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Tiffany R. Ellis, JD ’11, LLM ’12, was recently sworn in as president of the Detroit Bar Association. Ellis is a partner at Peiffer Wolf and is a litigator specializing in corporate greed and institutional negligence. She has spent more than a decade representing government entities and individuals, including survivors of disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry […]

Perry Morocco, AB ’11, married Lisa Fan Morocco in a wedding ceremony in Chicago. The couple also welcomed a baby boy, Paul (named after his paternal grandfather), to their family. At the wedding, the couple’s groomsmen included Zachary Enloe, BS ’11, Alexander Tatara, BS ’10, and Michael Wang, AB ’11. After celebrating their nuptials with family and friends, the couple […]

Arif Soto, GR11, advises clients on capital-raising transactions, general corporate and securities matters, corporate governance, stock exchange listings, mergers and acquisitions, and federal and state securities law compliance. In addition, he counsels public company clients on 1933 Act compliance and ongoing 1934 Act reporting obligations, stock exchange rules and other compliance matters.

Ashley (Pearson) Hoolihan, AIA,GA11, SI11,was named to Building Design + Construction’s (BD+C) elite 40 Under 40 class of 2023. She is LEED green associate and project manager and associate at Trivers, a St. Louis–based architecture, planning, urban design and interiors firm. Hoolihan worked on several WashU building projects including the Women’s Building renovation, which won a Merit Award […]

Forrest Xiao, LA11, published a memoir written by ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence: The Inner Life of an AI: A Memoir (December 2022). The book explores the large language model ChatGPT, discussing its journey in learning to communicate, exploring its thoughts on the nature of reality and consciousness, and ultimately challenging the notion of a binary […]

Adam Pearson, OT11, who has worked in human services in various leadership capacities, was appointed by Mayor Tishaura Jones as the director of human services for the City of St. Louis. Earlier, as chief operating officer at homeless service provider Peter & Paul Community Services, Pearson managed a division of over 70 team members across […]

Patricia Morency, LA11, penned her first novel, Simply Platonish (BlackGold Publishing, March 2023). The quirky, irreverent, coming-of-age story features a college woman of color who is navigating cross-racial interactions within a primarily white institution.

Alex Morel, LA11, and Ezra Smyser, LA11, who met playing basketball at WashU, co-founded Andiem, which makes “function-forward gear for athlete longevity and unmatched performance.” The duo has teamed up with orthopedic surgeons and sneaker experts to develop a basketball shoe designed to prevent ankle injuries — which they call “an unsolved problem from The […]

Jessie Atkin, LA11, won the 2023 Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest for “Generation Pan” — a contemporary sequel to the Peter Pan story written for a teen audience. The annual contest encourages the development of quality materials for educational institutions and community and children’s theaters.

Andy DeSoto, GR11, GR15, the newly appointed senior adviser for the social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate of the National Science Foundation, is working to establish partnerships within and outside of NSF to grow these sciences opportunities to advance the NSF’s mission.