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Alumni Updates
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Suzi Gomez-Pizzo ’83 Retires After 18 Years at The Met
As the principal women wardrobe supervisor, Gomez-Pizzo earned a stellar reputation dressing and supporting the stars.
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Purchase Printmakers Shine at Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair
Student printmakers attended the inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, held on March 28–30 at Powerhouse Arts, a growing NYC creative production center.
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Three Generations of Purchase Actors in Blockbuster Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Ving Rhames ’78–’80 and Shea Whigham ’93 reprise previous roles, while Sydney Cole Alexander ’15 makes franchise debut.
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Spotlight’s on Purchase for Tony and Drama Desk Nominations
Alumni Marjan Nashat and Jay O. Sanders receive nods for performances, and faculty members Andrea Thome and Matt Otto for creative work.
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Alumni Association Names 2025 Award Honorees
The Purchase College Alumni Association proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards!
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March 2025 Alumni eUpdate
If you’re not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the March 2025 edition is online now!
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Sydney Cole Alexander ’15 Stars in AppleTV+ Hit Series
The highly anticipated second season of Severance is now streaming.
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New Season of “The White Lotus” Features Two From Purchase
Parker Posey and Sarah Catherine Hook play mother and daughter.
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May/June 2025 Alumni eUpdate
If you’re not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the May / June 2025 edition is online now!
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Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony
Acclaimed journalist Adam Nagourney ’77 received an honorary degree and higher education leader Jeffrey Putman ’96 received the President’s Award for Distinguished Alumni.
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Stephanie LeBlanc ’14 Named a Top 25 Chief Content Leader
Stephanie LeBlanc ’14 has been named one of the Top 25 Women Chief Content Officers of 2025, recognized by Women We Admire, an organization celebrating accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada.
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Zoë Winters ’07 and Carolyn Kettig ’17 Are Cast in FX’s ‘Seven Sisters’
Acting BFA alums Zoë Winters ’07 and Carolyn Kettig ’17 will share the spotlight in the pilot of the FX drama, Seven Sisters.
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Lily Bruder-Zal ’04 Cultivating the Art of Flower Farming
On a misty morning in March, Lily Bruder-Zal ’04 was in her Hudson Valley greenhouse planting seeds: lobelia, echinacea, columbine, and, yes, lilies- that will blossom into glorious flowers on her land, Vanishing Point Flower Farm.
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Isaac Zal ’04 Turns Artists’ Visions into Metal Masterworks
At just 13 years old, Isaac Zal ’04 embarked on his metalworking journey in a workshop he built in his parents’ garage.
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Carter Hudson ’09 Cast in Broadway’s “Good Night and Good Luck”
Hudson joins the cast of the stage adaptation opposite George Clooney.
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Lisa Eadicicco ’12 Lands CNN Business Role
The journalist takes over as CNN Business’ Technology Editor.
