Vassar College was included in an Inside Higher Ed article about increased enrollment of Black students at high-ranking liberal arts colleges. The College was also mentioned in a Forbes article about 2021-22Fulbright scholars. Yahoo! noted the announcement of award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer John Leguizamo P’23 S’90 as the 2022 Commencement speaker. President Elizabeth Bradley spoke to the New York Times about managing the risk of COVID.

Marine veteran Ben Busch ’91 was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN about traveling to Ukraine to help train volunteer fighters.

Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, spoke to the Times Union about how a Black judge from Poughkeepsie helped pave the way for Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination. Means was also quoted in a USA Today story about a poll that indicated a majority of Americans believe diversity should be a factor for Supreme Court nominations.

Artist Mira Lehr ’56 was honored for her work and for co-founding Continuum, one of the nation’s first art collectives for women, at a new art exhibition celebrating Women’s History Month, as noted by Art Daily.

The Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center exhibition Beyond the Threshold: Contemporary Tibetan Art, was the subject of an Art Daily story.

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, was named one of Time’s Women of the Year. Ifill also wrote a New York Times op-ed about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Danielle Twum ’12 and Erika Kurt ’02 were among the 120 women honored by the Smithsonian’s Women’s Futures Month exhibition, #IfThenSheCan — The Exhibit, as noted by several media outlets including People, the Washingtonian, and Today. 

Monica Faith Stewart ’75 was quoted in a Longview News-Journal story about the Illinois Black Hall of Fame.

Pamela Mars Wright ’82, the former Chair and Director of the Mars Inc. Board of Directors, will speak at Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business, as noted by the Watauga Democrat.

Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, spoke with Telegraph India about his latest work, The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal.

Briana Serradas ’21, the first Poet Laureate of Attleboro, MA, was the subject of a Sun Chronicle story.

Author and Envirosell founder Francis “Paco” Underhill ’75 will speak at the Council for Retail and Sales, as noted by the Valley Ledger.

Amy Entelis ’71, Executive Vice President for Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide, was quoted in a Deadline story about the Oscar-contender Julia Childs documentary, Julia.

Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon ’91 wrote a Fast Company article, “Your ‘invisible work’ is key to your most productive self.”

Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, was quoted in a New York Times article about the Questlove documentary, Summer of Soul.

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, was quoted in an Allure article about the rise of beauty-based filters and scanners on TikTok.

Economics Professor Benjamin Ho wrote about how blockchain technology is creating new ways for humans to connect in the Saturday Evening Post.

Dr. Thom Loree ’78 is one of three surgeons who worked with Swedish medical device company Integrum AB to install a technologically advanced implant in two patients with leg amputations, as described in the Buffalo News.

Nathaniel “Nate” Kimball ’09 was chosen to lead Antea Group’s sustainability practice area, as announced by Yahoo! Finance.

Sarah E. Nash ’74, Chair of the Board of Directors of Bath & Body Works, Inc., has been appointed Executive Chair and will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer, as noted by Yahoo! News.

Ann Howley ’68 talked with the Swellesley Report about her candidacy for Wellesley Library Trustee.

Photo credits: Leguizamo, Guido Venitucci; Kurt and Twum, Courtesy of Lyda Hill Philanthropies; Ho, Karl Rabe.