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Elia Powers, MA ’10, wrote his first book, Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality (Rutgers University Press, September 2024). The book explores how journalists from historically marginalized groups have long felt pressure to conform when performing for audiences and are increasingly challenging restrictive, supposedly neutral forms of self-presentation. Through in-depth interviews, […]

Jimmy Kerrigan, MD ’10, earned two professional awards. He was selected for the 2024 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Early Career Leadership Program, an award that is for “academic excellence in physicians practicing interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine.” In addition, he received the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) “30 in Their 30s” award, which […]

Paul Kalish, BS ’10, an attorney, was elevated to partner at Fox Rothschild in the intellectual property department. Kalish focuses his practice on patent litigation.

Julia Sadove-Lopez, AB ’10, and her husband relocated to live abroad in Portugal. She is a virtual consultant for a niche area of dentistry. Sadove-Lopez’s expertise is in educating and supporting parents in understanding how their children can have better breathing, facial growth, sleep and overall health.

Dennis James Sweeney, LA10, penned You’re the Woods Too (Essay Press, May 2023). Formally inventive and grounded in personal story, You’re the Woods lives in the thicket where the forest becomes human and the human becomes a journey into intimacy, flight and the need to find ourselves in the natural world.

Lauren Elizabeth Peters, LA10, wrote Fashion Before Plus-Size: Bodies, Bias, and the Birth of an Industry (Bloomsbury Academic, July 2023). It is the first book to trace the origins and history of plus-size fashion and the nature and evolution of weight bias in the fashion industry. Peters is an assistant professor in the Fashion Studies […]

Franklin Drumwright, GM10, has retired after 35 years as a science teacher at Arsenal Technical High School and Pike High School, in Indianapolis. Drumwright expressed gratitude and extended thanks to WashU, where he earned a master’s degree in biology and met “fantastic teachers and faculty from across the country and experienced a mind-expanding time.”

Laura Mart, FA10, was promoted to associate curator at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. She co-curated the original exhibition “‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’: The Jewish Deli,” which had national tour stops in New York City (New York Historical Society); Houston (Holocaust Museum Houston); and Skokie, Ill. (Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center).

Alexander Esche, EN10, earned a fellowship in the Society of Actuaries. He lives in Noblesville, Ind., with his wife, Melissa, a rabbit and four guinea pigs.

Daniel Cozzi, LW10, a partner with Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth, was named to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 2021 list of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch from a field of more than 1,200 nominees. Cozzi practices in the medical malpractice and mass tort defense area. When not in the courtroom, he tutors underprivileged ­­grade-school […]