PhD student Kevin Blanks, MA '21, (English) published an op-ed titled “Black Futurity in the Aftermath of Ahmaud Arbery Case” on the Black Feminist Collective website.
Elisabeth Buchwald, BBA ’20, (Economics, International Business) began a new position as a personal finance and markets reporter for USA Today.
Dixie Clough, MA ’11, (Museum Studies) was named director of Museums Alaska.
Peter Linquiti (TSPPPA) authored the book Rebooting Policy Analysis: Strengthening the Foundation, Expanding the Scope (CQ Press, 2022).
MFA student Martina Maya-Callen (Social Practice) launched her online art exhibition “Love Your Vessel” for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
PhD student Rachel Nelson (Human Paleobiology) received a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her thesis on investigating water stress during lactation in chimpanzees.
Lynnette Overby, MA ’75, (Dance Education) was appointed to the National Council on the Humanities.
Senior Pranay Somayajula (Political Science, International Affairs) and junior Joseph Spillane, BA ’21, (History, International Affairs) were among the winners of the Judaic Studies Program’s 2021 best undergraduate essay contest.
Sarah Wagner (Anthropology) received a $981,597 award from the National Science Foundation for her project “Memorialization, Contested Knowledge and Incomplete Mourning in the Context of COVID-19.”