We note with regret the passing of biochemistry alumna and former president of the American Chemical Society Nancy B. Jackson, BS ’79.
Nica Albertson, BA ’23, (Music) released the album Tender Hearted.
Maria del Carmen Montoya (Sculpture and Spatial Practices) is part of a collective that received $171,000 in awards via Ghana ThinkTank to expand the American Riad structure in Detroit and build a stage for musical performances.
MFA student Bryce Delany (Interior Architecture) won an honorable mention in the 2021 Steelcase Student Design NEXT Competition.
Mackenzie Fama (Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences) received a $10,000 grant from the American Speech-Language Hearing Foundation to study inner speech and executive function ability in aphasia.
Keryn Gedan (Biology) received a $53,034 grant from the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agroecology to study restoration options for salt-damaged agricultural land in the Chesapeake Bay.
Janis Goodman (Art and Design, Studio Arts) premiered her solo exhibition “Infinite Journey” at Gallery Neptune & Brown in Washington, D.C.
Valentina Harizanov (Mathematics) received a $5,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for collaborations in computability.
Matt O’Malley, BA ’04, (Political Science) was named chief sustainability officer for Vicinity Energy in Boston, Mass.
Katie Prinkey, BA ’23, (Museum Studies) published the article “Cultural Colonialism at the Museum of the Bible: Have they Found Redemption?” in the journal Coalition of Master’s Scholars on Material Culture.
Kimberly Probolus-Cedroni, PhD ’19, (American Studies) was the lead author and researcher on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Whose Heritage?” report.
Conway Reinders, BA ’16, (Economics) was elected to The National Academy of Social Insurance.
Chet Sherwood (Anthropology) received a $870,310 grant from the National Institutes of Health for a study on comparative epigenomics of primate brains.
Heather Stebbins (Electronic & Computer Music) released her new album Olney.
Abdourahman Waberi (French) won the 2021 English PEN Flagship Translates Award for his book Why Do You Dance When You Walk? (Cassava Republic Press).
Elijah Williamson, BFA ’17, (Graphic Design) was named creative director for the Collective PAC.