Alumnae Newsmakers


November 18, 2024

Alison Saar ’78 Wins $100,000 Trellis Art Fund Grant

Photo courtesy Nolwen Cifuentes for The New York Times Forbes announced the Trellis Art Fund awarded Alison Saar ’78 a $100,000 grant to deepen and expand her creative practice. Saar, […]

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November 7, 2024

Scripps Magazine: The Guarantee of the Unexpected

By Ella  Murdock Gardner ’22 | Illustrations by Vivian Monteiro ’23 Originally published in the spring 2024 issue of Scripps magazine When Ellen Richstone ’73 arrived on Scripps’ campus in […]

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October 31, 2024

Jo-Ellan Dimitrius Brings Decades of Expertise to High-Stakes Daniel Penny Trial

DNyuz, a digital news organization, announced that Jo-Ellan Dimitrius ’75 has been hired as a jury consultant in the trial of former Marine Daniel Penny, who faces charges of second-degree […]

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October 18, 2024

Gabby Giffords ’93 to be Keynote Speaker at Global Anti-hate Summit

Pittsburgh Magazine has announced gun safety advocate Gabby Giffords ’93 as one of the keynote speakers at the fourth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit on October 21–23, 2024. Giffords, a […]

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September 18, 2024

Gabby Giffords ’93 Writes New York Times Op-Ed on Gun Violence

Former US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords ’93 wrote a New York Times op-ed on the prevalence of gun violence in the United States. Having survived a 2011 assassination attempt that killed […]

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August 26, 2024

Lynne Thompson ’72 Named a Paris Olympiad Poet

Former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson ’72 is one of eight LA-based poets who will perform their work in Paris to celebrate the finale of the Paris 2024 Cultural […]

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August 23, 2024

Gabby Giffords ’93, Gun Violence Survivor, Speaks at Democratic National Convention

On the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords ’93 shared her experience surviving a gunshot wound to the head during an assassination attempt in […]

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July 4, 2024

LEO Weekly Features New Storybook by Julia Allisson Cost ’09

Photo credit: LEO Weekly LEO Weekly featured Julia Allisson Cost ’09 in celebration of her new children’s book, The Girl and the Boat. Depicting a young girl’s journey of friendship, […]

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July 2, 2024

Gabby Giffords ’93 Discusses Gun Violence Public Health Crisis in US

In an essay for U.S. News & World Report, Gabby Giffords ’93 shared her perspective on the US Surgeon General recently declaring gun violence as a national public health crisis. […]

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July 1, 2024

Gabby Giffords ’93 Pens People Op-Ed in Defense of IVF Access

Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords ’93 and her husband Mark Kelly penned an exclusive op-ed for People sharing their thwarted IVF journey. In the piece, Giffords recounts how the couple had […]

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