Owyn Ledina ’25, an English major and educational studies and sociology double minor, was awarded the 2025 Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for their honors thesis, “Child’s Play: Revolution and Liberation in 21st Century American Children’s Speculative Fiction” at the College's 107th Commencement. Named for the late president emeritus of the College and his wife, the Oakes and Louise Ames Prize is given to a graduating senior who has completed the year’s most outstanding honors study. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kwGV5j (fb)

Skyler Kardell ’25, an environmental studies and architectural studies double major and scholar in the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment was awarded the 2025 Claire Gaudiani ’66 Prize at the 107th Commencement. Kardell was recognized for his honors thesis and senior integrative project, “Vagrancy and Exploration: A Summary of the Literature and Conceptualization of an Ongoing Paradigm Shift Within Ornithology, Citizen Science and Philosophy of Evolution as It Relates to the Marginal Distributions of Birds." Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kM3iUz (fb)