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Alumni Updates
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Elizabeth Hyman ’11 Signs Deal With Harper Perennial
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: A Female Military History of the Warsaw Ghetto and its Uprising, a narrative history, will be published in 2025.
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Hal Hartley ’84 Chronicles His First Filmmaking Experience
“…Hartley would stand as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era.”
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Latest Podcast “Cover Up: The Pill Plot” by TJ Raphael ’11 Cracks Top 200
The investigative reporter and host explores the fascinating and frightening true story behind bringing the abortion pill to the US in the 90s.
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Keerati Jinakunwiphat ’16 Wins Princess Grace Award
The Award recognizes the impact of her choreography.
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Crossover Goals: Pollinator Garden Signage
The interpretive signs in the Purchase Native Pollinator Garden resulted from collaboration between environmental studies, arts management, and graphic design.
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Franco Paz ’16 Signs Book Deal
Penguin Books will publish his yet unfinished PhD dissertation in history, an incredible coup.
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Economics Network Event Connects Students and Alumni
The event also celebrated Professor of Economics Sanford Ikeda, who’s retiring at the end of this year.
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Lisa Dawn Cave ’83 Earns Special Tony Award
Cave will receive The 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.
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Short Film by Lecturer Melissa Rodriguez ’13 Is Audience Favorite
Helado won the Audience Choice Award.
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New Racial Equity Fund Scholarship Supports the Next Generation of Professional Dancers and Choreographers
A student-led initiative in the Conservatory of Dance will ensure that dancers of diverse backgrounds can continue to thrive at Purchase and feel empowered in their community.
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Symara Johnson ’19 Named Outstanding Breakout Choreographer
The Bessie Award category honors an artist who has made an exceptional leap in their career.
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Dance Magazine Cover: Shota Miyoshi ’22
Named one of the “next generation” at Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance.
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Award-Winning Debut Feature Opens at NYC’s Film Forum
Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16, also screened at Sundance, Berlin Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films 2023.
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Film by Alessandro Chillé ’14 Screens at Festivals
Chillé is writer and director of Father Figures.
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Edie Falco ’84 and Oona Roche ’17 on Pete Davidson’s Bupkis
Falco stars as his mother, and Roche plays his sister on Davidson’s new semi-autobiographical series.
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Shonnon Marshall ’22 Receives Prestigious Fellowship
The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
