"Beyond the Book" Scholarship

With the support of two generous gifts, the College of Arts and Sciences has established the “Beyond the Book” scholarship program, designed to enable Arts and Sciences undergraduate students to pursue special intensive learning beyond the traditional classroom experience. Opportunities include, but are not limited to, lab research, archaeological field schools, and archival work. 

This program was initiated in summer 2007. Each "Beyond the Book" scholarship recipient is awarded a $2,500 stipend.  Some of the students’ previous proposals are posted below.

Application — Deadline March 19, 2012

• Information and Application Form (Summer 2012)

Winners of the 2011 Beyond the Book Summer Research Award

• Liliam Albizu-Campos
• Nicholas Bill
• Spencer Carran
• Joseph Cavanaugh
• Daniela Gayel
• Stephanie Horna
• John Maudlin
• Erin Nutsugah
• Ryan Pekarek
• Richardo Reboredo
• Kathryn Rosin

Student Proposals (2011)

• Expression of Klf-4 and Zfp-161 during Mouse Gonadal Differentiation
       Daniela GAyol
• Cultural Exchange and its Effect on Ghanaian Perceptions of African-Americans
       Erin Nutsugah
• Can Cheap Copper Save the Planet?
       Ryan Pekarek
• Spatialities of Survival: Zimbabwean Livelihood Strategies in Inner-City Johannesburg
       Ricardo Reboredo

Student Proposals (2010)

• What Does the Community 'Think' When the NGO and the International Students Leave for Home? A Study of Township Locals in Cape Town, Africa
       Andrew Dawson
• Influence of Cancer on Emotional and Physical Health of Caregivers
       Janice León
• The Role of Ankyrin-B in the Cornea
       Ananth Sastry

Student Proposals (2009)

• Isotopic Fractionation of Free Living Corals of the Dominican Republic
       Sean Murray
• Characterization of N-Cadherin and E-Cadherin expression during human endocrine development
       Enrique Garcia
• Religious Conflict and Reconciliation in South Sudan
       Daniel Thompson
• In Situ analyses of skeletal remains from Isla San Lucas, Costa Rica Penal Colony Cemetary
       Kristina Astone

Student Proposals (2008)

• Tracking Hepatitis B Outbreaks on Long Island, Bahamas
       Nicholas Bernal
• Rapid Assessment of Primate Populations in Two Forest Types at the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar
       James Herrera
• The Socioeconomic Effects of Varying Forms of Rubber Growing on Rural Households of Northern Lao PDR
       Miles Kenney-Lazar

Student Proposals (2007)

• An Unusual Way to Go From Stage to Screen
       Juan Flores
• Analysis and Measurement of Glomalin in a Global Soil Survey
       Sara Garamszegi
• Excavating an Ancient Mayan Household
       Julie Wesp