Vassar College’s 158th Commencement was the subject of a Hudson Valley Press story. New York Stage & Film’s 2022 Summer Season, in partnership with Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, was the subject of a WAMC Roundtable episode and a Chronogram story. President Elizabeth Bradley co-wrote a Journal of the American Medical Association article comparing cancer-related spending and mortality rates in the U.S. versus 21 other high-income countries, which was also featured in UPI and News Azi. Bradley was also appointed to the board of the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council.

Making Gay History podcast founder and host Eric Marcus ’80 received the Columbia Journalism School Alumni Award, as announced by the institution.

The Beauty of Blackness, a documentary co-directed by Kiana Moore ’02, won Best Feature for Tribeca X—the Tribeca Festival’s brand-sponsored film competition, as announced by Vox Media and noted by the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.

Vassar Trustee Mark Ordan ’79, Chief Executive Officer of Pediatrix, was named U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Chair, as noted by the organization.

Filmmaker Diane Robinson ’91 talked with Indie Activity about her new documentary, The Young Vote, which she wrote, directed, and produced.

Karen Clopton ’80, P’19, ’22, was featured in the Juneteenth issue of *Luxury Trending magazine.

Vassar Trustee Leslie Jackson Chihuly ’83, President and CEO of Chihuly Studio, spoke to PBS NewsHour about Chihuly in the Desert, an installation of thousands of hand-blown glass pieces at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona and at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.

Playwright and performer Nat Allister ’10, who runs a theater troupe, was quoted in a Northfield News article about his troupe’s anticipated performance.

Renowned physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63 had a minor planet, “Saulanwu,” named after her by the International Astronomical Union, as announced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Wu is Enrico Fermi Professor of Physics.

“The Women Who Saved Wildflowers,” an article in Sierra magazine, highlights the work of pioneering ecologist and Vassar botany professor Edith Roberts in the 1920s.

The PBS airing of two documentaries by Karen Thorsen ’68, Joe Papp in Five Acts and James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, was the subject of an Easton Courier story.

AJ Mazaris ’98 was named Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Salem Academy and College, as noted by the Winston-Salem Journal.

The latest novel by author Peter Spiegelman ’80, A Secret Within a Secret, was the subject of an NWI Times story.

Hope Hart ’90, an urban planning and community and economic development consultant, was the subject of a Texas Metro News article.

Leroy L. Cooper, Assistant Professor of Biology, was quoted in a Neurology Today article about a recent paper Cooper and colleagues had published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Elizabeth Vianna ’89, Chimney Rock Winemaker, was interviewed on the podcast, To Dine For.

Ismail Rashid, Professor of History, will be part of a United Nations panel discussion, “Slavery, Freedom, and the Black Loyalists Experience in Canada and Sierra Leone,” as noted by a Halifax Examiner story.

Shelly O’Neill Stoneman ’99, Senior Vice President of Government Relations at BAE Systems Inc., was appointed as the new Chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service, as noted by the Department of Defense.

Christina Carroll ’06 and her new book, The Politics of Imperial Memory in France, 1850-1900, was the subject of a Kalamazoo College story.

The late Robert Andrew Reeves ’90, a Unit Production Manager of The Flight Attendant and many other projects, was the subject of a TheCinemaholic story.

Phoebe Legere ’81, Founder and President of Foundation for New American Art, talked with WLIW-FM.

Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, and her students’ work at Poughkeepsie High School was the subject of a Hudson Valley Press story.

New faculty member Ed Buie II, an astrophysicist, was the subject of an Arizona State University story.

Lisa White ’83 was promoted to Vice President and News Director at CBS News and Stations’ San Francisco Properties, including KPIX and KBCW, as noted by TV News Check.

Laura Ettinger ’89, Associate Professor of History at Clarkson University, received the Distinction in Faculty Mentoring for Research and Scholarship Award, as announced by the University.

Fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani ’85 wrote about his life and work in a The Week story.

Lawyer Carrie Goldberg ’99 was quoted in a New York Post story about lawsuits filed against cell phone company T-Mobile after employees stole private images and videos off of customer’s phones.

Yvonne Welbon ’84, an award-winning filmmaker and Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the nonprofit Sisters in Cinema, received a 2022 Chicago Esteemed Artist Award, as noted by the city.

Steven Cook ’90, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote a Foreign Policy article, “The Middle East’s Kumbaya Moment Won’t Last.”

Mary Swift ’48, a writer, photographer, and arts supporter, was remembered by the Washington Post.

Marvin Smith ’11 was mentioned in a Daily Freeman story about the film industry training program Stockade Works.

Michael Schneider ’04 was named Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Diamon Sports Group’s Bally Sports+, as noted by BusinessWire.

Gretchen Flanders McGinnis ’97, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Systems and Accountable Care at Colorado Access, spoke with State of Reform about access to affordable healthcare.

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Photo credits: Marcus, Legere, and Welbon, courtesy of the subjects; Wu, John Abbott; Cooper, Carlisle Stockton.