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LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2021) University of Kentucky Libraries is proud to recognize Lewis Honors College freshman Isha Chauhan and dance freshman Haley Shaver with the 2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship. This award recognizes exceptional, original scholarship and excellent research conducted by UK undergraduates making substantive use of UK Libraries’ collections, services and resources.
Isha Chauhan, of LaGrange, Kentucky, is recognized for her research in response to poet William Everson’s 1959 article, “Dionysus and the Beat Generation: The Reemergence of the Dionysian Spirit in Contemporary Life.” In constructing her paper, “Naked Dinner: A Comparison of Dionysian and Apollonian Values Between the Beat Generation and Generation Z,” she used interlibrary loan, citation guides, librarian recommendations, archival materials, academic search engines and databases.