On December 1, 2023, the Buckley Institute hosted its Thirteenth Annual Conference at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven, CT, this year recognizing the 75th anniversary of the publication of Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences.

Student Vice President Libby Snowden ’24 presented awards to the three winners of the Yale undergraduate essay contest and high school contest.

Yale undergraduate essay contest winners:

1st) Justin Crosby,
2nd) Miguel von Fedak
3rd) Cole Black

High school essay contest winners:

1st) Evan Doerr, Orchard Park, New York
2nd) Benjamin Cai
3rd) Shelby Tyler