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Lauren H. Kerstein, AB ’93, MSW ’95, wrote two books. Hope Rode: The Promise of the Packhorse Librarians (Union Square Kids, August 2025) is a lyrical nonfiction picture book about the brave librarians from Kentucky who brought books to areas like rural Appalachia following the Great Depression. Kerstein’s other book, Emotion Regulation: Helping Children and […]

Jessica Kany, AB ’93, penned A Runner’s Guide to Rakiura (Quentin Wilson Publishing, October 2022). The literary treasure hunt takes place on Rakiura/Stewart Island, New Zealand’s southernmost island, which has been Kany’s home for the past 20 years.

Horatio Law, MFA ’93, is one of three recipients of the 2023 Stone & DeGuire Award. The awards support WashU alumni in their creative practice. An artist based in Portland who specializes in public art, multimedia and installation, Law emphasizes the importance of building community through his work.

Tom Grayson, MD ’93, was honored with the 2024 Paul S. Rhoads Humanity in Medicine Award. Grayson is a general surgeon at Reid Health in Richmond, Indiana. The award is presented to a physician who demonstrates a commitment to clinical quality, who is a leader of programs and services, and who enhances the quality of […]

Andrew Faiola, AB ’93, is a “spacesweeper.” Since January 2023, he has been commercial director of Astroscale Ltd., a company with a mission to become the “roadside assistance” company for space, keeping the orbital highways clear, sustainable and efficient by providing in-orbit servicing solutions.

Miriam Laugesen, GR93, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, was awarded a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship (2023–24) for research in Tokyo. She was also named a National Academy of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow 2023, which started in September. The fellowship includes an […]

Kate (Epstein) Mankoff, LA93, who writes under the pen name Kate Brookes, recently published Transister (She Writes Press, August 2023), a candid memoir on parenting a transgender daughter. The memoir is “a raw, honest and sometimes hilarious account of Kate’s journey as her young child grapples with gender identity to become her authentic self.”

William Krause, GR93, was honored by Scherzo, a leading journal for classical music criticism and information, which selected his biography of Spanish composer and conductor Federico Moreno Torroba as one of the 10 best music books published in Spain in 2021. Co-authored with Walter Clark, Moreno Torroba: A Musical Life in Three Acts was published […]

Ruth Hecht, FA93, teaches art to students in grades 7-12, including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and pottery.

Teddi Daniels, LA93, LA93, penned and self-published a children’s book, Saving Suzie Q: A Shelter Pup’s Story of Survival and Adoption. The book shares with children the values of kindness, perseverance, hope and love, and encourages them to help others, especially animals, to have a voice and value in our society.