This event took place via Zoom on Wednesday, February 23 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Maizy Chens Last Chance is a book I wish I had while I was growing up. It definitely shut down the Smith Book Awards program, as many schools did not pursue their award ceremonies. About halfway through the collection, I found myself catching my breath as I finally realized what Kochai had assembled. Wells Prize for Distinguished Work in Africana Studies to a senior for excellence in an essay or other project to Camille Gallogly Bacon 21, The Nancy Cook Steeper 59 Prize to a senior who, through involvement with the Alumnae Association, has made a significant contribution to building connections between Smith alumnae and current students to Camille Gallogly Bacon 21, The Donald H. Sheehan Memorial Prize for outstanding work in American studies to Claire Louise Bunn 21, The Eleanor Flexner Prize for the best piece of work by a Smith undergraduate using the Sophia Smith Collection or the Smith Archives, or the Rare Book room, only if the work itself takes U.S. women as its subject to Claire Louise Bunn 21, The Gladys Lampert 28 and Edward Beenstock Prize to a student for the best honors thesis in American studies or American history to Sky Karp 21 and Ruby Treinen Lowery 21, The Nancy Boyd Gardner Prize, awarded for a single outstanding paper or other project by a Smithsonian intern during the current year for work related to the Smithsonian Internship Program to Jamie Mastrogiacomo 22, The Newton Arvin Prize in American Studies for the best long paper in the introductory course on the Study of American Society and Culture to Adrie Rose AC, The Samuel Bowles Prize for the best paper on an anthropological subject to Faith Kathryn de Castro 21 and Madeline Augusta Turner 21, The Megan Hart Jones Studio Art Prize for judged work in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic arts, printmaking or architecture to Lucy Xiaochuan Liu 21, Mary Roisin McGing 21 and Jenna Southerland 23, The Phyllis Williams Lehmann Travel Award to a graduating senior majoring in the history of art to be put toward travel to further their studies, with preference given to students interested in pursuing the study of art history, especially classical antiquity, at the graduate level to Alexandra Zerlina Dunn 21 and Isabel Catherine Susan Monseau 21, The Elizabeth Killian Roberts Prize for the best drawing by an undergraduate to Anna Levine 22 and Betty Wang 23, The Enid Silver Winslow 54 Prize in Art History for the best student paper written in an art history course taught at Smith to Zoe Rayner 22J, with Honorable Mention for Isabel Maria Ruiz 21 and Catherine Juliane Sensenig 21, The Tryon Prize for Art to a Smith student for installation, performance, video, sound, digital, internet and interactive art of a high level of artistic expression and presentation to Lucy Xiaochuan Liu 21, Yingke Wang 23 and Liliana Wollheim-Martinez 23, The Tryon Prize for Writing to a Smith student for outstanding work in any written form that examines art or ideas associated with the museum to Alyssa Schams 22, The Astronomy Department Prize for Excellence in Astronomy and Astrophysics for honors theses, special studies projects, outreach or other educational projects, STRIDE/AEMES projects, especially if they lead to continued involvement in the department, or exceptional performance in classes without any of the above to Iver Sadie Jane Warburton 21, The Sarah Winter Pokora Prize to a senior who has excelled in athletics and academics to Dayln Elizabeth Gillentine 21 and Katarina Feng Yuan 21, The Excellence in Biochemistry Prize for a senior biochemistry major who has demonstrated excellence in biochemistry coursework and research with a high potential for advanced study in biochemistry to Sofia Grace Baptista 21 and Sarah Rose Billings 21, The Amey Randall Brown Prize in Botany to Quinton Oliver Celuzza 21, Clara Rojan Malekshahi 21, Giovanna Sylvia Sabini-Leite 21 and Katarina Feng Yuan 21, The Esther Carpenter Biology Prize in general biology to a first-year woman graduate student to Ilemona Ameadaji GR, June Arriens GR, Adrianna Grow GR and Louis Schlecker GR, The Harriet R. Foote Memorial Prize for outstanding work in botany based on a paper, course work or other contribution to the plant sciences at Smith to McKenzie Marie Swart AC 21, The Subul Sunim Prize for the best academic paper written by a Smith or Five-College undergraduate for a class taken at Smith on a subject in the field of Buddhist studies to Olivia C. Hay-Rubin 21, The Mollie Rogers/Newman Association Prize to a student who has demonstrated a dedication to humanity and a clear vision for translating that dedication into service that fosters peace and justice among people of diverse cultures to Caterina Pia Baffa 21, The Newman Association Prize is awarded annually to a student for outstanding leadership, dedication and service to Caterina Pia Baffa 21 and Eleonore Elisabeth Kugener 21, The American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Award in Organic Chemistry to Mae Lan Pryor 21 and Marva Tariq 21, The American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry for outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student in physical chemistry and to encourage further pursuits in the field to Aysha Afzal 21, The American Institute of Chemists/New England Division Prize to an outstanding chemist, biochemist or chemical engineer in the graduating class to Ying Tong Yue 21, The American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry to a chemistry major for excellence in inorganic chemistry and to encourage further study in the field to Urvi S. Savant 21, The American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Award to a junior chemistry major who has excelled in analytical chemistry to Christine Park 22, The Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society Award to a student who has done outstanding work in chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering to Betemariam Sharew 21 and Arianna Ratih Tidball 21, The Hellman Award in Biochemistry for outstanding achievement in the second semester of biochemistry to Rachel Pietrow 22, The C. Pauline Burt Prize to a senior majoring in chemistry or biochemistry who has shown high potential for further study in science to Aysha Afzal 21, Claire Jieun Park 21, Urvi S. Savant 21 and Jingwen Yuan 21, The Rosenfeld Award in Organic Chemistry for excellence in the first semester of organic chemistry to Arshiyan Alam Laaj 23 and Quinn White 23, The Hause-Scheffer Memorial Prize to a senior majoring in chemistry with the best record in that subject to Marva Tariq 21, The Alice Hubbard Derby Prize to a member of the junior or senior class for excellence in translation of Greek at sight to Faith Julianna Marie Wykle 21; and for excellence in the study of Greek literature in the year in which the award is made to Faith Julianna Marie Wykle 21, The George E. Dimock Prize for the best essay on a classical subject to Annie Aurora Dobroth 21 and Alyssa Schams 22, The John Everett Brady Prize for excellence in translation of Latin at sight to Hannah Rose Morriss 21; and for the best performance in the beginning Latin course to Selin Apaydin 24 and Anna Tierney-Fife 23, The Julia Harwood Caverno Prize for the best performance in the beginning Greek course to Tara Gadoury AC and Romy Negrin 24, The Bert Mendelson Prize for excellence in the computer science major to a senior to Ali Roshan Eshghi 21, Mayeline Maria Pea Cabrera 21 and Ester Zhao 21; and for excellence in computer science to a sophomore to Kathleen Hablutzel 23 and Mariem Snoussi 23, The Award for Excellence in Dance Studies for outstanding work in a senior capstone project and overall contributions to the department to Mayeline Maria Pea Cabrera 21 and Talia Marie Preis 21, The Arthur Ellis Hamm Prize awarded on the basis of the best first-year students record to Denielle Mary Audrey Amparado 23, Emily Buck 23, Celia Douville Beaudoin 23, Kathleen Hablutzel 23, Jessica Jiang 23, Maeve Kearns-Stanley 23, Megan Kibogo 23, Zoe Koeninger 23, Pamela Kramer 23, Yulia Kuzniar 23, Veronica Lang 23, Jueun Lee 23, Grace Leo 23, Zhixin Liao 23, Breona Martin 23, Rose Porta 23, Tori Sanborn 23, Rachael Shannon 23, Yanning Tan 23, Ginkgo Thalheimer 23, Jackie Wang 23, Raven Wang 23, Yingke Wang 23, Quinn White 23, Jingwen Xiang 23, Yangzi Yang 23, Yutong Zhang 23, Mackie Zhou 23 and Winnie Zong 23, The Barbara Jordan Prize for the Study of Law and Public Policy to a senior or an alumna to Shanelle A. Whyte 21, The David C. Burres Memorial Law Prize to a senior or an alumna accepted at law school intending to practice law in the public interest to Etty Singer AC 21, The Juliet Evans Nelson Award to graduating seniors for their contributions to the Smith community and demonstrated commitment to campus life to Molly St. Clair Aber 21, Cowiya Arouna 21 and Sarah Jane Stapleton 21, The Samuel Michelman Prize to a senior from Northampton or Hatfield with a distinguished academic record and who has contributed to the life of the college to Madison Bates 21, Lisa Louise Glenowicz 21 and Amalyah E. Leader 21, The Victoria L. Schrager Prize to a senior who has maintained a distinguished academic record and has also taken an important part in student activities to Abigail Camille Butera 21 and Ruby Treinen Lowery 21, The Ettie Chin Hong 36 Prize to a senior major or minor in East Asian Languages and Literatures with special consideration given to those who have demonstrated leadership and high academic achievement and seek to pursue a career in education and/or service to immigrant and needy communities to Quinn Lovely Bulkeley 21, Bella Tseeva 21 and Kerry Linda Walker 21, The Mary Maples Dunn Prize, awarded for an essay written in a regular course in the Program in East Asian Studies to Yixuan Doris Tang 21 and Becca K Theune 22J, The Samuel Bowles Prize for the most distinguished paper on an economics subject to Harriet Margaret Brookes-Gray 21J and Sara Ahsan Khan 21, The Sidney S. Cohen Prize for outstanding work in the field of economics to Imane Berrada 21, Harriet M Brookes-Gray 21J, Deirdre Austin Duquette 21, Avery Hammond 21, Fanghui He 21, Sara Ahsan Khan 21, Nashshaba Nawaz 21, Udeesha Sharma 21 and Shengqi Zhong 21, The Larry C. Selgelid Prize for the greatest contribution to the Department of Economics toHarriet Brookes-Gray 21, The Prize for Distinction in Education and Child Study for a paper, research project or other meaningful contribution to the field of education and child study to Emma Seng 21, The Adeline Devor Penberthy, Class of 1945, Memorial Prize to an undergraduate engineering major for academic excellence in engineering and outstanding contributions toward building a community of learners within the Picker Engineering Program to Karena J. Garcia 21, The Ford Motor Company Prize for Sustainability to a student who has distinguished herself for her work in support of a sustainable environment to Ruth Penberthy 21 and Jiwoo Seo 21, The Nancy Hellman Prize to the Smith engineering student who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of women in engineering to Christian America Madrigal 21 and Sylvie Ling Pryor 21, The Anne Bradstreet Prize from the Academy of American Poets for the best poem or group of poems submitted by an undergraduate to Gael Julia Bemis 21, The Clara French Prize to a senior who has advanced furthest in the study of English language and literature to Emma Julie McDonough 21, Finn McNeil Murray 21, Maeve Elizabeth Orlowski-Scherer 21, Emma Paradies 21 and Katarina Feng Yuan 21, The Eleanor Cederstrom Prize for the best poem by an undergraduate written in the traditional verse form to Emma Jane Fuchs 21, The Elizabeth Babcock Poetry Prize for the best group of poems to Adrie Rose AC and Madeline Augusta Turner 21, The Elizabeth Drew Prize for the best honors thesis to Clare Elspeth Sabry 21; for the best fiction writing to Olivia Davis 22, Jane MacLaughlin 24 and Becca Theune 22J; for the best classroom essay to Kelly Coons 22 and Hyla Maddalena 21, with Honorable Mention to Maggie McCoy 22 and Bena Williams 22; and for the best first-year student essay on a literary subject to Emma Civello 24, The Elizabeth Montagu Prize for the best essay on a literary subject concerning women to Helen Bezuneh 23 and Raina Okonogi-Neth 23, The Elizabeth Wanning Harries Prize to a graduating Ada Comstock Scholar for academic distinction and demonstrated commitment to the study of literature in any language to Ji-Eun Alice Ahn AC 21 and Jane Rose Hazanov AC 21, The Emogene Mahoney Memorial Prize for the best essay on a literary subject written by a first-year student and the best honors thesis submitted to the Department of English Language and Literature to Emma Civello 24 and Katarina Feng Yuan 21, The Ethel Olin Corbin Prize to an undergraduate for the best original poem or informal essay in English to Lucy Xiaochuan Liu 21, Paige Passantino AC, Adrie Rose AC and Julia Sullivan 22, The Gertrude Posner Spencer Prize for excellence in writing fiction to Adrie Rose AC, Isabelle Stevens 22 and Bena Williams 22; and for excellence in writing nonfiction prose to Zoe K. Hardwick 21, Ayibatari Nkechiyere Owei 21 and Sam Wentworth AC, with Honorable Mention to Raina Okonogi-Neth 23, The James T. and Ellen M. Hatfield Memorial Prize for the best short story by a senior majoring in English to Olivia Blue Larson 21, The Mary Augusta Jordan Prize to a senior for the most original piece of literary work in prose or verse to Ayibatari Nkechiyere Owei 21 and Lucy Xiaochuan Liu 21, The Norma M. Leas, Class of 1939, Memorial Prize to a graduating English major for excellence in written English to Caterina Pia Baffa 21 and Jane Rose Hazanov 21, The Rosemary Thomas Poetry Prize for the best group of poems to Gael Julia Bemis 21 and Emma Jane Fuchs 21, The Ruth Forbes Eliot Poetry Prize for the best poem submitted by a first-year student or sophomore to Livia Blum 23, Paige Passantino AC and Ava Silverman 24, The Vernon Harward Prize to the best student scholar of Chaucer to Therese Erickson 22, Jane Rose Hazanov 21 and Raina Okonogi-Neth 23, The Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey Prize for innovative and collaborative approaches to solving environmental and sustainability problems to Sydney A. Abraham 21, Hannah Fisher Asofsky 21, Madison Paige Biasin 21, Ella Violet Huberman Carlson 21, Hannah Rae Dillahunt 21, Taylor Ditmar 22, Avery C. Hammond 21 and Storm Indigo Lewis 21, The Iris Prize is for the work of a graduating senior in film and media Studies that shows excellence in a thesis, paper or other major project that is the result of substantial research, innovative thinking and creativity to Hanae Rose Kurahara Sisk 21, The Csaire Prize for excellence in an essay or other project in French by a junior or a senior on campus to Deirdre Austin Duquette 21, The Josephine Ott Prize to a junior participating in the Smith Programs Abroad in Paris or Geneva for her commitment to the French language and European civilization to Agustina M. Bozzano Rezano 21, Anas Ludmilla Main 21, Sofia Nikolaidou 21, Olivia Susan Sabini-Leite 21 and Elsa Lillian Ingrid Schenck 21, The Rousseau Prize for academic excellence awarded to a Smith student studying with the Smith Programs Abroad in Geneva to Elsa Lillian Ingrid Schenck 21, The Ruth Alpern Leipziger Prize to an outstanding French major participating in the Smith Programs Abroad in Paris to Sarah Faye Biskowitz 21, Deirdre Austin Duquette 21, Rachel Renee Estrera 21 and Eleanor Burke Noble 21, The Voltaire Prize to a first-year student or a sophomore for an essay or other project in French that shows originality and engagement with her subject to Anna Maffa 23, The Marshall Schalk Prize in the Department of Geosciences for achievements in geological research to Amy Patricia Isabelle Hagen 21, The Mineralogical Society of America Undergraduate Award for excellence in the field of mineralogy to Victoria Eileen Devlin McLoughlin 21, The Anita Luria Ascher Memorial Prize to a senior non-major who started German at Smith and has made exceptional progress to Annabel Shein 21; and to a senior major who started German at Smith and has made exceptional progress to Xuan H. Truong 21; and to a senior who knew some German when she came to Smith and has made exceptional progress to Nicole Alexandra Caba 21, The Dawes Prize for the best undergraduate work on political science to Molly St. Clair Aber 21, Marcelina A. Przespolewska 21 and Madalyne May Troilo 21, The Hazel L. Edgerly Prize to a senior honors history student for distinguished work in that subject to Jeanne Cho 21 and Madeline Grace Michels 21, The Merle Curti Prize for the best piece of writing on any aspect of American civilization to Veronica Margaret Douglas 21J and Mariana Luna Robledo 21, The Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Prize for an essay evolving from any history course, excluding special studies, seminars and honors long papers to Fiona Wu 22, The Vera Lee Brown Prize for excellence in history to a senior majoring in history in regular course to Gwendolyn Marzia Ellis 21 and Sarah Elizabeth Riley 21, The Anacleta C. Vezzetti Prize to a senior for the best piece of writing in Italian on any aspect of the culture of Italy to Lilian Rose McCarthy 21J and Zoe Rayner AC, The Michele Cantarella Memorial Dante Prize to a Smith College senior for the best essay in Italian on any aspect of The Divine Comedy or Boccaccios The Decameron to Juliet Therese Jarrell 21, Aileen Leela McClintock 21 and Zoe Rayner AC, The Excellence in STEM Outreach Award to an outstanding senior Smith STEM Ambassador for their consistent, loyal dedication to educating and serving the greater Northampton and Pioneer Valley community to Maeve Willow McCurdy 21 and Sophia Todd Hatcher Peters 21, The Kathleen Bostwick Boyden Prize to a member of the Community Service Organizations demonstrating initiative in her volunteer contributions to the community to Julia Victoria Fondiller 21, The Rita Wilkins Award to a senior who has volunteered all four years with a Community Service Organization community partner and who has demonstrated significant leadership and commitment to community service to Sarah Jane Stapleton 21 and Lauren Rose-Kelly Tinglin 21, The Sidney Balman Prize for outstanding work in the Jewish Studies Program to Sarah Faye Biskowitz 21, The Susan Cohen 62 and Paula Deitz 59 Prize in Landscape Studies for excellence in a thesis, paper or project that examines the science, design or culture of the built environment to Rachel Clendenning 22, Emma Irene Kremer Krasky 21, Ruth Penberthy 21 and Espy Bercuvitz Thomson 21, The LALS Prize to a senior major for an outstanding paper or visual or performance art from any LALS or Latin American or Latino/a Studies class to Carla Esther Sarai Puentes Hernndez 21, The Ann Kirsten Pokora Prize to a senior with a distinguished academic record in mathematics to Dayln Elizabeth Gillentine 21 and Jack Kendrick 21, The Suzan Rose Benedict Prize to a sophomore for excellence in mathematics to Zoe Dillon-Davidson AC, Jessica Jiang 23 and Veronica Lang 23, The Middle East Studies Student Achievement Award to a graduating major in MES who has the highest GPA to Chloe-Rose Crouch 22J and Aileen Leela McClintock 21, The Ernst Wallfisch Prize to a student of music for outstanding talent, commitment and diligence to Shannon Joy Lambert 21, The Heidi Fiore Prize to a senior student of singing to Fiona Jane Lillian Jicha 21, The Ida Deck Haigh Memorial Prize for distinguished achievement in piano to Yena Li 21 and Ran Yan 21, The Judith Raskin Memorial Prize for the outstanding senior voice student to Lily A. Lothrop 21, The Margaret Collins Stoop Adesso Prize for the best new choral work composed by a Smith student to Natalie Maggs 22, The Sarah Hamilton Memorial Prize for the best essay on music to Shannon Joy Lambert 21, The Settie Lehman Fatman Prize for the best composition in music in small form to Kaitlin Marie Ciurleo 21 and Shannon Joy Lambert 21, The Neuroscience Service Award to a senior major on the basis of a submitted description of the activities of that student in neuroscience outreach or service to our community Fatou Kine Dieng 21 and Melanie Regan 21, The Florence Corliss Lamont Prize for excellent work in philosophy to Isabella Pauline Brody-Calixto 21 and Icarus S Tyree 21, The John S. Mekeel Memorial Prize to a senior for outstanding work in philosophy to Sarah Elizabeth Adkins 21 and Dayln Elizabeth Gillentine 21, The Adelaide Wilcox Bull Paganelli 30 Prize awarded by the physics department to honor the contribution of Adelaide Paganelli 30, to a senior majoring in physics for exceptional achievement and service to the department to Kaitlin Marie Ciurleo 21, Susan D. McDougal 21 and Quincy Webb 21, The Frank A. Waterman Prize to a senior for excellent work in physics to Kaitlin Marie Ciurleo 21 and Iver Sadie Jane Warburton 21, The William Sentman Taylor Prize for significant work in human values, a quest for truth, beauty and goodness in the arts and sciences to Veronica Jane Pickard 21, The Henry Lewis Foote Memorial Prize for excellence in course work in biblical courses Caterina Pia Baffa 21, The James Gardner Buttrick Prize for the best essay in the field of religion and biblical literature to Naomi Brill 22 and Phoebe Rendon-Nissenbaum 22, The Jochanan H.A.