Selected Events 2007
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October 18, 2007.
At the opening of the academic year of Bonn University on October 18, the U.S. Ambassador’s Award was presented to Katharina Ricke for her M.A. thesis in North American Studies by Rector Professor Matthias Winiger. Consul General Matt Boyse participated in the ceremony and congratulated the young scholar on her academic accomplishment. In addition to the award signed by Ambassador Timken, Ms. Ricke received a grant that had enabled her to do research at the Library of Congress in Washington. The tradition of awarding the best thesis at Bonn University goes back to 1992 when the U.S. Embassy was still in Bonn.
The 2007 prize war awarded to Ms. Ricke for her thesis on "Blacks in a White Man's War: The African American Press in the Civil War."
• The Ambassador's Award in American Studies
2007 award winner Katharina Ricke (left) and Rector Professor Matthias Winiger at the ceremony.
