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Heather Mefford, BS ’94, was awarded the American Epilepsy Society 2024 Basic Science Research Award in December 2024. It is the highest research award given by the society. Mefford, a physician-scientist at the Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has significantly advanced the understanding of the genetic causes of […]

Andrew Lyons, AB ’94, published his latest novel, a young adult thriller, Furies Rising (Book One: Hollow Valley, October 2024). His other novels include 2020 and Darkness in Him, which was set at a St. Louis–area university.

Stacy L. Leeds, AB ’94, was elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS) in 2024. Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. The APS is unusual among learned societies because its membership is composed of top scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Leeds is dean of Arizona State […]

Shelli Altopp-Miller, MSW ’94, penned Where Your Treasure Lies (Westbow Press, June 2024), a novel set in rural Eastern Kentucky where Altopp-Miller and husband Phil Miller, MSW ’94, lived after graduating from WashU. The story centers around a young single mother, Candy Ratledge, who works for a home-health agency; an elderly homebound patient, Mr. Solomon, […]

Barry Levy, AB ’94, created, executive produced, wrote and served as showrunner for a new Apple TV+ family series, Me, that just premiered in July.

Sean O. Ervin, GR94, SI94, retired from his architectural practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after 38 years and has taken a position at South Dakota State University as program coordinator for architecture in the School of Design. He has both administration and faculty roles and is enjoying the transition to mentorship for 130 students […]

Andy Mozina, GR94, GR98, authored his fourth book of fiction, Tandem (Tortoise Books, October 2023). In the book, the perpetrator of a fatal drunk-driving hit-and-run rationalizes a romantic relationship with the mother of his victim as a type of atonement.

Bonnie Hindelang, SW94, was honored by the YWCA of Alton, Ill., at its 32nd Women of Distinction Celebration in honor of her lifelong volunteerism. Hindelang retired from Jersey County Court Appointed Special Advocates in December 2022 after a ­10-year post-retirement career. She served as executive director in 2013-19 and advocate coordinator in 2019-22. Before retiring […]

Scott F. Hall, GF94, professor of art and design at the University of Central Florida, was granted the title professor emeritus by President Cartwright on Feb. 9. Going forward, Hall, his creative work and research will remain permanently affiliated with the university.

Beronda L. Montgomery, LA94, began her appointment as vice president for academic affairs and dean of Grinnell College July 1. Previously, Montgomerywas a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University, East ­Lansing, as well as in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. She also served as assistant vice […]