. The application deadline is May 13. The proctorships available Announcement | Summer Proctorships for Graduate Students

Announcement | Sean Briody ’19, Library Student Employee, Receives Stillwell Prize

In April 2019, Sean Briody ’19 took first place in the John Russell Bartlett Society Stillwell Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting for his distinguished collection of Brunoniana from the 19th and 20th centuries. His collection of Brown University materials is notable for the dense web of personal connections to Brown that are documented in each Announcement | Sean Briody ’19, Library Student Employee, Receives Stillwell Prize

Announcement | Recipients of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research 2019

Each year, in partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Brown University Library recognizes one or two undergraduate students for outstanding research projects that make creative and extensive use of the Library’s collections, including, but not limited to, print resources, databases, primary resources, and materials in all media. The project may Announcement | Recipients of Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research 2019

Announcement | Winner of the 2018 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

This year’s Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research was awarded to Charlie Steinman ’20 for his paper: “’Martin Luther’s whore more than a pope’: Annotation, Disgust, and Materiality in the Reformation Reception of the Pope Joan Myth.” The paper was written for History 1964A: “Age of Impostors: Fraud, Identity, and the Self in Early Announcement | Winner of the 2018 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Opportunity | Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Are you an undergraduate who is working on an interesting research project? Consider submitting it to this prize contest. Click here for detailed information. Click here to apply! Deadline: March 19, 2018 In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Brown University Library sponsors the annual Undergraduate Research Prize. The purpose of the prize Opportunity | Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Winner of the 2017 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research: Vaughn Campbell ’18, an International Relations Concentrator. Vaughn submitted a paper entitled, “Brown ­in­ China: Brown’s Role in the American Missionary Project of the Early Twentieth Century,” written in the spring of 2016 for Naoko Winner of the 2017 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

Winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research

The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research. The Committee decided this year to award two prizes, both for projects that coincidentally were done for the same course, Michael Vorenberg’s first-year seminar, “Abraham Lincoln: Historical and Cultural Perspectives” (HIST 0551A). Rachel Gold ‘19 Winners of the 2016 Undergraduate Prize for Excellence in Library Research