Alumnae Newsmakers (page 8)
Natalie Katz ’16 Pursues an International Veterinary Medicine Career
Katz is in her fourth year at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, a path that started with her classes and experiences at Scripps.
Read MoreIn the Media: Christina Lindal ’07 Named President of Major Construction Company, Forbes Reports
Lindal is the first woman to lead the company and one of a small number of women leaders in the construction and manufacturing industry.
Read MoreIn the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Reads at First Poetry Under the Pier Event, Santa Monica Daily Press Reports
The event took place at Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica aquarium and featured poems about nature and the ocean.
Read MoreIn the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Gives TED Talk on Origins of Blackface and Stereotypes
“These stereotypes were a powerful reinforcement of the ideas of white supremacy and Black inferiority,” Reece says.
Read MoreIn the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Receives Fellowship from Academy of American Poets
Thompson is the current poet laureate of Los Angeles, a role to which she was appointed in 2021.
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Reflects on What She’s Learned for Esquire
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Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Discusses Gun Control Progress in TIME Magazine
Giffords discussed the progress that the gun safety movement has made over the past decade in an op-ed for TIME magazine.
Read MoreLouise Tench Willard ’97 Named CIO at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Willard, who has worked at the San Francisco Fed since 1997, will be the first woman CIO in the bank’s history and will lead the bank’s largest employee team.
Read MoreIn the Media: Washington Post, CBS Profile Gabby Giffords ’93’s Political Career, Gun Control Activism
“Even though I wasn鈥檛 able to speak more than a few words at a time, still I knew I had to use my voice to fight for change,” she wrote.
Read MoreIn the Media: Washington Post Reviews Documentary on Gabby Giffords ’93’s Career and Advocacy
The Post calls the documentary a “moving arc of courage and perseverance” that features the “bright light of her personality.”
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