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...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Pola Rapoport ’73 was invited for a month-long Artist’s Residency at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York. In her residency, Rapoport will be editing her new documentary film, Marieke: Death and the Racer.The film is centered on the life of...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Celebrated writer Jean Kwok ’86 returned to New York for a series of reading engagements for her latest novel, Searching for Sylvie Lee (William Morrow 2019). The book focuses on the lives of a Chinese-American immigrant family whose charismatic, independent eldest...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Jane Dubin ’74, a co-producer of the hit Broadway musical The Prom, announced that the show was nominated for seven Tony awards including Best Musical. The show is about Big Broadway Stars. A Small Town. And a Love that Unites them All. A group of alums joined Dubin...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Larry Olmsted ‘84 gave a TEDx talk at the University of Nevada Reno, the nation’s premiere TEDx venue, entitled “Rethinking Whole Foods.” In his presentation, Olmsted delved into topics revealed in his bestselling 2016 book, Real Food/Fake Food (Algonquin Books of...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
President Jennifer Raab ’73 was among the recipients of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Chairman Award. Now in its 31st year, the Chairman’s Award is presented to a leader or company that has shown a significant commitment to the revitalization and preservation...
by huntera2 | Aug 20, 2019 | Alum Highlights
Gloria Coruzzi ’72, a professor in New York University’s Department of Biology, is among this year’s scientists elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). A private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars, members are elected to the NAS by their peers for...
