2026 Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research winners announced

The Thomas Tredway Library is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2026 Tredway Library Prize for First Year Research.

This year's winner is Kat Dunn, for a paper titled "Restructuring Our Agriculture Industry to Reduce the Eutrophication of the Great Lakes." Kat wrote the paper for FYI 101 with Dr. Amanda Wilmsmeyer.

Honorable mention goes to Matthew Hale for a paper titled "AI/Human Companionship in Literature: An Investigation of Klara and the Sun and Neuromancer," which was written for Dr. Elizabeth Lawrence's APEP section of FYI 101.

To learn more about these two excellent essays, read the statement by this year's library prize judges. Both papers are available to read on Augustana Digital Commons.

Congratulations to Kat and Matthew!