From the Nominator

Aging is an area of priority for our university and so we wanted highlight that as an area of excellence for our alumni.

This article draws attention to one exciting area of research: caring for people living with dementia. However, it was also important that this piece go beyond dry research findings and represent the human side of this disease.

From the Judges

The judges were unanimous in their decision to choose New Trail's “Out of the Shadows” for the 2019 CASE Platinum Article of the year. Beautifully written and highly informative, we thought the author wove his own personal experience in a compelling, but not overbearing manner, which drew us in. The story was also well-paced and had an overall quality of hopefulness. Perhaps the best thing, however, was the story’s universality. We could all relate to having to deal with dementia, either personally or as caregivers, in the near or distant future.

Finalists

California State University, Chico, District VII - "Chico Statements article: 

Restless Dreamers"

Central College, District VI - "The Unbroken Circle"

Clemson University, District III - "Legacy of Love"

College of Charleston, District III - “Honor Code,” a feature article on alumna and World War II Coast Guard code transcriber Mary Ramsay’42

Harvard Business School , District I - "Happy Meals (Are Here Again)"

Harvard University, District I - "Medicine in the Middle of Nowhere"

McDaniel College, District II - "The Ladies of Lewis"

River Oaks Baptist School, District IV - In Remembrance: Dr. Nancy Hightower

Stanford University, District VII - "Hide and Seek"

The Catholic University of America, District II - "I Found I Had a Purpose"

University of Calgary, District VIII - "150 Bragging Rights: People, Things and Ideas that Make Us Proud"

University of Chicago, District V - “Renaissance woman: Historian Ada Palmer researches the history of ideas, writes science fiction, and has helped elect a new pope (c. 1470) four times.” The Core, Winter 2018

University of Chicago, District V - "Core Stories: The story of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction is one of science, of war, and of people"