CISAC Honors Students Prize-Winning Presentations 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 201712:00 PM - 1:30 PM (Pacific)
Lunch will be served to pre-registered guests. To ensure an accurate headcount, RSVPs are required.
The winners of the 2017 Firestone Medal and the William J. Perry Prize will present their prize-winning theses at a lunchtime seminar.
The Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research recognizes the top 10% of all honors theses in social science, science, and engineering. Receiving the Firestone Medal this year is Lauren Newby for her work on "From Zero to Sixty: Explaining the Proliferation of Shi’a Militias in Iraq after 2003."
The Perry Prize recognizes excellence in policy-relevant research in international security studies and was awarded to Alex Lubkin for his research on "Plutonium Management and Disposition in the United States: History and Analysis of the Program."
Both recipients are members of the Center for International Security and Cooperation’s Interschool Honors Program in International Security Studies.