Cranston<\/strong>, were awarded for their works in the advocacy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPetro\u2019s winning work, \u201cProtecting Endangered Species in Hawaii,\u201d was for an assignment in Public Policy Analysis in which he had to offer solutions to a policy problem, crafting memos for the federal and state levels. He chose to write about protecting endangered bird species in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHawaii is one of the most interesting states because it has a completely unique ecosystem and it has more endangered species than any other state, including California or other much bigger states,\u201d said Petro, who is in the Master of Arts in Public Administration program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt first, I was formulating it and it was a pretty average paper. But I came across an article that nine species had been listed for extinction in Hawaii in the past week, and when I read that article, I was just mad,\u201d he said, \u201cand then I just rewrote the whole thing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Altaan Al Hariri, who is studying International Studies and Diplomacy and Gender and Women\u2019s Studies, submitted a film treatment, \u201cSeeking Asylum,\u201d which articulated her story as a Syrian refugee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wrote my story in film scene format \u2013 the film\u2019s message advocates for fighting against a dictatorship for freedom,\u201d said Altann Al Hariri, who wrote the treatment for an honors seminar. \u201cAlthough fighting against the government is hard, freedom is necessary to live with dignity. The film also presents how severely the Syrian government mistreats its citizens, and how the younger generation is the future of tomorrow\u2019s revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winners in the creative writing category were Tyson Bottenus \u201809, \u201922 of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and Lila Bovenzi \u201922 of North Kingstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bottenus, a master\u2019s student in marine affairs, was recognized for his piece, \u201cToxic Black Mold Is Growing In My Brain.\u201d It\u2019s about his experience with a rare brain fungus called Cladophialophora Bantiana, <\/em>or \u201cblack mold.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe piece I wrote was about my struggles with a brain fungus that I got four years ago, and it\u2019s led to some really not so great circumstances,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I\u2019ve managed to carry on and prosper and right now I would say that I\u2019m thriving, which is great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are so many people who have diseases and medical maladies that are very rare and they don\u2019t get their word out,\u201d he said, \u201cso one of the things that I have tried to do with this piece is to give justice to all of the people who have rare diseases.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bovenzi, who graduated in May with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Spanish and minors in English and anthropology, was recognized for \u201cThe War on Ants,\u201d a short story about a young girl who takes revenge on an ant colony that stole her chocolate-covered strawberry as a way of processing the grief associated with her mother\u2019s miscarriage. She wrote it for a capstone creative writing class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really like writing from a child\u2019s perspective, because I think that it\u2019s really refreshing and can be a good way to incorporate humor,\u201d she said, \u201cand that\u2019s why I chose \u2018Skeela\u2019 as my protagonist. It\u2019s a story about the processing of grief and loss through a child, and I think that\u2019s something very relatable to everybody because we all go through losses, especially in childhood, whether they\u2019re big or small, and that comes out in some interesting ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scholarly\/research awards went to Colette Soulier \u201922 of Lexington, Massachusetts, and Caleb Hilyard \u201923 of Portsmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soulier, who will graduate in August with a master\u2019s degree in marine affairs, wrote a piece called \u201cRight Whale vs. Wrong Whale: A Consideration of Morality in the Species Care and Conservation of Right Whales,\u201d that she wrote for her graduate class, Race, Gender, Colonialism and Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was doing my thesis on the media\u2019s treatment of right whales, the North Atlantic versus the North Pacific species, and for this class we had to write a final paper using all of the concepts we had learned,\u201d she said. \u201cI chose to write my paper on the role of morality and ethics in modern-day whale conservation practices and how they reflect a lot of the guilt of the white settlers in Colonial whaling practices on the East Coast and how that is reflected in a lot of practices that we use in science and whale conservation today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hilyard\u2019s winning piece, \u201c\u2018Sing and Make Music In Your Heart to the Lord\u2019: Puritan Influence on the Beginnings of Music Education in North America,\u201d is a formal research paper that was published in the Rhode Island Music Educators\u2019 Review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hilyard, a music education major, wrote the paper for an upper-level history course on the Baroque era, focusing on a topic from the time period that interested him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI chose to focus on music education, and instead of focusing on continental Europe, I was interested in what was happening here in North America, because we often forget that that\u2019s happening at the same time in music,\u201d he said. \u201cYou think about Bach and Monteverdi and the development of opera, but people were over here settling and colonizing this area and they were making music, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The awards in science writing went to Erin Harrington \u201922 of Huntington Beach, California, and Cassius Benziger \u201923 of East Providence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrington\u2019s \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 Campus Sustainability: Ask the Expert\u201d<\/a> is a profile on Jesse Duroha, a Ph.D. student in industrial and systems engineering for the Sustainability Innovative Solutions Lab. Harrington wrote the story for the Office of Sustainability\u2019s September newsletter. Harrington, a doctoral student in biological and environmental sciences focusing on science writing and communication, serves as the graduate communications manager for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWhen I hear about people\u2019s scientific research, I get intrigued and want to hear more,\u201d she said. \u201cI had heard about Jesse\u2019s research during Office of Sustainability meetings and this seemed like a great opportunity to learn more about what he was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Duroha\u2019s research focuses on sustainable energy practices, specifically on the efficacy of solar panels and the safety of the workers who install them. He is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, where \u201cinconsistent power supply is a common issue,\u201d according to the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that there isn\u2019t a way for Jesse to also get an award for this research,\u201d Harrington said, \u201cbut I hope this article will help 溏心vlog免费B站 community members appreciate how important Jesse\u2019s work is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benziger, who is studying animal science on the pre-veterinary track, wrote about mushroom foraging in his piece, \u201cEntering the World of Mushrooms,\u201d for a science writing course. He illustrated the work with watercolor paintings of the mushrooms and their environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs soon as we got the brief, I thought of this because I\u2019d really only started developing an interest in mushrooms not too long before then,\u201d he said, \u201cso I figured it would be a great way to synthesize what I\u2019ve learned and what we\u2019d been going over in class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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