Ethics Bowl Season Recap
This year marked an exciting milestone for BUA’s Ethics Bowl program: for the first time, we fielded two teams — and both had a lot to be proud of.
Our newly-established second team made their debut at TKE’s Ethical Olympiad on April 11, finishing 24th out of 34 teams from across the nation. For a group of freshmen and sophomores competing on the national stage for the first time, this is a especially impressive result. The team — Em Dobre ’29, Bronwen Hay ’28, and Jaina Mukherji ’29 — was led by senior Nick Kohl ’26, who deserves special recognition for stepping up to mentor and guide them through their first competition.
Our first Ethics Bowl team, meanwhile, had a historic weekend at the National Championship Bowl, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Parr Center for Ethics on April 10-12. BUA was one of just 22 finalists from a field that began with roughly 400 teams across 34 states. We are proud to share that the team finished 10th in the nation. Leo Barabasi ’27, Margaret Brown ’28, Leone Levi D’Ancona ’27, Hana Kaneko ’27, Geneva Kelleher ’27, and Tessa Rice ’28 represented BUA with distinction, tackling challenging topics such as whether endangered species should be used for medical research when no alternatives exist, and whether there is a meaningful moral difference between a pastor using AI for administrative writing versus using it to craft a sermon.
Thank you to our students’ families for their enthusiasm and support throughout the season. We look forward to the 2027 bowls!