Alumni News

December 2025

Alan Eaton (DC 2008, MSPPM 2009) won the Meritorious Service Award from Heinz College. Eaton has been part of many departments and led evacuation efforts of Americans around the globe, including from China, Afghanistan, Sudan and Brazil.

Edward "Ted" McClure (DC 1971, TP 1972) has retired from the National Park Service, but is still monitoring journals for his earth sciences, information science and public health friends.

November 2025

On Oct. 8, 2025, Carnegie Mellon University celebrated 20 students selected for early initiation into the CMU chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, six of whom are students in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Congratulations to Amanawit Assefa (DC 2026), Ava Grace Black (DC 2026), Kel-Li Chen (DC 2026), Aleksaundra Handrinos (DC 2026), Kira Monji (DC 2026), and Yiyao Wang (DC 2026).

Elizabeth (Lisa Shannon) Nawrot (DC 1984) launched Shannon Executive Coaching to provide professional development for leaders and teams. Nawrot is currently serving as Dean of the College of Science, Health and the Environment at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Leah Messina (DC 2002, CFA 2002) had Christy Clement (CIT 1999) on her Recipe to Revenue podcast, discussing CMU and their journey as entrepreneurs.

Sweta Chakraborty (DC 2006) is the founder of Scientista. Scientista made its Climate Week NYC and United Nations General Assembly debut on Sept. 25, with an event that brought together diverse, global leaders for exclusive, off-the-record roundtables focusing on climate, health and communication.

Zarmond Goodman (DC 2026), a senior in the Department of English, was featured in a recent story about the Integrative Design, Arts and Technology (IDeATe) network’s Plush Neuron – a tactile tool that simplifies neural networks for middle schoolers.

October 2025

Andrew Ramey (DC 2015) published his first book, “Saving The Chesapeake: The History of a Movement” with University of Virginia Press. He also hosted a book talk on campus last month with special guest John Soluri, professor of history. Ramey is currently the director of advising for Dietrich College.

Sammie Walker Herrera (DC 2016) was featured in two articles last month by the CMU Alumni Association. She is also hosting a free public speaking event on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 1 to 2 p.m. Register for Sammie's event here.

Kathryn Villareal Bell (DC 2027) published her first book of poetry, “Nineteen, A Playlist”. The collection of poems is autobiographical and inspired by the author’s 19th year of life. Villareal Bell is a double major in creative writing and film and a double minor in gender studies and social-political history.

At the Joint Statistical Meetings this past August, Xander Brick (DC 2023, 2024), a Ph.D. student in Statistics & Data Science, presented his research on early detection of Parkinson's Disease using psychometric modeling of screening data from the Michael J. Fox Foundation's Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative.

Elizabeth Lee (DC 2030), a first-year Ph.D. student in the Program in Neural Computation (PNC), has been awarded the 2025 Sutherland-Merlino Fellowship. The fellowship provides financial support to one incoming Ph.D. student each year who demonstrates academic promise, eagerness to learn and an enthusiastic spirit.

September 2025

Danielle Stoken (DC 2008) was recently awarded the Staffing Industry Analyst’s 40 Under 40 Award. Stoken is now a client partner at Randstad Digital.

Gerdine Ulysse (DC 2020), assistant instructional professor in French and Haitian Creole (Kreyòl) at the University of Chicago, was recently featured in The Haitian Times for spearheading the creation of a new minor in Creole and Haitian Studies.

August 2025

Joshua Ingram, a Ph.D. student in CMU’s Department of Statistics & Data Science, recently published an article in AAAS Science & Diplomacy titled "Investing in the Indo-Pacific Promise: Evolving Early-Career STEM Diplomacy Across the Quad and ASEAN."

July 2025

Tricia Nelson (DC 1992) recently graduated with a Master’s of Fine Arts in Television and Screenwriting from Stephens College in Missouri. This fall, Nelson will also begin a third master’s degree as a part of the next cohort of the Narrative and Emerging Media MA at the Downtown Los Angeles campus of Arizona State University. The program is a collaborative effort of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and their Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts, under the direction of Peabody winner and XR pioneer, Nonny de la Peña. 

Susan Kelley (DC 2008) just had an essay titled "There is No After Cancer" published in Yale University School of Medicine's Spring 2024 journal, The Perch. Kelley also published "How to Write with GenAI: A Framework for Using Generative AI to Automate Writing Tasks in Technical Writing" in The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication in April 2025.

Tielin (Katy) Yu (DC 2024, E 2027), who is studying international relations and political science and engineering and public policy, serves as host of “AI in Real Life.”Dietrich College faculty members Coty Gonzalez and Rebecca Nugent are among featured guests on the student-run podcast, a program of the NSF AI Institute Societal Decision Making (AI-SDM). Explore and listen to “AI IRL.”

June 2025

Meena Sundrum (DC 2025), a fifth-year student in the Psychology Department, has won the Dietrich College Gretchen Lankford Award.

Zoe Schneider (DC 2025), a graduating senior with a dual major in ethics, history & public policy and literature and culture, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Dietrich K&L Gates Prize. 

Samantha Mahler (DC 2026), Hannah Schager (DC 2026) and Dylan Courtney (DC 2027) are bringing together a community of book lovers through their podcast CMU Booked. The podcast is hosted by Mahler and Schager and produced by Courtney. Mahler and Schager interview guests from various majors about books, share their opinions and invite listeners into the conversation. The podcast can be found on Spotify and Apple Music.

May 2025

Nicole Tanquary, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, has won the Carnegie Mellon Graduate Student Teaching Award.

Eunji Jo, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, has won the Dietrich College Graduate Student Teaching Award.

Veronica Pimenova, a senior in the Information Systems Program, has received honorable mentions for Carnegie Mellon University’s Judith A. Resnik Award and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Jonathan Neu (DC 2018) has published the book “Our Onward March: The Grand Army of the Republic in the Progressive Era” (Fordham University Press).

David Busch (DC 2019) has published the book “Disciplining Democracy: How the Modern American University Transformed Student Activism” (Cornell University Press).

Chadd S.J. Ciccarelli (DC 1999) has published the book “It’s All Trash ‘til It’s Cash: Applying Amazon’s Blueprint for Builders” (Identity Publications).

April 2025

Veronica Pimenova, a senior in the Information Systems (IS) program, presented her research on optimizing instructional videos for neurodivergent students at the Accessibility and Disability in CS Education event at The Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS).

Yu Fang, a senior in the Information Systems (IS) program, presented at the International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference. Fang spoke on her paper, “A Cross-Cultural Confusion Model for Detecting and Evaluating Students' Confusion In a Large Classroom,” which she collaborated on with Shihong Huang, teaching professor in the IS program.

Social and Decision Sciences alum Charles Mansfield (DC 2018) was recognized in the Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30 list.

First-year student Ryan Tosh collaborated with the Architecture Archives to save a collection of rare blueprints depicting CMU buildings, which he discovered in a trashbag in a small office on the third floor of the Cohon University Center.

Harrison Apple (DC 2013), who wrote a dissertation on the history of Pittsburgh's gay nightlife, commented on the city planning commission's rejection of a historic designation for Donny's Place bar in Polish Hill. The commision's decision could end a bid to create Western Pennsylvania's first LGBTQ+ historic landmark.

March 2025

Divya Krishnan (DC 2014), a graduate of the Social and Decision Sciences Department, discusses her path from CMU student to VP of marketing at Celonis SE, in a SiliconeANGLE profile.

Kate Holterhoff (DC 2016), a graduate of the English Department’s Ph.D. program in Literary and Cultural Studies, is publishing a new book adapted from her dissertation. “Speculation and the Darwinian Method in British Romance Fiction, 1759-1914” (Ohio University Press, 2025) will be available in April.

February 2025

Jesse Jack (DC 2017), a graduate of the Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies Program,  has published a book titled “Mapping Multi-Genre Literary Frameworks for Trans* Studies: Without Permanence."

Kara Mathis, a sophomore minoring in Hispanic Studies, was awarded the Dr. Mete Akin Endowed Fund for Advancement of Pre-Med Education.

January 2025

Yu Fang (DC 2025) took first in the individual category of CMU’s inaugural Student IronViz Challenge. Fang’s winning data visualization, called “Optimizing Confectionery Restocking using Forecasted Revenue in the U.S,” offered a dashboard that highlighted trends in snack spending across categories, such as chocolate, ice cream and pastries, on campus. 

Susan Henderson’s (DC 1989) book, “The Flicker of Old Dreams,” has been selected for This House of Books' list of the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. 

Kary Myers (DC 1999, 2006; CS 2003) has recently won the 2024 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows’ Prize for Outstanding Leadership in Science or Engineering. The Leadership Prize is awarded to an individual who supports inclusive communities that foster technical excellence, provide opportunities for early career researchers and enable multidisciplinary, multiorganizational collaborations

Zoe Angell (DC 2025), Ava Arias (DC 2026), Matthew Cadena (DC 2026), Ben Condemi (DC 2025), Gemma Jefferson (DC 2025), Jonathan Lindstrom (DC 2025), Ryan Podnar (DC 2026), Casey Potrebic (DC 2025), Savannah Xu (DC 2026) and Kaylin Yeoh (DC 2025) were recognized at CMU’s annual Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration on Dec. 11. This celebration honors the top junior and senior male and female student athletes from each college, with the inclusion of the top junior or senior from each team.

December 2024

Danne Smith Mathis (DC 1979), a member of the CMU Alumni Association Board, has served two of her four terms. Mathis was a creative writing major and a pre-law minor. She also holds a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California. Mathis now leads Danielle Mathis, Inc. as the principal consultant specializing in proposal management and proposal writing, grant research and writing, professional writing and editing, which includes biographical, technical and other professional writing services. She is the co-author of the books "Shut’Em Down: Black Women, Racism and Corporate America" and "Everyday Struggle: How Toxic Workplaces Impact Black Women."

November 2024

Cassandra Scanlon (DC 2020), associate at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, and her father, Thomas Scanlon, principal researcher in the Software Engineering Institute at CMU, co-presented “Deepfakes Are an Emerging Cyber Risk. Can the Law Help You?” at the ISC2 Security Congress. The duo discussed the fundamentals of deepfakes, including how they are created and how to detect them, followed by a discussion of the threats and risks they pose.

Kim Smaczniak (DC 2002) has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Award. Smaczniak was recognized in the Government category. The C3E Awards recognize mid-career women who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and accomplishments in clean energy. There are eight awards given out each year in categories that span the clean energy economy. These awards will be presented at the annual C3E Symposium on Nov. 13.

October 2024

Anna Capella (DC, MCS 2025), a senior double majoring in biological sciences and professional writing, has earned the Niccolai-Fustanio Families Scholarship Award, which is given to a senior who has achieved academic success while pursuing other experiences outside of the classroom.

Mark Orsag (DC 1985) has co-authored the article, “‘The Mother of All Collapses’: Complex Systems, Crises and Modern Analogues,” with Amanda McKinney. The article was published in the Journal of Applied History.

September 2024

Catherine Evans (DC 2020, 2026), a Ph.D. candidate in literary and cultural studies, was awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Schlesinger Library Dissertation Grant for 2024–2025 to support her dissertation, “The Provocative Lesbian: Queer Media in the Long Seventies.” She also received the Madeleine L’Engle Travel Research Fellowship through Smith College Special Collections for Summer 2024 and has been named a Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory Scholar for the 2023–2025 cohort. 

Joe Heafitz (DC 1990) worked the NBA finals in Boston for ESPN, as well as backstage at the Levitate Music Festival. 

Benjamin Williams (DC 2025), a Ph.D. candidate in literary and cultural studies, was named an inaugural Edward Guiliano Global Fellow by the Modern Languages Association.

Alyson Wilson (DC 1990) of Raleigh, N.C., was promoted to interim vice chancellor for research and innovation at North Carolina State University. Wilson joined North Carolina State in 2013. 

July 2024

Abhishek Dedhe (DC 2025), a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience, was the first author in an article published in May 6 issue of the journal Science Reports. The article, titled "Conventional and frugal methods of estimating COVID-19-related excess deaths and undercount factors,” examined the undercount of deaths during the pandemic.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman (DC 2010) spoke with CNN’s Randi Kaye about the history of drag during a segment on The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.

June 2024

Taylor Hersh (DC, MCS 2014) was recently quoted on NPR for work about how researchers say sperm whales have a complex communication system. The study, which she published in Nature Communications, is an example of how new technology such as AI is opening up the mysterious world of animal language. She's had an interesting career so far in bioacoustics. NBC News has covered her work in the past.

Alexa Huth (DC 2009, 2010) and two co-workers from Cadmus discuss the apparent and non-apparent disabilities they bring to work in a documentary by WorkingNation, a nonprofit dedicated to storytelling about the nation’s current and future state of work. Huth describes the onset of her disabilities while enrolled in the Department of English’s M.A. in Professional Writing program. She also shares how a co-worker inspired her to be part of an inclusive movement in the workplace.

Read a Vogue interview with Yulin Kuang (DC 2012), who recently published the romance novel “How to End a Love Story.” She also developed the script for “People We Meet on Vacation,” a forthcoming film based on the 2021 novel by Emily Henry.

Statistics and machine learning major Arnav Paliwal (DC 2025) and chemical engineering major Nikhil Ganesh (E 2025), members of CMU Debate, took home the first-place trophy at the Pittsburgh City Debate held April 10. Debates focused on censorship and freedom of speech and also included competitors from Duquesne University, the Pennsylvania State University and University of Pittsburgh.

Meeting of the Minds has served as the premier campus-wide forum to showcase the work of our undergraduate researchers and their mentors. In 2024, Sophia Levin (DC 2025), Jamie Kojiro (DC 2023) and Jo-Michelle Huczko (DC 2024) received the Dietrich Humanities Prize. Kerry Mills (DC 2024) received the Humanities Prize Award of Distinction for the Humanities Scholars Program. Lily Mcleod received the Psychology Award for her oral presentation and Camille Chandler (DC 2025) received the award for a poster presentation. Xuduo (Victor) Wen (DC 2024) received the Best Presentation by an Individual Researcher in the Statistics Competition. Iris Dai (DC 2025), Chuangji Li (DC 2025), Srihita Nangunuri (DC 2024), Nandini Neralagi (DC 2024) received first place in the Best Presentations by Capstone Group. Vernon Luk (DC 2024), Yasemin Rees (DC 2024), Patrick Phelan (CS 2024) received second place in the Statistics Competition. Lingruo Pan (DC 2025), Noelani Phillips (DC 2025), Eileen Xiao (DC 2024) received third place in the Statistics Competition. Helen Zhao (DC 2024) was recognized as a runner-up in the Undergraduate Environmental Award.

May 2024

Elizabeth Dieterich (DC 2026), a Ph.D. student in the Department of English’s Literary & Cultural Studies program, has received the NeMLA Summer Fellowship to conduct research on a project called “Encountering Early Modern Race and Revenge: Affect and Alterity in Shakespearean Drama.” Her research focuses on dramatic literature, performance and the culture of playgoing in early modern England.

Shui Hu, a junior in the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts program studying film and visual media and art, recently received awards from the Berlin Indie Film Festival, United Kingdom Student Film Festival and South Film and Arts Academy Festival for a short film created as part of a fall 2023 course.

April 2024

William E. Dunstan (DC 1975) was inducted into the Gerrard Society in recognition of his support for the University of North Carolina. The Gerrard Society was established to ensure that the University appropriately recognizes those alumni and friends who have created their own Carolina legacy through documented planned gifts. William writes history books and novels in Chapel Hill, N.C.

March 2024

Catherine Evans (DC 2020, 2026) has published an article, titled “‘We Came Together and We Fought': Kipp Dawson and Resistance to State Violence in US Social Movements since the 1950s,” in the journal Radical History Review.

Sammie Walker Herrera (DC 2016), through her business Speak Y'all, has received a $500 Small Business Grant as part of the ESTRELLA initiative, a collaborative effort proudly funded by the YWCA of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This initiative is a commitment to empowering Latino-owned small businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh region.

Joshua Pinckney (DC 2021) has received the Pickering Fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, attracts and prepares outstanding young people for foreign service careers in the U.S. Department of State.

Arish Alreja (DC 2024), a Ph.D. student in the Neuroscience Institute and Machine Learning Department, and, Wenzhuo Xu (DC 2022, 2024), a Ph.D. student in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, won preliminary rounds of CMU’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT is a celebration of research that challenges Ph.D. students to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes. The championship competition will be held on Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m. ET in Simmons Auditorium A or online via livestream.

February 2024

Elyssa Maxx Goodman (DC 2010) received the Israel Fishman Non-fiction Book award from the Stonewall Book awards committee for her debut book, “Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City.” Elyssa will be on campus on Feb. 8 to give a talk at the Johnstone Room (POS 234) at 5 p.m.

January 2024

Anna Albi (DC 2014) has been elected to the Cincinnati City Council, replacing Liz Keating. Albi is a local group lead for Moms Demand Action, which coordinates with elected officials and law enforcement to reduce gun violence. Albi aims to help pass gun safety ordinances and increase gun safety education.

Ben Williams (DC 2024), a Ph.D. student in the literary and cultural studies program in the Department of English, interviewed Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, assistant professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, on the re:verb podcast. The discussion examines Llamas-Rodriguez’s research that intersects border studies, infrastructure studies and Latin American and Latinx diasporic media. Williams has also been named as part of the Inaugural Group of Edward Guiliano Fellows by the Modern Language Association to work on his project, “Mediating Documentation: Race, Affective Governance, and the US-Mexico Border.”

December 2023

Anne DiGiovanni (DC 2006), a pop punk artist and songwriter in LA who goes by the stage name deegie, releasing an EP of songs called EXES. In addition to the new EP, DiGiovanni has worked with Film & Visual Media students Arrim Jung and Ang Zarilli to shoot a music video for the song. 

Elyssa Maxx Goodman's (DC 2010) new book, “Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City,” is out now from Hanover Square Press/HarperCollins.

Tatym Rasmussen (DC 2025), a junior history major, was one of three youth delegates selected to attend the Nobel Peace Prize-Winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines at the UN in Geneva from Nov. 20 to 24.

October 2023

Adam Causgrove (DC 2023) presented four sessions at the Annual Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officer Conference, July 11–13, 2023, in Portland, Ore. During a lunch keynote presentation, he worked to build relationships to advance the mission of the university. 

Elyssa Goodman (DC 2010) has announced her debut book, “Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City,” from Hanover Square Press/HarperCollins. The book received mentions from Vogue, The Millions and Debutiful.

September 2023

William E. Dunstan (DC 1975) of Chapel Hill, NC recently discussed his books on the mysterious 1901 disappearance of Nell Cropsey on Erik Rivenes' true-crime podcast, Most Notorious. William writes and conducts research as a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Joel Greenhouse led efforts to coordinate a tree planting to honor Carmen Khoo (DC 2015, 2016). Khoo earned a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Statistics & Data Science in 2015 followed by a master’s degree from the department in 2016. She lost her battle to an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2022. In her short life, Khoo completed her education at CMU and worked as a data analyst at the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. In 2021, she moved to Ithaca and received a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University.

Jimmy Lizama (DC 2022, 2027), a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, has published an article, titled “The Trump administration’s framing of the MS-13 gang: narrowing the borders of belonging with homeland maternity,” in the July issue of the journal Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 

Clarke V. Simmons (DC 1986) is living in Lisbon, Portugal, with his French wife Claire and their six-year-old son. His company, Neuville Grid Data, is working on innovative digital infrastructure for the electric power sector.

July 2023

Amber Benezra (DC 1996), an assistant professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a new book, “Gut Anthro,” published by University of Minnesota Press.

Sammie Walker Herrera’s (DC 2016) company Speak Y’All was selected for the Customer Discovery Kickstarter through the Swartz Center. Speak Y’all helps build long-term confidence through committed speaking practice, expert feedback and accountability.

Emily Nagin (DC 2011, 2019), digital content manager for Dietrich College, has received the Staff Council Rookie of the Year award in "recognition of [her] efforts as a first-time representative who seized the initiative and took an active role" on staff council. 

June 2023

William E. Dunstan (DC 1975) gave an address in April at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, N.C. His talk focused on the mysterious 1901 disappearance of young Nell Cropsey from her riverside home in Elizabeth City. Dunstan conducts research and writes as a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

Philosophy major Danna Taylor (DC 2024) competed in the 2023 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships in both singles and doubles. Her doubles partner was Crystal Zhou (ENG 2025).

The Rhetoric Society of America recognized the CMU Three Rivers RSA Student Chapter and Yishan Wang (DC 2018, 2024), a PhD student in rhetoric and president of the chapter, with the 2023 Outstanding Student Chapter Award.

May 2023

Maegan Bogetti (DC 2022), graduating with a degree in history, and Ayushi Ray (DC 2022), graduating with a degree in economics, have received the Carnegie Mellon Women’s Association Award.

April 2023

Benjamin Williams (DC 2025), a doctoral student in Literary & Cultural Studies, has published "'Who Is Kin to Me?': Textual and Textural Intimacies in Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh's Human Archipelago" in the most recent issue of “Cultural Critique.”

March 2023

Maggie Edwards (DC 2018) has been elected to the D.C. Young Democrats Board as the Recording Secretary for the 2023–2025 term.

Stefan Savage (DC 1991), a cybersecurity expert who received his undergraduate degree in applied history, has received the prestigious honor of being elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Read more about Savage’s honor.

Phil Simon (DC 1994) has published his book “Low-Code/No-Code: Citizen Developers and the Surprising Future of Business Applications” with Racket Publishing. The book illustrates how organizations are finally fulfilling critical business needs and reducing their reliance on pricey software developers.

The new film, “OPUS COPE,” by Jae Shim (DC 2008) will screen at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles March 27 and 28. It is also available online on multiple platforms.

February 2023

Adam Lazarus (DC 2006) has published his fifth book, “The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams.” The book tells the story of the unique 50-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration, and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. More information about The Wingmen and Lazarus' other publications is available on AdamLazarusBooks.com.

January 2023

Allison Cao (DC 2023), a double major in information systems and statistics & data science, presented with her mentor Joseph Kadane, the Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, during the virtual Allegheny County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Webinar: “Advances in reporting the weight of seized powder containing heroin.” Cao and Kadane presented a new approach using Bayesian statistics to determine a probability distribution for the weight of powder containing drug present in confiscated bundles during a police seizure. The research was done in cooperation with the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner. 

Laurel Grass (DC 1980) has joined the firm Leech Tishman as counsel in the firm’s Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution and White Collar & Government Investigations practice groups. She has extensive knowledge of the law relating to financial services, white collar crime, money laundering, anti-fraud issues, banking compliance, foreign trade and cross-border litigation. Grass will focus her practice on civil and criminal litigation, as well as corporate law.

Mark T. Knapp (DC 1983, DC 1990) is studying human rights and democratization at the Global Campus at the San Nicolo Monestary in Venice, Italy.