Actor Ethan Slater ’14, who plays Boq in the new film Wicked, was a guest on the Kelly Clarkson Show. He was also the subject of a GQ article.

Author Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, wrote a poem, “Before the Storm,” published by Chronogram. His book The Green Book: An Observer’s Notebook was named an Outlook Traveller Editor’s Pick for holiday gift giving.

Good One, the debut feature by director India Donaldson ’07, was selected by New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson as one of the 10 best movies of the year.

Sieu Nguyen ’17, writer and producer of promotional materials for HBO, is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

President Elizabeth H. Bradley Discussed The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts, the state of the liberal arts, and more with Inside Higher Ed.

The work of the late professor Andrew Tallon, who captured laser scans of Notre-Dame Cathedral prior to the fire that devastated the Paris landmark, was the subject of a GIM International article and was mentioned in New York Times and GPS World articles on the occasion of the cathedral’s reopening.

The first solo exhibition in Italy of artist Corydon Cowansage ’08, titled Separation anxiety, was the subject of a Meer magazine article.

In her latest Psychology Today article, Professor Michele M. Tugade ’95 explained why social connection is a vital human need that can impact well-being. She also was interviewed by Scientific American for the article “How Humor Takes the Edge off Hard Times.”

Nancy Bisaha, Professor of History and Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, was a guest on the podcast Byzantium and Friends, which focused on the fall of Constantinople, Pope Pius II, and the birth of Europe.

Michelle Walsh, Director of Athletics and Physical Education, was mentioned in an Ithacan story about women leaders in the NCAA.

Seungsook Moon, Professor of Sociology, was a guest on WBUR’s recent On Point episode, “Six hours under martial law in South Korea.”

Associate Professor of Music Táhirih Motazedian won the Society for Music Theory’s Emerging Scholar Book Award for her recent book, Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film.

Variety highlighted the work of filmmaker Payal Sethi ’01.

The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts was featured in article by Architectural Record.

Photos: Slater, David Andrako; Tugade, Karl Rabe.

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