by huntera2 | Jan 6, 2020 | Latest Books by Alums
Sari LEVINE Wilde ’97, Managing Vice President at global research and advisory firm Gartner, has written a ground-breaking book that identifies the working style of managers. In The Connector Manager: Why Some Leaders Build Exceptional Talent – and Others Don’t...
by huntera2 | Dec 23, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Pianist and composer Roberta Piket ’83 and her sextet performed a tribute concert honoring celebrated jazz pianist and NPR radio host Marian McPartland in December 2019. The show, held at Flushing Town Hall, was a return to the borough for the musician who was born in...
by huntera2 | Nov 20, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
The role of family caregiver is often lifelong and can change as we progress through the years. Attorney and social worker Jane WOLF Frances ’64, J.D., M.S.W. has written a book drawn upon her own experiences of caring for her parents as they aged in order to help...
by huntera2 | Nov 19, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Luke Melas-Kyriazi ’16 is among thirty-two Americans named as Rhodes Scholars representing the United States in 2020. Melas-Kyriazi, currently a senior at Harvard pursuing a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science, was selected from an initial pool of over...
by huntera2 | Nov 14, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
Derek Chin ’97 has published a science fiction book entitled Time Epic: Life. Knowledge. Future. (Time Lock Books 2019). It is a tale about the enduring friendship of four immortals who experience a series of adventures and journey through several historical periods....
by huntera2 | Nov 12, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
Larissa Shmailo ’74 has published her most recent work, Sly Bang (Spuyten Duyvil 2019). Self-described as a feminist experimental novel, she goes beyond the limits of reality in defining the world in which her lead character lives. Shmailo weaves poetry and fantasy...
by huntera2 | Oct 29, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
Alexandra Jacobs ’90, a staff writer at The New York Times, recently published a book about well-known Broadway entertainer Elaine Stritch. Called Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019), Jacobs delves deeply...
by huntera2 | Sep 17, 2019 | Latest Books by Alums
Dohra Ahmad ’89The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns (Sep 17, 2019) Every year, three to four million people move to a new country. From war refugees to corporate expats, migrants constantly reshape their...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
This year’s recipient of the Alma Dei Morani Renaissance Woman Award is Linda Fried, Dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. The award, which is the highest honor bestowed by The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation, was named for Alma Dei...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Laura Auricchio was appointed Dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center, with her tenure at the school beginning in August 2019. She is the first woman to be named dean of Fordham’s Manhattan campus, which was founded in 1968. She arrives at the college following a...
