Apr 29, 2012
Amanda Smith ’10 Applies Deep Economic Analytical Skills to the Casino Business
As an operations analyst for Station Casinos, headquartered in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, Nev., Amanda Smith ’10 mines a host of performance…
Alumni Profiles
Apr 27, 2012
Lindsay Pugh ’05 Plays Key Role in Raising Funds to Upgrade the National Mall
By Geoff Gehman ’80 When Lindsay Pugh ’05 jogs on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., she sees much more than grassy esplanades and monuments. She…
Apr 18, 2012
Ryan Thornton ’02 Teaches First Grade and Performs with Sean Bones
As his first year teaching first grade at Brooklyn Friends School in New York comes to a close, Ryan Thornton ’02 is trading his chalk for drumsticks…
Apr 11, 2012
Doctoral Candidate Alberto Luna ’08 Researches Motivation for Learning-Disabled Students
By Dan Edelen When students need a listening ear, Alberto Luna ’08 is there. Luna is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate and supplemental instruction supervisor…
Apr 9, 2012
Emily Groves ’05 Provides Policy and Strategic Advice in Peru’s Sacred Valley
After four years of researching public policy for The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Emily Groves ’05 is gaining firsthand perspective on…
Apr 6, 2012
Fish Genus Named in Honor of John H. Caruso ’69
Fish biologists have named a newly identified genus of fossil anglerfishes after John H. Caruso ’69, professor of practice, ecology, and evolutionary…
Apr 2, 2012
Jerry Berland ’81 Is One of the Country’s Leading Pediatric Ophthalmologists
By Matt Sinclair ’90 Over the span of his career, Dr. Jerry E. Berland ’81 has operated on wounded soldiers whose eyes were injured during the Desert…
Mar 30, 2012
Marissa Halderman ’09 Achieves Early Success in the World of Art
By Margie Peterson The ink was barely dry on her Lafayette diploma when Marissa Halderman ’09 sold her first painting to a private collector for $1,500…
Mar 26, 2012
NSF Graduate Research Fellow Alyssa Batula ’09 “Teaches” Robots to Dance
Isaac Asimov’s enduring vision of life-like robots is taking a step closer to reality through research by Alyssa Batula ’09. A third-year Ph.D. student…
Mar 19, 2012
Todd Zander ’96 Heads Emerging Media for WebMD
By Kevin Gray At the intersection of leading-edge health care information and the cutting edge for its delivery, Todd Zander ’96 thrives in a profession…