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Raechelle Manalo ’20 Joins Paul Taylor Dance Co.
Manalo had once been a teen ensemble member at the Taylor School. -
Katie Kresek ’98, ’99 Wins Tony Award
She’s the concertmaster and co-orchestrator of Moulin Rouge! the Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway. -
Professor Shaka McGlotten Named to HFPA Advisory Board
Professor of Media Studies has been selected to join the advisory board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards. -
Professor Elise Lemire Discusses New Book on C-SPAN
Battle Green Vietnam: The 1971 March on Concord, Lexington, and Boston is Lemire’s third book. -
Laila Wilson ’22 Receives Paley Center for Media Internship
Congratulations to Laila Wilson ’22 for recognition by three significant awards this semester: the Paley Center for Media’s inaugural Peter Roth Internship Program, a SUNY ACT scholarship, and an NAACP scholarship. -
Jazz Artist Anaïs Reno Performs at Citifield
The 17-year-old singer performed a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful” during the Mets and Yankees subway series game on the 20th anniversary of September 11. -
Meryl Cates ’08 Pens Feature on Native American Ballerinas
The New York Times article appeared in print on Sunday, August 22. -
Jason Rodriguez ’12 Forms New Talent Agency
Arraygency will represent BIPOC, queer, and trans creative talent. -
Congratulations to the 2021 Richard & Marylee Salomon Fund Grant Winner
Sophia Hadeshian ’20 will use the funds for media supplies covering Armenian community. -
Damali O’Keefe ’22 Selected for Prestigious Internship
The Television Academy Foundation Internship Program selects only 50 students nationally. -
Asst. Prof Thome Wins Prestigious Helen Merrill Award
Andrea Thome is one of six American playwrights to earn the The New York Community Trust’s Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting. -
Purchase Named Top 20 Best Values in the Nation
That’s according to The Fiske Guide to Colleges Best Buys of 2022. -
Proud To Be Me: Adon Cooper ’09
Cooper contributed to LinkedIn’s LGBTQ+ pride in the workforce campaign. -
Lucy Wijnands ’20 Wins Prestigious Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition
And learned of her win on what would have been Fitzgerald’s 104th birthday. -
Assistant Professor of Arts Management Laura Ricciardi Earns Fulbright Award
She’ll spend 2021–2022 at the University of Messina in Sicily.
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Jonathan Harris ’20 President’s Award Winner for Public Art
The President’s Award winner traces the arc of the the sun as it passes over the campus through a sonic experience. -
Announcing the Artists and Hackers Podcast
Artists and Hackers is dedicated to the communities that are building and using new digital tools of creation. -
Asst. Prof. Lee Tusman to Explore Innovation
Assistant Professor of New Media and Computer Science Lee Tusman was recently named a fellow at The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at the NYU School of Law. -
Purchase Named Top Ten Public Liberal Arts Colleges
That’s according to by U.S. News & World Report in the 2022 edition of their college guide. -
Brian Otaño ’11 Signs Deal with Amazon Studios
Otaño is a successful playwright and TV writer. -
Tamisha Guy ’13 Earns Vilcek Prize
The $50k award acknowledges Guy’s creative promise. -
Gianna Caranfa ’15 Invites You to “Bee Inked”
Her new tattoo parlor opened recently. -
Louise Bartolotta ’16 Receives Inaugural Content Grant
The filmmaker will receive $5,000 from HUDSY. -
Victor Couto ’14 Nominated for News and Doc Emmy
Congratulations to Victor Couto ’14 for earning two Emmy nominations for his work at the Retro Report. -
Bryan Korn ’12: From Internship to Emmy Awards
Korn is writer and producer on the Netflix animated series Hilda, produced by Silvergate Media and winner of two 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards. -
Jodi Long ’76 Earns a Daytime Emmy® Win
For her role as Mrs. Basil E in the Netflix series Dash and Lily. -
Acting BFA Program Named Top 25 in the World
That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter. -
ConnectiveCollective On View Through June 27 at the Neuberger Museum of Art
Interactive project leverages art as a form of civic engagement and a medium for critical discussion of societal issues. -
Caleb Dowden ’21 Earns Fulbright Award
The dance major also received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. -
Purchase is a Top 200 Best Value College for 2021
That’s according to the Princeton Review’s 2021 Best Value College Guide, which places Purchase in a group comprising “only about 1.2% of four-year undergraduate institutions in the U.S.”
