2023 Braun Writing Award Winners

• Alexis Tatzel - 100 level: "Write a paper on AI Plagiarism': An Analysis on ChatGPT and Its Impact on Academic Dishonesty in Higher Education"
• Arielle Hornbaker - 200 level: “In the Context of Omelas: The Consequence of Choice”
• Rebecca Osowski - 300 level: "The 1851 Chronicle’s Budget: Why It’s Morally Wrong to Cut”
• Emma White – Creative Writing: “Blueberries”

2022 Braun Writing Award Winners

• Alexis Perkins - 100 level: "The Disadvantages Facing Low Income College Students"
• Julia LaPlante - 200 level: “Stallions and Bears: Queering Cowboys in Pop Culture”
• Geo Sylvester - 300 level: "Lasell University's Accessiblility Problem”
• Arianah Rivera – Creative Writing: “Shades of Me”

2021 Braun Writing Award Winners

• Sinclair Samuels - 100 level: “Why doesn’t the edgy and rough image of punks exactly reflect their ideologies?” 
• Annick Renaudin - 200 level: “Hair Discrimination in the Workplace”
• Grace Marc-Aurele - 300 level: “Athlete Spotlight Reflection: Ironman Woody Freese”
• Ali Fleischer and Katherine Henriquez - 400 level: “The Effects of Domestic Violence (Literature Review)”
• Joanna Lopez – Creative Prose: “The Fan and Eudora”

The 15th annual Braun Writing Award winners were:

• Lilley Hohl - 100 level: “Facial Recognition and Privacy”
• Hannah Bowerman - 200 level: “A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”
• Christina Tomasik - 300 level: "The Word for World is Forest: Science Fiction as an Allegory for Misogyny, Ecofeminism, and Human Identity”
• Ashley Forhan - 400 level “Legal brief: John Smith v. NITA”  
• AnnaMarie Seiler - Creative Prose: “All That Is Wild”

The 14th annual Braun Writing Award ceremony was held on April 25, 2019.  The winners were:

• Josiah Gabriel Mesngon - 100 level: "A Grave Injustice: Liberating the Most Oppressed of American Society"
• Nicole Glendy - 200 level: "The Immigration ‘Crisis'"
• Morgan VanWickler - 300 level: "A Comparison of the Dress of the ebu and the Supreme Court Justices"/li>
• Kira Corredine, Sara Gaebe and Molly Parrott - 400 level: "Music on the Brain: Music Theory Treating Dementia"
• AnnaMarie Seiler - Creative Prose: "The Crows of Warsaw"

The 13th annual Braun Writing Award ceremony was held on April 26, 2018. The winners were:

• Natalie Delautre - 100 level: "Sexual Misconduct in the Fashion Industry"
• Christina Tomasik - 200 level: "Brave New World and Black Mirror: What They're Trying to Tell Us and Why We Should Listen"
• Rebecca Van Spall-Hood - 300 level: "Semiotics in the City"
• Christine LaBelle and Korinna Locke - 400 level: "Therapeutic Play Workshops"

The 12th annual Braun Writing Award ceremony was held on April 27, 2017. The winners were:

• Katlyn E. Fenuccio - 100 level: "Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Professional Sports and Eliminating Anabolic Steroids"
• Caroline Knowles - 200/300 level: "Accommodating Students with ADHD in General Education Classrooms"
• Vanessa Cunha and Christien Francis - 400 level: "The Refugee Experience, Psychological Trauma, and Project Resiliency"
  
• Gregg Casazza - Creative Prose: "If a Tree Falls"

The 11th annual Braun Writing Award ceremony was held on April 28, 2016. The winners were:

• Alexandra Talarico - 100 level: “Applications of Sex, Death, and Humanity in the Real World”
• Alexandra Jillson - 200/300 level: “The Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Resistance Exercise on the Cognitive Function of the Human Population”
• Kiana Lane - 400 level: “Step Up Mentor Program”
• Kim Mantiega - Creative Prose: “The Regulars”

The 2015 winners were:

• Samantha Guarnieri - 100 level: “The Transition From Prison to Society”
• Molly Pierson - 200/300 level: “The Hobbit’s Middle-earth: An Unrealistic World with Realistic Ecological Relationships”
• Rebeca Bissonnette and Michaela Ferro - 400 level: “Parental Wellness Group”
• Matt Bogard - Creative Prose: “The Transportation of Rodents”