LINCOLN, Neb. — Anthony Skaleski of Winthrop is among 87 undergraduates who have been awarded stipends by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.

Skaleski, a English major, will participate in the project “Interpretations of Unconformities within the Phosphoria Rock Complex and their Implications Toward Climate Change: Bighorn Basin Wyoming” as part of UNL’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program, which supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Undergraduate students receive a stipend of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students’ projects span across academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education and fisheries and wildlife.

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CASTLETON, Vt. — Castleton student Peter Michelsen of Winthrop was recently awarded the Alpha Psi Omega Honor Society Technician of the Year Award for the 2015-2016 academic year.

This award is given annually to an upper-class technical theater and design major who has shown willingness to go above and beyond what is asked and expected of students in class and performances, is dependable and responsible and has fostered passion for theater through other students.

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KINGSTON, R.I. — The University of Rhode Island Theatre Department opened “Legally Blonde,” a musical production by Heather Hach.

Emma Walker of Naples played the role of Margot.

Based on the MGM motion picture and novel by Amanda Brown, “Legally Blonde” tells the tale of Elle Woods, a blonde sorority sister and valley girl who goes to Harvard Law School.

Performances were held April 28 to 30.

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Abigail J. Dunn of Auburn graduated  magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Goshen College.

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ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College student Elijah Breton of Poland finished in first place in the prose interpretation event at Emerson College’s Rose Invitational Speech Tournament on Feb. 21.

This is Breton’s first year on the college’s Speech & Debate Team, though he competed on a team throughout high school. He said he decided to start competing again this year for fun and to see if he could still be competitive. Breton enjoys competing in Dramatic Interpretation and Prose because he can really make the material his own.

“I was certainly very pleased to place first in Prose at the Rose Invitational,” Breton said. “It shows that Ithaca has a strong Speech & Debate program and more people should join.”