Class Notes

Jerry Young, AB ’55, DMD ’58, spent the past 10 years building a one-of-a-kind passive solar house. Its design, construction and thermal properties have been documented on his blog, diygreenbuildingwithjerry.blogspot.com. Having occupied the home for three years, he recently posted on its favorable thermal performance. Consistent with his commitment to sustainability, Young tore down several buildings to accumulate repurposed building materials for the interior woodwork. He hopes the project will turn a few minds toward sustainability.

Shawn Yates, AB ’24, is a research technician at WashU.

Hiroyuki Shinju, LLM ’24, graduated from WashU in May. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Waseda University.

Charis Riebe, AB ’24, was selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals program. Riebe was among the 74 Americans selected from 500 applicants. CBYX is a bilateral exchange program of the U.S. Congress and German Bundestag (Parliament). While in Germany, Riebe is to attend a two-month intensive language course, study at a German university and complete an internship in the field of international law.

Masoomeh Faghankhani, MPH ’24, started this fall as a doctoral student in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at Colorado School of Public Health.

Ellen Wakisa Nyasulu Chiwoni, MPH ’24, is a community referral coordinator at St. Louis Integrated Health Network.

Caroline Gonsalves Bertho, MFA ’24, has joined the faculty at Valdosta State University in Georgia, teaching in its dance department and developing a hip-hop curriculum. 

Balakrishna Menon Sreedharapanicker, MBA ’23, is pursuing a master’s degree in data center systems engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is looking for opportunities in the data center industry.

Suhul Kebede, BS ’23, was featured in the May 2024 issue of Vogue, along with his mom, Liya, and sister, Raee. Liya has been a fashion model for decades. The family was modeling spring fashions for the shoot. Suhul works in data analysis near Philadelphia.

Mingqian Li, JD ’21, is an associate attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP and lives in San Francisco.