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Michelle Singleton, MA ’93, PhD ’98, was elected vice president of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. She will serve on the organization’s governing executive committee and as program chair for its 2027 and 2028 annual meetings while maintaining her current roles as a research associate at the Field Museum and an assessment specialist in the American Dental Association’s Department […]

Julie Hartzog Garcia, AB ’93, AB ’93, transitioned from director of social work at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to help develop a home visiting program for adults with chronic illness. Garcia and her husband, Roy Garcia, MArch ’97, now empty nesters, enjoy hiking in Tennessee and the Cumberland Plateau.

Ed Boltz, AB ’93, was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy in March in recognition of his leadership, scholarship and service in bankruptcy law and practice.

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.”