C.P. Snow Scholar Award

Do you bridge the sciences and the humanities?

Has your student career at Ithaca College been based on a perspective that bridges science and humanities?  Do you believe that sciences and humanities can and should be integrated?  You may then be a candidate for the C. P. Snow Scholar Award!  The award, which includes a certificate and $500, recognizes a student who has successfully combined scientific and humanistic studies at Ithaca College. 

The 2008 award will be presented to the winner on Tuesday, April 8th at the C.P. Snow Lecture. This year's lecture will be given by the award winning medical ethicist and author Alice Dreger  on "Body Modification and the Future of Normal."

C.P. Snow was a British philosopher, physicist, biographer, novelist, and social critic who believed that communication between mainstream scientists, social scientists, and humanists was the greatest avenue to social progress.  Each year, Ithaca College sponsors a lecture series and student award that honor this principle.

The spring 2008 deadline has passed.

The 2008 CP Snow Scholars are

Colleen O'Loughlin '08, Biochemistry major, Art minor

and

David Widmer '08, Environmental Studies major (Anthropology concentration),
History minor, H&S Honors

Application Guidelines

Eligible applicants should have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a demonstrated record of interdisciplinary work within the humanities and sciences.

All application materials should be submitted to the CP Snow Committee, c/o Prof. Peter Melcher, Biology Department, CNS 161:

• Unofficial IC transcript
• Two letters of recommendation submitted from faculty
• A 1000 word essay that discusses why you think the integration of the humanities and sciences is important and explains what you are doing about it through your academic program and/or your external activities.

Questions?  Contact: pmelcher@ithaca.edu  

For a list of previous C.P. Scholars, click here.