This year’s Bisbee Prize recipients tackled everything from farm workers’ rights and the California Gold Rush to the impact of female war correspondents during World War II. 

The student winners presented their work at the Ethan Bisbee Tea and Social Science Forum, speaking informally with visitors about how they chose their subjects and what their research revealed. A Milton tradition since 1983, the Bisbee Prize is awarded to students with the best U.S. History research papers. 

In 2023, the History and Social Sciences Department expanded the tea to recognize outstanding work in the social sciences. These research projects covered current social issues, including the U.S. approach to its rising national debt and a deep dive into the ongoing health effects of a former munitions site in southeastern Massachusetts. 

Having one sports powerhouse in a family is something special. 

Three athletes from one family crushing it on a global stage? Well, that’s something else entirely. The Sze sisters—Charlotte ’28, Vivienne ’30, and Juliette ’32—added to the family’s hardware collection in the U.S. Junior Squash Championships in March, with Charlotte and Vivienne earning their fourth national championships in the U17 division and U15 division, respectively, and Juliette placing second in the U13s. 

Milton Academy has announced that the school’s 2026 Graduation speaker is longtime journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe, Class of 1994. 

Keefe is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of six nonfiction books, including New York Times bestsellers Say Nothing, Empire of Pain, and Rogues. Keefe’s work has been translated into two dozen languages and recognized with many awards, including the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Peabody Award.