The UMass Amherst Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Undergraduate Sustainability Award.
The 2021 Undergraduate Sustainability Award is a collaboration between the UMass Amherst Libraries and Lillian Kurina 鈥21, a natural resource conservation major and Waste and Recycling Fellow through the Physical Plant. For her semester project, Lillian developed the concept of the award focusing on art to inspire UMass Amherst undergraduates of all backgrounds to reflect on their relationship to the environment and how they experience climate change.
The competition was open to all currently enrolled UMass Amherst undergraduates. Five winners were chosen and received $700 scholarships from the Libraries鈥 Sustainability Fund.
- Jenna DiDonato 鈥21, for a choreographed dance to 鈥淥ver the Rainbow鈥
- Kelly Jankauskas 鈥22, for a poem, 鈥淎sking for More鈥
- Jin Lee 鈥24, for a painting inspired by her work at the Joppa Flats MassAudubon bird banding station
- Fatimah Rashid 鈥24, for a short, animated video inspired by Pixar鈥檚 鈥淲ALL-E鈥
- Sruthi Tanikella 鈥22, for mandala art, 鈥淕oddess of Earth鈥
Winners will present their projects in a on Thursday, April 29, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
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