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Prize Scholarships and Academic Awards >
and expertise in the production of an exemplary research
paper or project for the first year writing program. First
prize is $500 and second prize is $250 in each of the three
categories listed below: Eng 1-4 or any course taken to
fulfill the college writing requirement, 001-99 level course,
100-200 level course.
The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize in Music Performance,
established in 1984 by Elizabeth Verveer Tishler,
J’31, is awarded on the basis of a competition, open to all
undergraduates except those enrolled in the Tufts-NEC
dual-degree program. In order to be informed of the rules
of the competition, those intending to compete must
register not later than December 1 with the chair of the
music department. Performance will be limited to classical,
jazz, or modern work.
The Max Tishler Prize Scholarship, established in 1951 by
Merck and Co., Inc., to honor Dr. Max Tishler of the Class of
1928, H’55, is awarded each year to an outstanding student
in the sciences, preferably in chemistry, entering the senior
year.
Trefethen Research Award. The Lloyd MacGregor
Trefethen Award is named in honor of Lloyd Trefethen,
professor of Mechanical Engineering, and is presented
annually to mechanical engineering senior who has
conducted outstanding undergraduate research.
The Norbert Wiener Award in Mathematics is given on
those rare occasions when a very young student exhibits
such prodigious strength in mathematics as to recall the
highly unusual talents of the child prodigy Norbert Wiener,
LA1909, who went on to become one of the giants of
twentieth-century mathematics. Aside from his vast legacy
within mathematics, he left his mark on popular culture by
founding the discipline and coining the term “cybernetics,”
which has spawned today’s notions of cyberspace.
The Etta and Harry Winokur Prize for Outstanding
Achievement in Artistic or Scholarly Work Award in the
Department of Music for music majors in junior or senior
years is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in
artistic work such as composition or performance, and/or
scholarly works such as a thesis.
The Etta and Harry Winokur Prize for Outstanding
Contribution to Performance Award in the Department
of Music for music majors in junior or senior years is given
in recognition of continuing outstanding contribution to
the performance activities sponsored by the music
department, such as leadership in performance studies and
department ensembles, chamber groups, and recitals, and/
or leadership in audience development, concert management,
and arts administration.
The Marianne J. H. Witherby Prize in Archaeology was
established by Marianne Witherby, an alumna of Tufts who
is a devoted supporter of archaeological studies at the
university. The prize is awarded each year to an archaeology
major in recognition of scholastic ability, dedication to the
discipline, and resourcefulness.
The William Frank Wyatt Prize, established in 1962 for
excellence in the translation of Greek or Latin, is awarded
by the Department of Classics to the student who best
exemplifies Professor Wyatt’s sound scholarship and
catholicity of interest. Professor Wyatt was a teacher of
Greek at Tufts from 1914 until his death in 1961, and
chairman of the classics department from its establishment
in 1940 to 1952.
The John W. and Katherine L. Zarker Award for
Excellence in Classical Studies is awarded to a student
who has demonstrated overall excellence in studies as
determined by the members of the Department of Classics.
Preference will be given, but not limited, to students who
plan to pursue a teaching career.
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