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Ethan Slater ’14

Actor Ethan Slater ’14, who plays Boq in the new film Wicked, was the subject of a GQ article.

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Joanna Smith ’92

Climate activist Joanna Smith ’92, who last year applied washable finger paint to the museum case holding Edgar Degas’s sculpture Little Dancer, was interviewed for a Democracy Now! article about Western nations’ crackdown on climate protests.

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Corydon Cowansage ’08

The first solo exhibition in Italy of artist Corydon Cowansage ’08, titled Separation anxiety, was the subject of a Meer magazine article.

Leah Goodridge ’04, a lawyer and a member of the New York City Planning Commission, wrote a New York Times op-ed about the need for more public bathrooms in New York City.

Good One, the debut feature by director India Donaldson ’07, was selected by New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson as one of the 10 best movies of 2024.

Professor of Psychological Science Michele M. Tugade ’95 was interviewed by Scientific American for the article “How Humor Takes the Edge off Hard Times.”

Sieu Nguyen ’17, writer and producer of promotional materials for HBO, is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Variety highlighted the work of filmmaker Payal Sethi ’01.

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