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Four West Point Cadets Earn Carnegie-Mellon Scholarships
The U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2023 cadets Seth Benson ’23, Jacob Lapin ’23, Matthew Porter ’23, and Chiara Wurdack Simmons ’23 have been selected to receive the prestigious Carnegie Mellon – West Point Scholarship, allowing for continued graduate academic study following graduation and commissioning.
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West Point Assists Military with Food-Supply Mapping Tool in Hudson Valley to Plan Crisis Response
The Hudson Valley was the initial test case for an interactive mapping system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to plan food-supply disaster response. The system under development by military and federal emergency responders will be used to understand the challenges and weaknesses of a localized food system in times of crisis or natural…
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Three Cadets Receive General John J. Pershing (1886) Writing Awards
Cadets Mercedez Fernandez ’23, Company G2; Jacob Lapin ’23, Company E3; and Cora Haefner ’23, Company H4 were selected as the respective Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awardees for their MX400 Pershing Essays.
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West Point Cadets Compete in Mid-Hudson Regional Business Plan Competition
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West Point Pre-Medical Society Receives CPR & AED Training
On March 22, 2023, the West Point Pre-Medical Society (WPPMS) received hands-on CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator) training provided by U.S. Army Medical Recruiters.
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Cadets Attend Joint Service Academies Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium
Last week, cadets attended the Joint Service Academies Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Cadets Present Microplastic Project in Virginia
Geography and Environmental Engineering West Point Cadets Mackenzie Karnig ’24, Colton Snodgrass ’24, and Kyle Bryce ’24, along with Cadets Kristen Guiney ’23 and Kiley Sweet ’23 from the West Point Department of Chemistry and Life Science presented their research on microplastics at Geological Society of America’s Joint Southeastern & Northeastern Section Meeting in Reston,…
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PANE cadets, Excel Scholars Tour National Labs
Over spring break, cadets from the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering and our Excel Scholars Program toured Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Defense Nuclear Weapons School Museum, along with LTC Peter Nelson, Director of our Nuclear Engineering Course, and Mr. Michael Tobin, the Class of ‘67…
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Academy Pentathlete Award Recipients Recognized
On March 22, 2023, West Point recognized the recipients of the Major General William E. Read Academy Pentathlete Award. Pentathletes achieved a term quality point average of 4.0 in the fall semester while also earning an A- or better in all academic, physical, and military courses
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West Point Hosts Annual Student Workshop on Civil-Military Operations
The Student Workshop on Civil-Military Operations, an annual event sponsored by the USMA Class of 1978 and organized by the Center for the Study of Civil Military Operations (CSCMO), recently provided a focused venue for student development and learning within the realm of civil-military operations.
