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The RITM Center congratulates Dr. Bench Ansfield (PhD '21), author of "Born in Flames: Arson, Racial Capitalism, and the Reinsuring of the Bronx in the Late Twentieth Century" and winner of the Theron Rockwell Field Prize from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Field Prize is given for “a poetic, literary, or religious work” of scholarship or creative writing. It was established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, Theron Rockwell Field, 1889S.

The Library Map Prize is awarded to a Yale College senior for the best use of maps in a senior essay or its equivalent. The RITM Center congratulates first place winner Logan Howard, author of "Heat Stress in Urban Environments: A Case Study of Heat Vulnerability in New Haven, CT." One judge stated that Howard's essay "provides a proactive study of heat exposure in New Haven by neighborhood and socioeconomic status in order to identify regions and groups most vulnerable to increasing temperatures." The winning essay has been published on EliScholar.

The faculty in the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program paid tribute to graduating seniors in a two-hour ceremony on May 20th. Senior essay coordinator Albert Laguna offered his congratulations, and graduates shared reports on their yearlong independent projects. Faculty advisors then noted the accomplishments of each senior.

Congratulations!