Zoe Alpert and Grace Elston, both graduating seniors with minors in Holocaust Studies, have been named corecipients of the Paul D. Evans Award for Excellence in History. Paul Evans had a distinguished career as a professor of history from the 1930s until his retirement in 1972, and the annual award, honoring his service and legacy at UVM, recognizes an outstanding history major (or this year, majors) who compiled the strongest academic record as measured by overall grade point average and grade point average in history courses. Consideration is also given to the level of difficulty of courses taken in the major, and preference is accorded to students completing a senior honors thesis. Alpert’s thesis, completed under the supervision of Andrew Buchanan, focused on US militarization of the Canadian Arctic during the Cold War and its environmental consequences, while Elston’s thesis, supervised by Susanna Schrafstetter, centered on the experiences of female Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz who served as physicians (see p. 18 for more on Alpert and Elston).