# SYNTHESIS Junior Essay Competition ## expand\_more This year, *SYNTHESIS,* the Undergraduate History of Science publication ran its first ever Junior Essay competition. The winner's paper will be published in our Spring 2024 edition alongside papers from across the nation. We are excited to announce the winner and three runners-up for the prize. ![Izumi Vazquez](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hos/files/izumi-vazquez-1024x683.jpg?itok=73f6IE2r) Congratulations to our winner, **Izumi Vazquez** on her paper: "Meet Them Where They Are: The California Prostitutes’ Education Project and a New Story of HIV/AIDS" Our three runners-up are: ![Jess Hung](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hos/files/image0_-_jess_hung.jpg?itok=RrEFQk6N) *Jess Hung*, "You’ll Catch Your Death: AIDS, the Concept of Disease, and Control through Film" ![Audrey Platt](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hos/files/1716356467455.jpg?itok=xh6mrvRD) *Audrey Platt*, "Marine Movie Movements:1970s Educational Media as a Tool in Marine Conservation Efforts" ![Katie Burstein](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hos/files/katie_burstein.jpg?itok=6bvtIISJ) *Katie Burstein*, "Boundary-Making, Scientist-Citizens, and Technological Religions: The Mondale Hearings and the Refashioning of Science and the State" If you are interested in joining Synthesis, please fill out this [form](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_s9EEH59anmCserWt9&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=yBm2yuF0ojIPUn17pBMq5fPGb9__JeyoiarGhGPg2KQ&m=kYPRvvTZGbKePo-0sw3iYHDHqMjDOhodqONYZPhzL7Hb4jvJ13GYGJ8MpXvbRinq&s=--00Y8H4mxjzKH-dUBgFrVOKcnhyqmsdEpXzZEksxoY&e=). Be part of the team that edits and selects pieces for publication and organizes HistSci community outside of the classroom! **Synthesis Editorial Board** IG: @synthesisjournal Email: