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Crowds of people march down a city street holding various signs at the third annual queer liberation march in Bryant Park, NYC.

Meghan Daum ’92, who lost everything in the L.A. fires, wrote a guest essay for The New York Times on how the experience taught her to accept help.

Actor Hope Davis ’86 performed a live reading of an article published in The Atlantic for WNYC’s show All of It.

The New York Review published an article on the life of writer Mary McCarthy ’35, mentioning writer Elizabeth Bishop ’34 as well.

Julia Hansen ’60, a survivor of the Andrea Doria shipwreck, was featured in The Marion Star.

The Cornell Daily Sun reported that Vera Rubin ’48 will be featured on a U.S. Quarter as a part of the 2025 American Women Quarters Program.

Paco (Francis) Underhill ’75 spoke at SXSW 2025 on a panel about the correlation between neuroscience and brand design.

Town & Country magazine spoke to Liza Powel O’Brien ’92 about her career and how she met her spouse, comedian Conan O’Brien.

Reuters reported on a speech given by Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson ’83 on the state of the U.S. economy and inflation.

VermontBiz magazine reported that Eliza Leeper ’06, Mission and Sales Operations Manager at Vermont Creamery, has joined the Vermont Businesses of Social Responsibility Board of Directors.

Jim Citrin ’81 was named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Board of Governors, according to What’sUpNewp.

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