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Dr. Zoe Adams ’15, a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project, wrote a Scientific American article about the stigma against hospital patients with addiction.

Ellen Galinsky ’64, author, President and Founder of the Families and Work Institute, and Co-Director of the Civic Service Center at the University of Minnesota, wrote a Los Angeles Times op-ed about mental health and Gen Z.

Jess Chong ’08 gave Global News an insider’s view of Survivor after competing on the show’s 46th season.

Laralyn McWilliams ’87, Creative Director of Free Realms and Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, was remembered by The Guardian.

Author Mildred McAfee Horton, class of 1920, was the first female director of the New York Life Insurance Company, as noted by the company.

David Chapman ’75, P’15, ’20 was inducted into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame, as noted by Medical Marketing and Media.

Rescue Me, the B Street Theater comedy featuring actor Caroline Kinsolving ’03, was mentioned by Fox 40 and CBS News in Sacramento.

The late Craig G. Harris ’80, a writer and poet, was mentioned in the podcast Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows in the “Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis” episode.

Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada ’13 earned tenure and was named the Marlene Crandall Francis Assistant Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College, as announced by the college.

Author Jessie Coller, class of 1913, who made Ann Arbor, Michigan history in 1940 as the first woman elected to a county board, was the subject of a Michigan Live story.

Emilie McDonald ’91 won the High Scribe Screenwriting Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival, as noted by Variety.

Jessie Spafford, class of 1884, a faculty member of Rockford College, was the subject of a Rockford Register Star article.

Loree Sandler ’86, the creator of Let Them Eat Candles, was the subject of a list23.com story.

Computer pioneer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, class of 1928, was the subject of a Her Campus story.

Miguel Gomez ’28 was quoted in a Boston 25 News story about how his full ride to Vassar is allowing him to attend a top college without worry about the financial burden.

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