Law Student Helps W&L Running Program Reach Historic Heights
First-year law student Cassie Carr ‘27L helped the Generals Cross Country and Track teams rewrite the record books.
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W&L’s Anshika Patel ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant
Patel plans to expand the reach of Wings of Women, the community-driven initiative she founded in her home country of India.
W&L’s Jack Evans ’25 Named a Grand Strategy Fellow by the Hertog Foundation
Evans will spend four weeks in an intensive learning experience focused on the most pressing national security challenges facing the U.S.
Third-Year Law Student Argues Black Lung Benefits Case Before Fourth Circuit
Annelise Burgess '25L argued the case as a student attorney in W&L Law’s Advanced Administrative Law Clinic, better known as the Black Lung Clinic.
W&L’s Katalyn Denby ’26 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Denby’s funded research will focus on erosional river processes.
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Symone Gibbs ‘26L Wins 2025 Halper Award
Gibbs received the award for her article examining pre-trial solitary confinement.
Four W&L Students to Study Abroad with Critical Language Scholarship
The Critical Language Scholarship Program funds a summer of overseas language and cultural immersion.
W&L Student Accepted into Expanding Discovery in Economics+ Summer Institute
Charlie Salome Sabines ’28 will participate in the program this summer at The University of Chicago.
Darby Burgett ’26 Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship
Burgett will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Princeton University this summer.
Law Student Wins Criminal Law Paper Writing Competition
Bryce Thornburg ‘25L won the competition for his paper on California’s resentencing and plea-bargaining procedures.
Twelve W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
W&L Foreign Language Teaching Assistants Attend FLAVA Fall Conference
The teaching assistants were provided the opportunity to learn about the American education system and connect with other language educators.
Mariam Drammeh ’25 Earns David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology
The Elmes Pathfinder Prize recognizes a student who has shown extraordinary promise in psychological science through outstanding scholarship in basic or applied psychology.
W&L Students Attend Diverse Economics Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Williams School and Department of Economics provided the opportunity for students to network and explore careers in the field of economics.
Student Scholarship Celebrated at 2024 Law Review Notes Colloquium
Arianna Kiaei ‘25L and Zoe Speas ‘25L were honored for their contributions to the Law Review
W&L Army ROTC Student Earns Prestigious Award While Completing Basic Training
Kylee Cross ’27 received the Soldier Leader of the Cycle Award at her graduation ceremony on August 1.
Members of the Summer Research Scholars Program Featured in Online Publication
Assistant professor Michelle Cowan and students Victoria Bliley ‘26 and Zachary Puckett ’26 had their summer research cited in the July edition of spectra.
W&L Student Named a Gold Award Girl Scout
Emma Marvelli ’27 garnered the award after honoring her former high school coach and bringing attention to the hammer throw.
W&L Celebrates Fellowship Awards Record
Through hard work, supportive faculty and staff and an expanded Office of Fellowships, a record number of W&L students received nationally competitive fellowship awards in 2023-24.
W&L’s Tess Deyerle ’24 Selected for Teaching Assistant Program in France
Deyerle will teach English to French public school students before pursuing a career in special education.
W&L’s Trip Wright ’25 Awarded Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship
The scholarship will support Wright’s future studies in urban sociology.
Law Student Scholarship Cited in Appeals Court Decision
A note by recent Washington and Lee law graduate Scott Koven ‘24L was cited in a March ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals.
W&L’s Kathleen Roberts ’24 Earns Spot Among LIME Scholars
Roberts will pursue her doctorate at Southern Methodist University through the selective leadership program.
W&L’s Rheannon Loth ’24 Awarded a U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria
Loth will teach English in Austria for nine months before applying for the Peace Corps.
W&L’s Hamza Zia ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant
Zia plans to continue his work with the PINK Center Project in his home country of Pakistan.
W&L’s Ian Kinney ’24 Selected for U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria
Kinney will teach English in Austria at an agricultural research institute, blending his interests in German and environmental studies.
Five W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
Four W&L Students Awarded Boren Scholarships for Global Language Study
The David L. Boren Scholarship supports the intensive study of languages deemed important to U.S. interests.
Washington and Lee Students Selected for Congressional Hunger Center Internships
Sai Chebrolu ’26 and Valentina Giraldo Lozano ’25 are among 13 students chosen for the Zero Hunger Internship program.
W&L’s Katie Yurechko ’24 Named ODK National Leader of the Year in Academics and Research
Yurechko’s award will support her post-graduate studies as the university’s first Marshall Scholar.
W&L’s Maddy Mayer ’24 Earns U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria
Mayer will teach English in Austria before pursuing a master’s degree in international relations.
Celebrating BLSA
The W&L Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association made an impact at 2023-2024 conventions.
W&L’s Chelsea Adotey ’24 Awarded Slot in Highly Regarded JET Program
Adotey will start her role in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program in early August 2024.
Diwesh Kumar ’24 to Receive the Global Learning Leadership Award
The mathematics and economics double major will be presented the award at the Center for International Education awards ceremony on May 28.
W&L’s Lillie Taylor ’24 Selected for Prestigious JET Program
Taylor will work as an assistant language teacher in Japan before pursuing her teaching certification.
W&L’s Jack Maloy ’24 Awarded Fulbright to Germany
Maloy was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Germany.
W&L’s Tanajia Moye-Green Among 2024 Class of Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Moye-Green ’23 is the university’s first Knight-Hennessy Scholar.
W&L Alumnus Benji Hess ’23 Earns U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria
Hess will teach English in Austria and prepare for a career as an educator.
W&L’s George Alford ’24 Awarded U.S. Teaching Assistantship to Austria
Alford will teach English at two secondary schools in Austria before attending Princeton Theological Seminary.
W&L’s Michelle Morgan ’24 Earns Fulbright to North Macedonia
Morgan was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in North Macedonia.
W&L’s Catherine McKean ’24 Selected For Fulbright to Germany
McKean has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Germany.
W&L’s Anna Bosking ’24 Awarded Fulbright to Colombia
Bosking has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Colombia.
W&L Student Accepted into American Economic Association Summer Training Program
Janae Darby ’25 will participate in the prestigious program this summer at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
W&L’s Gillian Holloway ’24 Earns Fulbright to Spain
Holloway was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Spain.
Ali Fazal ‘25L Named ACS Next Generation Leader
Fazal is one of only 34 up-and-coming legal professionals selected for the program.
W&L Alumni and Student Awarded NSF Fellowships
Emma Aldrich ’22, Tanajia Moye-Green ’23 and Jules Seay ’24 have received pre-doctoral graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation to support their research.
W&L’s Demetri Patrinos ’25 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Patrinos is one of three W&L students selected for the scholarship this spring.
W&L’s Austin Molitor ’25 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Molitor is one of three W&L students selected for the scholarship this spring.
W&L’s Sarp Sahin ’26 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
Sahin is W&L’s first sophomore to receive the scholarship since 2009.
W&L’s Benton Copeland ’24 Awarded Fulbright to Taiwan
Copeland has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Taiwan.
W&L Alumna Lane Johansen ’22 Selected for Fulbright to Poland
Johansen has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English to students in Poland.
Law Students Compete at Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition
The team of Alexis Acosta, Simon Ciccarillo, and Christian Sanchez Leon received the top award for petitioner brief.
W&L’s Brandon Bishop ’26 Awarded the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Fellowship
Starting in July, Bishop will participate in a year-long cultural immersion program in Germany.
Olivia Maier ‘24L Honored by American College of Bankruptcy
Maier has been named as the Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student for the Fourth Circuit.
Record Number of W&L Students Awarded Critical Language Scholarship
The Critical Language Scholarship Program funds a summer of overseas language and cultural immersion.
Thomas deBuchananne ’27 Awarded CIE Arabic Summer Scholarship
Washington and Lee’s Center for International Education awarded deBuchananne funding to study Arabic at the University of Jordan this summer.
W&L Students Claim First Place at University of Georgia Stock Pitch Competition
A four-person team comprised of John Schleider ‘24, Diwesh Kumar ‘24, Bradford Bush ’25 and Drew Thompson ‘25 claimed the $3,000 top prize for their pitch on CVS Health.
Two W&L Students Awarded Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship
Jessica Pachuca ’25 and Gabe Miller ’25 will attend the PPIA Junior Summer Institute at Carnegie Mellon University this summer.
Law Students Compete at Global Antitrust Competition
The team of Jack Perryman ‘25L and Jack Kellerman ‘25L won best brief and were the runners-up at the event.
German Law Journal Tops Ranking of International and European Law Journals
The pioneering online and open-access journal sees its impact in recent top ranking from Google Scholar.
Six W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
W&L’s Katie Yurechko Among 2024 Class of Marshall Scholars
Yurechko ’24 is the university’s first Marshall Scholar.
W&L Student Receives Venture for America Fellowship
Josh Rassin ’24 will begin his two-year placement with a startup company following graduation.
W&L Student Receives Research Grant from the Virginia Academy of Science
Megan Dufault ’24 is studying the risks that environmental pollutants pose to fetal development.
Cole Gershkovich ’24 Earns David G. Elmes Pathfinder Prize in Psychology
The Elmes Pathfinder Prize recognizes a student who has shown extraordinary promise in psychological science through outstanding scholarship in basic or applied psychology.
W&L Students Attend Diverse Economics Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Williams School and Department of Economics provided the opportunity for students to network and explore careers in the field of economics.
W&L Student Co-Authors Paper Published by the Pain Medicine Journal
Lucy Worthy ’24 assisted in the research and helped publish the results alongside two W&L alumni.
W&L Student Co-Authors Paper Published Online by Sage Journals
Katie Yurechko ’24 presented research related to content creators circumventing TikTok’s content moderation algorithms.
Student Scholarship Celebrated at 2023 Law Review Notes Colloquium
Jordan Hicks ‘24L and Fenja Schick-Malone ‘24L will be honored for their contributions to the Law Review.
Josh Caraballo ’25 Receives National Accounting Scholarship
Caraballo is one of 369 students from across the U.S. to receive the merit scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
W&L’s Alina de Zoysa ’25 Awarded the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
De Zoysa is the university’s first recipient of the two-year scholarship for juniors interested in a public service career.
W&L Named a Top-Performing Institution for Boren Scholarships
Washington and Lee is the only liberal arts college to be named among the top five institutions for producing Boren Scholarship recipients.
W&L Professor Receives Grant from the American Association of University Women
Mengying Liu will use the funds to research high-throughput crystallographic mapping in the United Kingdom.
Eight W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad
The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.
W&L’s Allie Stankewich ’23 Earns Fulbright to Uganda
Stankewich has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Uganda.
W&L’s Wren Markley ’23 Selected for Prestigious JET Program
Markley will start their role in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program by early August 2023.
Two Washington and Lee ROTC Students Receive Project Global Officer Grants
Christy Childs ’26 and Griffin Conti ’26 will receive funding to study foreign languages this summer.
Washington and Lee University Receives Grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
All funds will support W&L students with Professor George Bent’s digital humanities project “Florence As It Was.”
Record Breaker
W&L Law student Charles Scharf '25L ran school best times in the 5K and 10K, all while dealing with the rigors of 1L year.
Five W&L Students Awarded Boren Scholarships for Global Language Study
The David L. Boren Scholarship supports the intensive study of languages deemed important to U.S. interests.
W&L Professors and Students Co-Author Peer-Reviewed Paper on Web-Weaving Spiders
Professors Nadia Ayoub and Kyle Friend, and students Jamal Magoti ’23, Maria Luzaran ’23, Cooper Lazo ’24 and Eman Muamar ’24 all contributed to the paper that appeared in the open science platform Frontiers.
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates New Members During 2023 Convocation
The Phi Beta Kappa chapter at Washington and Lee University welcomed 49 students into the prestigious honor society.
W&L Student Attends Association for Computing Machinery Web Conference in Austin, Texas
Katie Yurechko ’24 presented on how algorithm awareness impacts algospeak use on TikTok.
W&L’s Jules Seay ’24 Awarded Two Prestigious Scholarships to Support Her Undergraduate Studies
Seay has been selected for the Goldwater Scholarship to support a research career in science, mathematics and engineering, and also earned the Udall Scholarship in the environmental category.
W&L Alumna Annie Talton ’21 Selected for Fulbright to Hungary
Talton has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English to the Roma student population in Hungary.
W&L’s Ava Boussy ’23 Awarded Fulbright to India
Boussy has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru research grant to study Buddhist shrines and temples in India.
Two W&L Students Selected for Internships with the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty
Jana Hulsey ’25 and Jalen Todd ’25 will work with programs in Washington, D.C. for eight weeks over the summer.
W&L Students Place Second in the HooHacks Hackathon Event
Lakpa Sherpa ’25 and Ignas Volcokas ’25 designed a personal learning assistant that utilizes the power of artificial intelligence.
W&L’s Andrea Rojas ’23 Earns Fulbright to Mexico
Rojas has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Mexico.
W&L Education Studies Professor and Student Co-Author Journal Article
Professor Eric Moffa and Jake Winston ’24 penned the article which appeared in The Social Studies Journal.
W&L’s Finn Connor ’23 Selected for Fulbright to Germany
Connor has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Germany.
W&L’s Maggie Hawley ’23 Selected for Fulbright to Spain
Hawley has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Spain.
W&L’s Kamryn Godsey ’23 Awarded Fulbright to Taiwan
Godsey has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Taiwan.
W&L’s Andrew Tartakovsky ’23 Earns Fulbright to Azerbaijan
Tartakovsky has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Azerbaijan, his parents’ homeland.
W&L’s Avalon Pernell ’23 Awarded Fulbright to Germany
Pernell has been awarded a Young Professional Journalist Program Award to conduct research and gain career experience in Germany.
W&L’s James Dixon ’23 Awarded Fulbright to Taiwan
Dixon has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach English in Taiwan.
W&L’s Jaden Keuhner ’24 Featured in WSLS 10 News
Jaden Keuhner discusses raising money for Gold Star Memorial in Rockbridge County.
Jackson Flower ’25 to Present at the 16th Annual Government, International, and Public Affairs Student Research Conference
Jackson Flower will share his research at The Virginia Commonwealth University on April 7.
W&L Student Presents Paper at the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
Dylan Santella ’25 presented “Gender and The Face: Expanding Upon the Butlerian Model of Ethics” at the undergraduate conference held March 31 at Swarthmore College.
W&L’s Tanajia Moye-Green ’23 Awarded Fulbright to the United Kingdom
Moye-Green will pursue a master’s degree in criminal justice and penal change at the University of Strathclyde.
