Alex Norbrook ’26 has been awarded the Richard Challener ’44 Senior Thesis Prize for his thesis titled “Sowing Conflict: Seeds, Appropriation, and Discourse in the International Struggle for Plant Intellectual Property Rights, 1946-1991.”
Established in 2000 in honor of Professor Richard D. Challener, a member of Princeton’s Class of 1944, the prize is awarded by the Faculty Committee on Canadian Studies and presented to an undergraduate senior who submits a “senior thesis of outstanding quality” on a topic related to Canada.
Norbrook, who majored in history, is the former editor-in-chief of The Nassau Weekly and the co-founder of the climate justice organization, Sunrise Princeton. He earned minors in journalism, environmental studies, and values and public life.
