STEM boosters take note: history knows microscopes! Ryan Patterson, a student in Charles Upchurch's Gender, Class, and Sexuality course last spring, is the recipient of this year's North American Conference on British Studies Undergraduate Essay Award. Ryan's paper, "The Contagious Diseases Acts: Under the Microscope," will be recognized at this year's annual meeting of the NACBS in Portland and the prize carries a $100 award.