As the concluding piece of her Lilley Fellowship, senior Ashley Kim took the findings from her months-long research on sustainable fashion and brought it to life for students and faculty alike in her pop-up Crawford Campus Center Gallery show, Threads.
The Lilley Fellowship
Established in fall 2018, the Lilley Fellowship Fund awards fellowships to students who exemplify academic curiosity, intellectual rigor, and scholarly passion. The Fellowship program is overseen by Director of Libraries Lorie Harding, and is modeled after Yale University's Scholars of the House program that ran from 1945-1995.
The Lilley Fellowship Program offers two research opportunities available to Upper School students: the traditional Fellowship and the Advanced Independent Study. Learn more or download the applications below.
Who was William Lilley III '55?
The Lilley Fellowship is named after the late William Lilley III '55, whose career included teaching at Yale, working for the federal government, managing CBS, and serving as founder of both a politics publication and software company. Meet Bill
Lilley Fellowship Opportunities
Lilley Fellows
- 2021 Fellow: Colin Kick ’22
- 2021 Fellow: Emelia (Emmie) O’Neill ’22
- 2020 Fellow: Mary Cipperman '21
- 2020 Fellow: Vince Vento '21
- 2019 and 2020 Fellow: Kat Harrar '21
- 2018 Fellow: Jessica Hao '19
- 2018 Fellow: R.J. Glaser '19
2021 Fellow: Colin Kick ’22
2021 Fellow: Emelia (Emmie) O’Neill ’22
2020 Fellow: Mary Cipperman '21
2020 Fellow: Vince Vento '21
2019 and 2020 Fellow: Kat Harrar '21
2018 Fellow: Jessica Hao '19
2018 Fellow: R.J. Glaser '19
Lilley Fellowship News
The new class of Lilley Fellows has been announced. Research topics include Artificial Intelligence, education access during the pandemic, mapping DNA, women in STEM, and fostering empathy in education systems.
After being selected to undertake in-depth research projects through EA's Lilley Fellows program last March, five Upper School students worked with a faculty advisor and delved into their respective research over the summer. This fall, they presented their final capstone projects to the EA community.
Electric bikes have taken off as a popular mode of transportation worldwide. Senior Elizabeth Boruff's interests in e-bikes and sustainability proved to be the perfect combination for her 2022-2023 Lilley Fellowship.
Caroline Sewell '23 delved into re-imagining how we use language. Rohith Tsundupalli '24 examined the struggles some Dreamers face pursuing higher education.