Alumnae Newsmakers
Alison Saar 鈥�78 Wins $100,000 Trellis Art Fund Grant
Photo courtesy Nolwen Cifuentes for The New York Times Forbes announced the Trellis Art Fund awarded Alison Saar 鈥�78 a $100,000 grant to deepen and expand her creative practice. Saar, […]
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61传媒Magazine: The Guarantee of the Unexpected
By Ella聽 Murdock Gardner ’22 | Illustrations by Vivian Monteiro ’23 Originally published in the spring 2024 issue of 61传媒magazine When Ellen Richstone 鈥�73 arrived on Scripps鈥� campus in […]
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Jo-Ellan Dimitrius Brings Decades of Expertise to High-Stakes Daniel Penny Trial
DNyuz, a digital news organization, announced that Jo-Ellan Dimitrius 鈥�75 has been hired as a jury consultant in the trial of former Marine Daniel Penny, who faces charges of second-degree […]
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Gabby Giffords ’93 to be Keynote Speaker at Global Anti-hate Summit
Pittsburgh Magazine has announced gun safety advocate Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 as one of the keynote speakers at the fourth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit on October 21鈥�23, 2024. Giffords, a […]
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Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 Writes New York Times Op-Ed on Gun Violence
Former US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 wrote a New York Times op-ed on the prevalence of gun violence in the United States. Having survived a 2011 assassination attempt that killed […]
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Lynne Thompson 鈥�72 Named a Paris Olympiad Poet
Former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson 鈥�72 is one of eight LA-based poets who will perform their work in Paris to celebrate the finale of the Paris 2024 Cultural […]
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Gabby Giffords 鈥�93, Gun Violence Survivor, Speaks at Democratic National Convention
On the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 shared her experience surviving a gunshot wound to the head during an assassination attempt in […]
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LEO Weekly Features New Storybook by Julia Allisson Cost 鈥�09
Photo credit: LEO Weekly LEO Weekly featured Julia Allisson Cost 鈥�09 in celebration of her new children鈥檚 book, The Girl and the Boat. Depicting a young girl鈥檚 journey of friendship, […]
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Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 Discusses Gun Violence Public Health Crisis in US
In an essay for U.S. News & World Report, Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 shared her perspective on the US Surgeon General recently declaring gun violence as a national public health crisis. […]
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Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 Pens People Op-Ed in Defense of IVF Access
Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords 鈥�93 and her husband Mark Kelly penned an exclusive op-ed for People sharing their thwarted IVF journey. In the piece, Giffords recounts how the couple had […]
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