Daniel Bravo Hernández '24 and Caleb Joshua Eberhardt '12 will appear in this summer's Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet.

The film uses uninterrupted one-shot takes to convey urgency.

He's the voice of the alien Rocky and the puppeteer who brings him to life in the feature film Project Hail Mary.

Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time features company members Devin Loh '19 and Jai Perez '23.

Called "the fiercest event of the season," Broadway's CATS: The Jellicle Ball features Dava Huesca '19 and Emma Sofia '12.

Need 4 Blood, Tulloch's senior project, was selected to be screened at the 14th Annual Nyack International Film Festival in March.

Students mixed with seasoned professionals from a wide range of industries—many of whom live right on campus—during a Meet the Mentors event.

Trisha Brown Dance Company staged a snippet of the choreographer's 1983 piece "Set and Reset" in T Magazine's office suite for the publication's innovative series.

The February / March 2026 edition of your Alumni eUpdate newsletter has arrived!

The cast of the HBO hit series The Pitt won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 2026 Actors Awards.

The Purchase College Alumni Association proudly celebrates Black History Month, a time to recognize the remarkable achievements, contributions, and lasting impact of our Black alumni. 

The Los Angeles Master Chorale, led by President/CEO Scott Altman '90, was also a winner.

Read the online version of the Fall 2025 edition of Proof.

Currently the weekend weatherman at ABC in Amarillo, TX, Josiah got his start as the NBC News climate and weather intern.

The award-winning songwriter and producer composed the orchestral piece heard in the last ten minutes of the series finale.

The filmmaker received her first Oscar nominations in both the Best Documentary Feature and the Best Documentary Short categories this year, the latter shared with Co-Director Christalyn Hampton '91.

From stage and screen to college classes, this dynamic Psychology grad's interdisciplinary approach checked all the boxes.

The January 2026 edition of your Alumni eUpdate newsletter is online now.

Here's what's new at Purchase as 2026 ramps up!

DANCE magazine released its 25 to Watch list for 2026, featuring "the supremely versatile powerhouse." 

The November/December 2025 edition of your Alumni eUpdate newsletter is online now.

From campus highlights to alumni milestones—here's what's new at Purchase as 2025 comes to a close!

A big shout-out to our amazingly talented performers, producers, and faculty from our Conservatory of Music.

The groundbreaking eight-part investigative series, written and hosted by audio journalist T.J. Raphael, received the 2025 Signal Gold Award for excellence in Limited Documentary Series and Specials.

The Royal Academy of Music has named the classical pianist as the winner in the Southeast US.

That is, pursuing the topic in graduate school at the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science this fall. 

The October 2025 edition of your Alumni eNewsletter is online now!  

From big rankings to spooky (and quirky) campus traditions, and inspiring alumni achievements, this issue has your fall updates covered.

The health and wellbeing lecture series created by Oliver Culliton '25 critically examines the mental health crisis through an interdisciplinary lens. 

The film, produced by Lecturer in Communications Melissa Rodriguez '13 with Jamie Simiele '26 as production coordinator, will screen Oct. 18.

The 21 x 35-foot interactive sign, Capitalism Works for Me! True/False invites audiences to engage in thoughtful reflection and meaningful debate at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel, a festival that celebrates art and culture.

The September 2025 edition of your Alumni eNewsletter is online now!  From Board elections to big premieres, this month's newsletter is full of alumni stories, campus highlights, and fall events. Don't miss what's happening in the Purchase community.

The modern dance innovator was presented with the 2025 Princess Grace Award, recognizing dance artists for their extraordinary accomplishments. 

Selecting a course mix that aligns with an entrepreneurial mindset, she turned her vision for a comfortable neighborhood spot into a reality.

What began as a passion for baseball evolved into an independent training and coaching business that now serves thousands of young athletes across Westchester County and the tri-state area each year.

The August 2025 edition of your Alumni eNewsletter is online now!  Savor the last days of summer with Alumni In Action stories, a heads-up about the PCAA's annual meeting in September, and a sneak peek at fall events. 

Liberty Lost is created, produced, and hosted by the seasoned journalist.

The recent grad received a grant from the National Board of Review for her documentary short, Puff Puff Pass, an intimate look at the Black lives impacted by the legal and cultural history of the now-legal cannabis industry.

The Playwriting and Screenwriting/Arts Management major is among the International Screenwriters' Association 's first-ever class of Student Fellows.

El Tiguere (The Tiger) received the green light from Lin-Manuel Miranda's fellowship and filmmaking incubator, Colectivo, paving the way for its premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in June. 

The recent grad  joins award-winning cast members Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther), and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) in Twelfth Night, a comic romp about romance, gender roles, and mistaken identity.  

Costarring Laurie Metcalf, the play debuted last summer at the renowned Steppenwolf Theater Company where Stock was hailed by The Chicago Sun Times as "shockingly terrific" and "a revelation."

The July 2025 edition of your Alumni eNewsletter is online now!  Keep the summer vibes going with alumni highlights, upcoming events, and creative inspiration from Purchase. 

And the shows featuring our alumni that rose to the top.

Helhoski is a senior writer and content strategist covering economic news and trends in consumer finance at NerdWallet. 

Students on the Sustainability Team partnered with seniors enrolled in Community Design this spring to create original, eye-catching signs, maps, and stickers promoting the Purchase Nature Preserve.

As the principal women wardrobe supervisor, Gomez-Pizzo earned a stellar reputation dressing and supporting the stars.

If you're not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the May / June 2025 edition is online now! 

Student printmakers attended the inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, held on March 28–30 at Powerhouse Arts, a growing NYC creative production center.

Acclaimed journalist Adam Nagourney '77 received an honorary degree and higher education leader Jeffrey Putman '96 received the President's Award for Distinguished Alumni.

Ving Rhames '78–'80 and Shea Whigham '93 reprise previous roles, while Sydney Cole Alexander '15 makes franchise debut.

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.

Alumni Marjan Nashat and Jay O. Sanders receive nods for performances, and faculty members Andrea Thome and Matt Otto for creative work.

Acting BFA alums Zoë Winters '07 and Carolyn Kettig '17 will share the spotlight in the pilot of the FX drama, Seven Sisters. 

The Purchase College Alumni Association proudly announces the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards!

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.

If you're not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the March 2025 edition is online now! 

At just 13 years old, Isaac Zal '04 embarked on his metalworking journey in a workshop he built in his parents' garage. 

The highly anticipated second season of Severance is now streaming.

Hudson joins the cast of the stage adaptation opposite George Clooney.

Parker Posey and Sarah Catherine Hook play mother and daughter.

The journalist takes over as CNN Business' Technology Editor.

Samara Joy '21 continues her Grammy streak, and Jaylen Petinaud '20 played drums on the award-winning Hell's Kitchen Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Katz worked his way up to a leadership role at Boston Jewish Film.

The award funds the choreography of new work with Battery Dance Company.

If you're not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the January 2025 edition is online now! 

BalletX is Philadelphia's contemporary ballet company.

DANCE magazine's "25 to Watch" for 2025 includes three Purchase alumni.

In just a few years, Samara Joy graduated from Purchase College, released three albums, and won three Grammys. She's selling out concerts around the U.S. and Europe, all while being compared to jazz royalty. (MORE)

If you're not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the December 2024 edition is online now! 

It's the role of Miss Hesitation in the Disney/Cirque Du Soleil show Drawn to Life.

A/way premieres December 6, 2024 at the Dances With Films NY Film Festival in Manhattan.

The group's debut album, Hex Dealer, makes Paste Magazines's "100 Best Albums of 2024."

For the first time in nine years, he's part of the ensemble when A.I.M. premieres the evening-length production "Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful" on Dec 3, 2024.

The CJI Fellowships are exclusive paid opportunities offered to recent graduates of the Columbia University School of Journalism.

If you're not already on the distribution list to directly receive your Alumni eNewsletter, the new November 2024 edition is online now! 

Purchase boasts four nominees in five categories.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new October 2024 edition is online now! 

Adam Nagourney '77 delivered a fascinating talk as part of the Durst Lecture Series.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new September 2024 edition is online now! 

According to the New York Times, Thompson's work was a "standout."

Directed by Sam Gold at the Circle in the Square, previews begin September 26.

The Classical Theater of Harlem co-produced Memnon at the Getty Villa.

Lady in the Lake premiered in July, and the full series is available for bingeing.

The project is a collaboration between 100+ Purchase alumni and students.

The National Board of Review selected two Purchase film alumni among the 17 Student Grant Program winners.

Given by the International Black Theatre Festival, Irby received the Lloyd Richards Director Award and Cave the Outstanding Achievement in Stage Management Award.

Cain Coleman '09–'13 presents new work at The Shed in Hudson Yards, sharing the stage with recent graduates.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Purchase named among best in the world.

For Best Lighting Design of a Musical for The Outsiders.

The Purchase College Alumni Association proudly announces the recipients of the 2024 Alumni Awards. 

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new May-June 2024 edition is online now! 

Discussing Sinkane's 8th album We Belong, Ahmed Gallab MM '22 says Purchase helped him become a more confident songwriter.

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters tells the story of Jones' powerful and healing ballet sprung out of the heartbreaking AIDS crisis. 

The inaugural apprenticeship program piloted by Storyline offers a full-time paid position.

Directed by Sarah Benson for the Atlantic Theater Company.

Logan plays Moni opposite Diarra Kilpatrick on Diarra From Detroit.

The New York Times describes Midnight on Beacon Street as "an impressive debut."

Stereogum and others delve into their unique sound ahead of the May 17 release of their debut album Hex Dealer.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the March-April 2024 Alumni eNewsletter is online now!

The world premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road by playwright Samuel D. Hunter opens in June.

The sought-after voice and dialect coach helped Da'Vine Joy Randolph prepare for her now Oscar-winning performance, among other awards.

The cast reunited to receive the SAG award for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble.

Eberhardt is part of the star-studded cast of Enemy of the People at Circle in the Square Theatre. 

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new February 2024 edition is online! 

Congratulations to three members of the Purchase music community on winning four awards at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

Hollingsworth is a swing in the groundbreaking new show How to Dance in Ohio.

Jones shared his expertise on working with the likes of Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Hudson and on the power of acting training.

Caught the Bug (2022), an experimental film made by Amelia Wyeth Ponirakis '23 in her junior year has screened in London and New York.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new December 2023 edition is online now! 

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new November 2023 edition is online now! 

Faculty and alumni rise to the top with GRAMMY Award® nominations.

Last week, a group of students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance visited the Museum with faculty member Nelly Van Bommel '04 to experience Dennis Oppenheim: The Assembly Line. 

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new October 2023 edition is online now! 

The producer, songwriter, and recording artist is recognized for his pivotal collaboration with the rapper Ice Spice. 

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.

Helado won the Audience Choice Award.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new August 2023 edition is online now! 

"…Hartley would stand as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era."

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.

The investigative reporter and host explores the fascinating and frightening true story behind bringing the abortion pill to the US in the 90s. 

The Bessie Award category honors an artist who has made an exceptional leap in their career.

The Award recognizes the impact of her choreography.

Named one of the "next generation" at Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance.

The interpretive signs in the Purchase Native Pollinator Garden resulted from collaboration between environmental studies, arts management, and graphic design.

Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz '16, also screened at Sundance, Berlin Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films 2023.

Penguin Books will publish his yet unfinished PhD dissertation in history, an incredible coup.

Chillé is writer and director of Father Figures.

If you're not already on the distribution list to receive the Alumni eNewsletter, the new July 2023 edition is online now! 

The event also celebrated Professor of Economics Sanford Ikeda, who's retiring at the end of this year.

Falco stars as his mother, and Roche plays his sister on Davidson's new semi-autobiographical series.

Cave will receive The 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.

The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.

For Best Lighting of a Play 

A sought-after puppet designer and puppeteer, Ortiz crafted the Milky White cow in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.

Drama Desk, Daytime Emmy, and Tony nominations are in the mix.

A highly accomplished lighting designer, Croiter earned a nomination for work on Only Gold.

Cinema Love will be published by Dutton Books and John Murray Press in 2024.

The actor earned the NAACP Image award for portraying Uncle Clifford on Starz's P-Valley.

Patterson earned the award for appearing in three plays during the season.

Parker Posey '91 and Bill Sage '88 star in The New Group's The Seagull/Woodstock, NY.

Warfield has been a creative force for 25 years.

The film demonstrates the collaborative DIY culture found at Purchase—it stars musician Hannah Lee Thompson '17 and several alums were on the crew.

The choreographer is the first-ever Asian American woman commissioned to create new work at the New York City Ballet.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano swore in Beltran at a ceremony at Yonkers City Hall, just steps away from where she grew up.

The jazz sensation also won Best New Jazz Vocal Album.

Mitski collaborated with Son Lux and David Byrne on "This Is A Life" for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once.

The recurring segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon challenges musicians to compose a song in under an hour.

Kirkus Reviews calls Our Lady of the Highway one of the Best Indie Books of 2022.

The students were honored to meet privately with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

The Critics Choice Award nomination is for the role of Jacob Hill in ABC's smash hit workplace comedy.

All-American Ruins, a multimedia project, began as a way to escape the grim reality of the pandemic and avoid crowds flocking to public trails and parks for their dose of nature.

Kirkus Reviews calls Papa on the Moon "cunningly conceived."

Awarded by Boston's Society of Arts + Crafts, the fellowship is given annually to an early-career furniture artist. "Her work in steel is like no other I have seen."

Purchase alumni collaborate to answer the question.

If you missed any of the sessions during this year's Virtual & Global alumni events, the week's lineup of programs is available to watch now on YouTube.

Independent curator and consultant with a specialization in artist estates

He was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Professor in Dance at USC Kaufman.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Silas Brown '10 on his win and to David De Jesus '04 and Lucy Kalantari '98 for their work on Grammy®-winning projects.

The first Springboard-curated recipient of Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation AIR Founder's Residency.

Congratulations to Laura Jobin-Acosta '20 MM, a composer recently named a recipient of the first-ever IDEA Opera Residencies program by OPERA America.

Keerati Jinakunwiphat '16 (dance performance) graces the cover of the latest issue of Dance magazine as first on its list of 25 to Watch in 2021.

In this new Alumni Spotlight series, I am excited to introduce you to Purchase College alumni who worked at the Neuberger Museum of Art while they were students and to talk with them about where they are today. 

My first interview is with Annabel Rhodeen Spring who earned her Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Criticism, and Theory from Purchase College in 2012.

This summer's 2020 Obie Awards Ceremony presented Schriever with Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design honor.

Winners will use the funds to expand Black Lives Matter protest reporting on their lauded Twitter account, NYC Protest Updates 2020.

We are pleased to announce a new Ella Fitzgerald Scholar, Yancy Garcia. We remain grateful to the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation for their essential support.

Alumnus Spike Wilner, owner of Smalls Jazz Club and Mezzrow, is using creative strategies to reopen. Smalls will be the first NYC jazz club to return to live, on-site performances!

Like so many when the pandemic hit, designer Alexander Whittenberg '14 (theatre design/technology or D/T) was forced to pause his work. He used the opportunity to reflect, to appreciate those who inspired him, and to consider the industry's future.

The history and studio composition double major is among two Purchase College graduating seniors to receive the prestigious 2020 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence.

Deputy director for advocacy and government relations at Amnesty International, the largest grass roots human rights organization in the world.

The former soccer stand out and up-and-coming actor is on a roll.

The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot went On the Road with Mitski.

She's playing a five-night residency featuring her early songs.

Being at Purchase really helped me to create the career that I wanted for myself...the Purchase community feels like a family that I will have for the rest of my life.

Be the Cowboy, a new album by Mitski (studio composition), received rave reviews from Rolling Stone and more.

Dan Romer '04 and Saul Simon MacWilliams '05 recognized for original score.

Biomedical illustrator and educational application developer credits the interdisciplinary nature of her classes and surroundings as impacting her career path.

Major: Psychology
Minors: Biology and Visual Arts

In this public television series, she joins the likes of Bill Clinton, Samantha Power, Bono, and YoYoMa in immersive interpretations of a single American poem.

Penned by PWSW Brett Evan Solomon '15

Purchase alumni David Grill '86, Jonah Kaplan '95, and Stanley Tucci '82 all made the cut.